Brian Leiter (Chicago): Justifying Academic Freedom: Mill and Marcuse Revisited. Under fire, these professors were criticized by their colleges: There has been a rash of free-speech controversies involving college instructors this year — in many cases, their respective universities took a critical stance. College professors face death threats, firings for online comments: The attacks raise questions about academic freedom, freedom of speech, and racism. Old criticisms, new threats: Professors are often lightning rods, but many see a new menace to academic freedom in recent physical threats against faculty members who speak out on race and other issues. Zuleyka Zevallos on protecting activist academics against public harassment.
