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The End of Academic Freedom?

AT FERRIS STATE COLLEGE in Michigan—only a few miles from where your servant dwells—two professors were given notices of dismissal recently. Both were experienced college teachers of high reputation: Mrs. Margaret Eller, assistant professor of engineering graphics, and Dr. James Lehnert, associate professor of biology. Several of their colleagues came close to being dismissed.

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Russell Kirk

The End of Academic Freedom?

AT FERRIS STATE COLLEGE in Michigan—only a few miles from where your servant dwells—two professors were given notices of dismissal recently. Both were experienced college teachers of high reputation: Mrs. Margaret Eller, assistant professor of engineering graphics, and Dr. James Lehnert, associate professor of biology. Several of their colleagues came close to being dismissed.