Can a professor be fired for lying about a student breaking the rules?
<p>So let's say a professor at a college knowingly lies and tells the administration that a student did something that got the student expelled. Say administration found out the professor lied. Would that professor normally be fired?</p>
<p>Thanks.</p>

<p>There is no &quot;normal&quot; answer. Grounds for firing depends on numerous factors. Some universities have explicit rules and procedures regarding termination, and they depend on the &quot;status&quot; of the person (ask about &quot;tenure&quot; on Academia SE). In principle, a faculty person can be fired because be belched, or wore a business-inappropriate shirt. State-funded universities may have stronger job protections built in to their rule system. I think it is likely that the administration would strongly <em>want</em> to fire him, though first they would undo the expulsion (which they can do).</p>

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