Update. Well-put: "Supporters of [the firings of these professors] say they are justified because professors are straying from their syllabi. But that’s a dodge. If an instructor in Calculus 101 teaches 𝘏𝘢𝘮𝘭𝘦𝘵, the reaction would not be to ban Shakespeare instruction throughout the university."
https://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/commentary/2025/11/25/professor-texas-used-to-have-universities/
"If a university is a place where students and educators engage in free inquiry in the service of understanding, #Texas now has fewer places that meet that definition."
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