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Don't expect professors to get fired when they say something you don't like

  • Written by Frank LoMonte, Director of the Brechner Center for Freedom of Information, University of Florida
Public university professors enjoy great protections when it comes to free speech.Lightspring/www.shutterstock.com

A college professor lashes out on social media with a caustic political opinion. Online commentators explode with outrage and demand firings.

Does the university stand behind the instructor and accept a reputational beating? It depends...

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