The latest scuffle in a seemingly endless war over free speech on college campuses takes place at Sarah Lawrence College
SAMUEL ABRAMS appears to be exactly the kind of conservative professor left-leaning colleges would want. He has degrees from Stanford and Harvard and is a moderate Republican who opposes Donald Trump—not a populist with a penchant for bomb-throwing.
According to Mr Abrams, when he did finally speak to the president, Cristle Collins Judd, a few days later, “the first thing she said was, ‘Don’t you think you should have cleared your piece with me first?’” In Mr Abrams’s recollection, she also said that he had created a “hostile work environment”. Patricia Goldman, a spokesperson for Sarah Lawrence College, said that Ms Judd could not be reached for an interview because she was travelling.
Remarkably, this position was adopted by many staff at the university. According to the coalition, 40 faculty members signed the declaration—including the paragraph regarding Mr Abrams’s tenure. By contrast, only 27 signed a declaration, drawn up after the fight first broke out, supporting Mr Abrams’s right to academic freedom. "The fact that my colleagues would not support that—the simple idea that I have a right to publish—is horrifying,” says Mr Abrams.
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