A professor of music theory became the target of a university investigation after publishing an article in an academic journal that faculty and students found racist.

A professor at Syracuse University was put on administrative leave after a syllabus for one of his courses included the terms “Wuhan Flu” and “Chinese Communist Party Virus.”

A tenured professor at Linfield University was fired after he criticized the university’s board of trustees and president in a series of tweets.

A faculty member at Scottsdale Community College proctored a quiz that offended one of his Muslim students, who published the quiz content online. SCC’s initial response was to apologize to the student and pressure the faculty member to apologize, but it later reversed course and settled with the faculty member in exchange for an agreement not to pursue a lawsuit.

A philosophy professor at Shawnee State University refused to refer to a student by her preferred gender pronouns in violation of the University’s policy. Following an investigation, the University’s Title IX coordinators concluded that Meriwether’s refusal to change his behavior and his disparate treatment of the student had created a hostile environment in the classroom. Meriwether then filed suit against the Board of Trustees and various University administrators alleging various violations of the First and Fourteenth Amendments.

Marc Lamont Hill, a professor at Temple University and commentator for CNN, gave a speech at the U.N. that was highly critical of Israel and which many construed as advocating for the elimination of Israel. CNN promptly fired Hill and students at Temple began protesting and demanding that the university follow suit. Despite some administrators calling for the school to look into “remedies” it could take against Hill, the university reprimanded Hill but did not terminate his employment.

In October 2015, an email sent by Yale Professor Erika Christakis sparked protests among Yale Students, who called for Erika and her husband Nicholas to resign from their roles as “faculty-in-residence” at the Silliman dormitory on Yale’s campus.

In February 2015, Professor Laura Kipnis published an article criticizing Northwestern University’s policy against sexual relationships between professors and students and claiming that college campuses had a growing climate of “sexual paranoia.” In response, Northwestern students called for an apology and filed Title IX complaints against her. Northwestern ultimately found Kipnis innocent of wrongdoing.

The University of La Verne took steps to terminate tenured law professor Diane Klein as a result of Klein’s remarks that she was willing to assassinate a member of the law school faculty.

A professor of family studies at the University of Utah was subject to a Title IX investigation after an anonymous colleague reported him for gender discrimination, having taken issue with the professor’s story of his marriage proposal at a strip club.