Texas professors self-censor for fear of retaliation, survey found

A student protester is dragged out from the crowd and arrested during a pro-Palestinian demonstration at the University of Texas at Austin on April 24, 2024. A new survey found the Israel-Hamas war had become one of the most difficult topics for faculty to discuss on their campuses. More professors across the country are self-censoring themselves for fear of losing their jobs or other forms of retaliation, the survey found. (Credit: Julius Shieh for The Texas Tribune)

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University professors across the political spectrum in Texas are preemptively self-censoring themselves for fear of damaging their reputations or losing their jobs, according to a new survey from the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression, a First Amendment advocacy group.