Friday, July 12, 2019

University of Arkansas 405.1 Litigation -- News Stories

This posting contains links to news stories regarding the litigation over University of Arkansas Board of Trustees Policy 405.1, the policy governing promotion, tenure, dismissal, and annual review.  As new stories become available, I will post links here, in reverse chronological order.

August 9, 2019 -- Gregory Borse -- To Protect Tenure, Conservatives Need to Ally with Progressives -- The James G. Martin Center for Academic Renewal -- available here and here.

July 12, 2019 -- Instapundit -- Arkansas vs Tenure -- available here (linking to the Martin Center piece below).

July 12, 2019 -- Arkansas Times -- UA Little Rock law professors decry loss of academic freedom in UA System -- available here (largely quoting from the Martin Center piece below).

July 12, 2019 -- Joshua M. Silverstein & Robert E. Steinbuch -- Professors Fight to Save Free Speech on Campus and Academic Freedom in Arkansas -- The James G. Martin Center for Academic Renewal -- available here and here.

July 5, 2019 -- 101.1 The Answer (KDXE)  -- The Dave Elswick Show -- Professor Rob Steinbuch, serving as guest host, interviewing Professor Josh Silverstein regarding the 405.1 litigation, available permanently here (download) and available temporarily here (listen) and here (listen) [the interview runs from 1:23:30 to 1:56:47).

June 26, 2019 -- The Fox News Channel -- Fox & Friends -- Professors sue university over new rules they say can revoke their tenure for not being nice enough (live television interview with the three named plaintiffs in the lawsuit) -- available here (view) or here (download).

June 20, 2019 -- The College Fix -- Professors could lose tenure under new rules because they aren't nice enough: lawsuit -- available here.

June 14, 2019 -- Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) -- Faculty sue University of Arkansas System over new tenure policy -- available here.

June 7, 2019 -- Campus Reform -- Prof calls new tenure policy 'Mao-ist attack on free speech' -- available here.

June 3, 2019 -- ClassAction.org -- University of Arkansas Faculty Members Sue Over 'Controversial' Changes to Tenure Policy -- available here.

June 3, 2019 -- TaxProf Blog -- Lawsuit Challenges Changes to Arkansas Tenure Policy -- available here.

June 3, 2019 -- Inside Higher Ed -- Legal Challenge to Arkansas's New Tenure Policy -- available here.

June 1, 2019 -- Arkansas Times -- Lawsuit challenges University of Arkansas tenure policy -- available here.

June 1, 2019 -- Arkansas Democrat Gazette -- Suit targets changes to UA tenure policy -- available here.

May 31, 2019 -- Press Release regarding the filing of the lawsuit -- available here.

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