Read Barbara Ehrenreich's essay "Zipped Lips"
Questions for Writing/Small-Group Discussion
1. The author paints a negative picture about the unfairness of "defending professors against the slightest infringement of their presumed right to say anything, at any volume, to anyone." What do you think the proper definition of "academic freedom" should be? How did you react to Ehrenreich's examples? Should academic freedom be limited? How and when?