Psychology professor Art Markman has been removed from an administrative position due to “ideological differences” with University leadership, which now consists in a President with no academic background, and a Provost who does have academic credentials, but whose primary qualification appears to be his conservative bona fides. Contrary to some reporting, academic freedom does not include a right to an administrative appointment (see Jeffries v. Harleston, 2nd circuit).
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