Tennessee College Professor Gets $500,000 and Job Back at University That Tried to Fire Him Over ‘Insensitive, Disrespectful’ Charlie Kirk Post
In a significant win for academic freedom and due process, Austin Peay State University (APSU) in Clarksville, Tennessee, has reinstated tenured theater professor Darren Michael and agreed to pay him $500,000 as part of a settlement. The agreement resolves a high-profile dispute stemming from Michael’s social media post following the September 2025 assassination of conservative … Read more