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Zirkel, Perry A. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1997
Discusses a California case involving a tenured professor's controversial teaching style, which focused on "obscene" topics and assignments that allegedly humiliated female students. The professor eventually prevailed in a Ninth Circuit appeal. The lesson: when attempting to eradicate sexual harassment, we cannot abandon important First…
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, College Faculty, Controversial Issues (Course Content), Court Litigation

Antonini, Thomas J.; And Others – Journal of College and University Law, 1987
Court litigation and decisions concerning the conflict between first amendment rights of free speech for United States citizens and the rights of controversial international figures, invited by college faculty to speak on campus, are discussed and compared. (MSE)
Descriptors: College Faculty, Conflict of Interest, Constitutional Law, Controversial Issues (Course Content)