UT Austin professor dismissed from role for 'ideological differences'

AUSTIN, Texas — A LinkedIn post by a University of Texas at Austin professor sparked a conversation about academic freedom at universities.

What was introduced as an update and described as a particular difficult September month by Art Markman led to the revelation that he was dismissed from his administrative role as senior provost of academic affairs over "ideological differences."

Those differences weren't elaborated on.

On Monday, Markman declined to do an interview, but emailed KVUE and said he wanted to focus on the positive.

"I have deep gratitude to the faculty, staff, and students at the University of Texas who make this institution great. I am proud of what I and my teams have achieved in my leadership roles at UT."

Markman confirmed he was still part of UT's faculty at t