Freedom of Expression and the Cromwell Inquiry

The University has consistently maintained that only academics and librarians are protected by freedom of speech, and not clinical directors or other non-academic personnel. This view was echoed in the Cromwell Report on the Azarova de-hiring. It is manifestly incorrect. Governing Council’s “Statement on Freedom of Speech”, of which senior University administrators must be aware, extends freedom of speech to all University constituents. Why the University continues to promulgate this palpable and overriding error remains an ongoing mystery. By Professor Jeffrey G. MacIntosh