Following up on this, CHE has run an interview with the new Provost, who is conservative, but anti-Trump. I would say the interview is somewhat hopeful for UT Austin and its faculty, especially because the Provost indicates he has read and appreciated my former Texas colleague David Rabban’s authoritative treatment of academic freedom under the First Amendment.
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