Interesting cases involving "academic freedom" related to e-mails. See The Chronicle below. Anita Fleming-Rife BE WHO YOU ARE BECAUSE THOSE WHO MIND DON'T MATTER AND THOSE WHO MATTER DON'T MIND. --- On Wed, 3/30/11, [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> wrote: From: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> Subject: e-mail To: [log in to unmask] Date: Wednesday, March 30, 2011, 5:50 AM #yiv2127298671 a {text-decoration:none;color:#004276;} #yiv2127298671 a:hover {text-decoration:underline;color:#0F5D9A;} #yiv2127298671 p {padding:0 0 10px;margin:0;} An article from The Chronicle of Higher Education was forwarded to you by: [log in to unmask] Message from the sender: 'Academic Freedom' Offers Little Protection Against New Efforts to Obtain Professors' E-Mails No state open-records law cites the concept as a way to dodge requests like the ones just made in the Midwest for such correspondence. This premium article will be available to nonsubscribers at the link above for five days and at http://chronicle.com/article/Academic-Freedom-Does-Little/126928/?key=GW10d1ZnaipObHxiZGwTYGxcP3RoMh97ZSJPbHotblBQGA%3D%3D. The article is always available to Chronicle subscribers at http://chronicle.com/article/Academic-Freedom-Does-Little/126928/ Most E-Mailed Students Should Check Their Sense of Entitlement at the Door Michigan Think Tank Asks 3 Universities for Labor Professors' E-Mails 10 Tips on How to Write Less Badly Leadership Spots Open Up for Gay Academics A Comic Strip That Skewers Academe Will Become a Live-Action Movie Finding it hard to keep up with all that's happening in academe? The Chronicle keeps you up to date with award-winning reporting and analysis of current events in higher education. We offer daily and weekly e-mail newsletters that will keep you current. Go to http://chronicle.com/myaccount/newsletters to sign up. (c) The Chronicle of Higher Education 1255 23rd Street NW Washington, DC 20037