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Press Releases

AFA Calls for an End to “Divisive Concepts” Legislation

Jan 9, 2023 |

AFA Calls for an End to “Divisive Concepts” Legislation New wave of state level proposals seeks to ban instruction on race and gender topics PRINCETON, NJ – The Academic Freedom Alliance (AFA) today released a statement urging policymakers to refrain from adopting...

AFA Statement on NYU Prof. Maitland Jones

Oct 14, 2022 |

AFA Releases Statement on NYU Prof. Maitland Jones NYU refused to rehire Jones over his professional judgement in grading  PRINCETON, NJ – The Academic Freedom Alliance (AFA) today released a statement on the non-renewal of employment for Prof. Maitland Jones of New...

AFA Calls for An End to Required Diversity Statements

Aug 22, 2022 |

AFA Calls for An End to Required Diversity Statements Statement says forced pledges of conformity “threaten to impose a suffocating orthodoxy” PRINCETON, NJ – The Academic Freedom Alliance (AFA) today released a statement urging institutions of higher education to...

Public Letters

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Letter to Spelman College on Professor Morales

November 20, 2023

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Letter to USC on Professor Strauss

November 12, 2023

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Letter to Mayo Clinic After It Disciplines Doctor for Transgender Comments

June 7, 2023

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Letter to Hamline University Over Dismissal of Professor

January 3, 2023

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AFA Statement on NYU Prof. Maitland Jones

October 14, 2022

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Letter to University of Idaho on Abortion Guidance

September 29, 2022

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Letter to Penn on Amy Wax

July 18, 2022

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Letter to St. Olaf College in Minnesota

April 25, 2022

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Letter to Princeton About Ongoing Retaliation Against Professor

March 28, 2022

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Letter to San Diego State on Professor’s Suspension

March 8, 2022

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Letter to University of Dayton on Speaker Disinvitation

March 2, 2022

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Letter to Concordia Wisconsin on Gregory Schultz

February 28, 2022

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Letter to SUNY Fredonia Regarding Stephen Kershnar

February 3, 2022

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Letter to Collin College on Michael Phillips

February 3, 2022

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Letter to Georgetown Law on Ilya Shapiro

February 2, 2022

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Letter to the University of Pennsylvania regarding Amy Wax

January 18, 2022

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Letter to LSU Regarding Robert Mann

December 9, 2021

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AFA Letter to University of Illinois regarding Jason Kilborn

December 1, 2021

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AFA Letter to Old Dominion University regarding Allyn Walker

December 1, 2021

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Letter to University of Rochester Regarding David Bleich

November 30, 2021

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Follow up letter to the University of Michigan

November 16, 2021

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Letter to Indiana University on Open Records Requests

November 16, 2021

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Second Letter to University of Florida

November 2, 2021

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Letter to University of Florida on Professors' Rights to Serve as Witnesses

November 1, 2021

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Letter to Truckee Meadows Community College on Prof. Lars Jensen

October 22, 2021

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Letter to University of Michigan on Prof. Bright Sheng

October 18, 2021

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Second letter to MIT on Abbot disinvitation

October 18, 2021

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First letter to MIT on Abbot disinvitation

October 4, 2021

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Letter to Air Force Academy on Prof. Lynne Chandler Garcia

July 13, 2021

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Letter to University of San Diego on Prof. Tom Smith

March 22, 2021

Guidance Statements

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Statement on Campus Protests regarding Events in Israel and Gaza

November 14, 2023

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AFA Calls for an End to “Divisive Concepts” Legislation

January 9, 2022

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AFA Calls for An End to Required Diversity Statements

August 22, 2022

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Guidance Statement on Mandatory Statements

November 5, 2021

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