An associate professor at UNC-Wilmington, denied promotion, sues his university for alleged bias against his Christian conservative views

by E Wayne Ross on April 14, 2007

Inside Higher Ed: Promoting the Converted

The complaint is familiar: A professor is denied tenure or passed over for a promotion because of his or her right-leaning politics. The professor goes public, often to outlets such as FrontPageMag.com. Depending on one’s views — because these situations tend to be based chiefly on conflicting verbal accounts — the accusations are either part of a larger liberal bias in academe or represent trumped-up charges by unqualified or overly outspoken faculty members.