Professorial tenure provides a vital layer of insulation between academics and the variables of fickle, intolerant society. Repeatedly in the last hundred years, academics have offered unpopular insights on history and contemporary events that have been subsequently vindicated -- often after years of persecution and blacklisting.
That protection is exactly what Rep. Keith King, (R-Colorado Springs) is trying to destroy with HB-1284.
Sign the petition below and support the free speech rights of Colorado academics.
