Academic Freedom and Tenure: Collin College (Texas).

O'Quin was apparently referring to her commentson Professor Phillips's student evaluations in the "Areasfor Development" section of that evaluation: "While anumber of Dr. Phillips's students were appreciative ofhis content delivery and his engaging lectures, studentcomments reflect that Professor Phillips struggled withpresenting content in a manner that could be perceivedas objective and unbiased." Neither Professor Burnett norProfessor Phillips was explicitly sanctioned for violatingthis rule, but Professor Burnett, as noted above,took pains to disassociate her social media accountsfrom the college, and, as also noted earlier, administratorsdid upbraid Professor Phillips for allowing himselfto be identified as a Collin College faculty memberin both the Confederate monuments letter and in hisWashington Post interview. In that document, Dr. Jenkins charged Professor Joneswith "misuse of the college's name in a petitionsent to a local newspaper which she signed listingherself as an education professor at Collin College."At that time, she added, "Professor Jones wascounseled by her dean regarding her use of thecollege's name when linked to expressions of her personalopinions. When Professor Jones's nonrenewalin May 2021 created a need for new leadershipin the Collin chapter of the Texas Faculty Association,Professor Phillips assumed the vice presidency. 20Professor Burnett posted her tweet after seeing noticeof Professor Hendrickson's death on the Twitteraccount @FacesofCovid, noting the Collin referencein his obituary, looking up his RateMyProfessors,com page, and finding a rating for him from a Collinstudent from fall 2020.21 However, Professor Hendrickson had not taughtat Collin College for several years prior to his death,a fact that the administration noted in its disciplinarywarning. [Extracted from the article]