Tenured professor Amy Wax will be suspended for one year, in a case that has tested the limit of academic freedoms and freedom of speech.

The University of Pennsylvania will impose major sanctions against Carey Law School professor Amy Wax, who has been accused of racist, homophobic, and sexist remarks.

The University of Pennsylvania is suspending Amy Wax, a tenured law professor accused of making racist, sexist and homophobic remarks, for a year with half pay. It is a significant sanction but one that falls short of the firing that some students wanted.