A Landmark Victory for Academic Freedom

Published July 6, 2018 2:50pm ET



The Wisconsin Supreme Court on Friday handed down what could be a landmark decision on academic freedom in higher education.

In the widely watched case of McAdams vs. Marquette, the court ruled that the Jesuit university violated professor John McAdams’s free speech rights and its own contractual obligations when it suspended him for writing a blog post.

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