With the January 3 Iowa caucus rapidly approaching, there has been a handful of recent candidate endorsements. Now, there is one more.

Citing the American government's "ceaseless assault on the American people's right to make their own choices," a diverse group of academics has published an endorsement of Republican candidate Ron Paul on the History News Network Web site.

"Paul is the only presidential candidate with a proven record of defending academic freedom across the board," the petition reads. "He has stood against efforts by both the political right and left to restrict the free discourse of ideas in higher education. He strongly opposes the use of speech codes to restrict academic freedom. For the same reason, he has spoken out against the so-called Academic Bill of Rights and other proposals that would empower politicians to impose 'ideological balance' in the classroom."