But when a professor gets a zero percent raise, his own colleagues object that no appropriate reason has been given, and the letter denying him his raise makes reference to his well-known public debate with the school, it does raise eyebrows.
A community college in California has fired a professor for leading a brief discussion on the controversial "nature versus nurture" debate regarding sexual orientation during her Human Heredity course.
After a months-long campaign led by FIRE, Glendale Community College has reached a settlement with Professor Walter Kehowski, allowing him to return to teaching classes in the fall.