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How Low Can a Tenured Professor Go on Twitter? Fresno Case Could Be a Test

April 27, 2018 / PSU-AAUP

The Chronicle of Higher Education

By Katherine Mangan

April 19, 2018

When the president of California State University at Fresno said "all options are on the table" in dealing with a professor whose tweets about Barbara Bush set off a firestorm of controversy this week, it was music to the ears of those who worried tenure might make her untouchable.

But his observation that "Just because you’re a tenured professor doesn’t mean you can do or say whatever you wish," set off alarm bells in other circles.

Read the full article at The Chronicle of Higher Education website here.

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