The Chronicle of Higher Education

Colo. Lawmaker Asks How Colleges Ensure Academic Freedom

By SARA HEBEL

Worried that students and faculty members with conservative views face "hostile" academic environments at Colorado's public colleges, the president of the state's Senate sent letters this month asking the leaders of all 29 institutions to explain their policies on academic freedom.

In his letters, State Sen. John Andrews, a Republican,...

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