FIRST ON FOX: Rutgers University is defending a professor who signed an online petition that seeks to disband the school’s Turning Point USA chapter from campus.

The Change.org petition launched earlier this week accuses the conservative group of “promoting hate speech and inciting violence against our community.”

While Change.org does not allow the public to view the list of signatories, each petition features a rotating “Recent signers” carousel near the top of the page.

While monitoring the “Recent signers” carousel, Fox News Digital noticed that Tia Kolbaba, an associate professor of religion at Rutgers, signed the petition to boot the right-leaning group.

“Rutgers University is committed to providing a secure environment — to learn, teach, work and research, where all mem

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