Will Amy Wax no longer have tenure at a top-24 US university before 2026?

Amy Wax is a professor at the University of Pennsylvania Law School. Dean Ruger of UPenn law has criticized her and sent a letter to the UPenn faculty senate, requesting a hearing to conduct a review of her conduct. Amy Wax has a legal defense fund.

This comes amid concerns about free speech and academic freedom at elite universities. In 2022, Princeton fired Joshua T Katz, in a decision criticized by some of his colleagues. Princeton cited an episode of sexual misconduct as the reasoning for his firing, but independent investigations have suggested that the motivation was Katz' criticism of a faculty letter in July 2020.