One of the worst parts of this is that the bureaucrats in school systems are so smug about it. They go yelling "academic freedom" when you threaten to cut their job, while clamping down on the "acceptable" fields of study for faculty. These administrators are the real threats to academic freedom.

That said, I think the entire US university system needs a rethink, so I'm not upset that these bureaucrats are accelerating the process of burning it to the ground.