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Well, that was fast.

Chicago State University Friday that it has withdrawn a policy that would have required all faculty communications with media to be pre-approved by the university's public relations administrators. The withdrawal came just hours after the policy's restrictions made local news; Friday's Chicago Tribune featured a on the policy, including criticism from FIRE's Robert Shibley and Cary Nelson of the American Association of University Professors.

Chicago State's embarrassing flirtation with top-down faculty censorship (and its sudden change in direction) proves once again that universities are often loath to defend in public that which they practice in private. ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵAPP¹ÙÍø is pleased that Chicago State has seen the light. Better late than never.