A tenured professor of 40+ was allegedly fired by @okchristian for inviting a gay guest speaker to class.
While Oklahoma is a private religious university, the school makes repeated promises of free speech and academic freedom.
go.thefire.org/oklahoma-chris… #academicfreedom
While Oklahoma is a private religious university, the school makes repeated promises of free speech and academic freedom.
go.thefire.org/oklahoma-chris… #academicfreedom
The university says it's “committed to the highest ideals of Christian education,” but it also says its mission “demands freedom of inquiry and expression”?
The result?
Faculty may be blindsided by punishment for speech they had every reason to think was protected.
The result?
Faculty may be blindsided by punishment for speech they had every reason to think was protected.
And OC's policy regarding outside speakers?
"A faculty member may invite speakers of all political ideologies to speak in their classes on topics relevant to their subject matter."
But the school also adds this ambiguous caveat:
"A faculty member may invite speakers of all political ideologies to speak in their classes on topics relevant to their subject matter."
But the school also adds this ambiguous caveat:
These and other policies on free speech, academic freedom, and expectations for a Christian education are not a model of clarity.
They’re what happens when a university tries to have it both ways.
They’re what happens when a university tries to have it both ways.
At the end of the day, OC’s policies do not give fair notice to its faculty of the supposed limits on their academic freedom.
Absent clear, consistent, and precisely defined limits on expressive freedom, Professor Michael O’Keefe’s firing cannot stand.
Absent clear, consistent, and precisely defined limits on expressive freedom, Professor Michael O’Keefe’s firing cannot stand.
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