With all the Supreme Court rulings out there driving folks around the bend, one that's fallen through the cracks is the Seventh Court of Appeals' decision that
even college newspapers can be censored. John Wilson of Inside Higher Ed is quite concerned. The
court's majority opinion includes this whopper:
Let us not forget that academic freedom includes the authority of the university to manage an academic community and evaluate teaching and scholarship free from interference by other units of government, including the courts.
Sounds like quite a license to run amok in the hallowed halls. One wonders if the ruling has any bearing on
the case of former dean Richard Lewis here at SCSU, who was denied the opportunity to sue the university for
libelous claims in its student newspaper.
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