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Campus Carry Violates Academic Freedom

November 28, 2017 / PSU-AAUP

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November 20, 2017

The AAUP filed an amicus brief last night supporting a challenge to a statute and policy in Texas that compel faculty to permit concealed handguns in college classrooms.  We argue that the policy violates faculty members' academic freedom.

Texas passed a "campus carry law" that expressly permits concealed handguns on university campuses, and in 2016 the University of Texas at Austin issued a policy mandating that faculty permit concealed handguns in their classrooms.  Several faculty sued, challenging the policy and the law.  The lower court dismissed the case, holding that the faculty had not proven that they been harmed by the law or university policy.  The faculty appealed and the case is now before the Fifth Circuit federal appeals court.

Read the full statement at the national AAUP website here.

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