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Amid a string of legal challenges to faculty dismissals, the Texas community college agreed to reinstate Suzanne Jones and pay her $115,000 a year.
At this college, sometimes speaking out has a cost.
<p>Michael Phillips contends that his contract was not renewed because he had violated a "gag rule" by discussing the campus's COVID policies with his students. He had previously drawn criticism for his work advocating the removal of Confederate memorials in the city of Dallas.</p>
Michael Phillips says he’s losing his job for suggesting to students they should wear masks to class.
The professor, Lora Burnett, said the college had fired her for “mean tweets.” The college admitted no fault and said settling was an attempt to “resolve this litigation expeditiously.”