Advisor Abandons Student After Lambert’s Theorem Correction: Academic Freedom, Disability, Age, and Veteran Rights Concerns

 

### Incident 6 (Row 7): Advisor Quits After Student Corrects Lambert’s Theorem

* **AAUP Redbook Review (C):** As indicated by the linked query, the advisor quit because the student identified a fundamental error and subsequently refused to attend a redundant introductory class. The AAUP expects faculty to respect the academic freedom and intellectual capacity of students. Quitting over an intellectual correction is arbitrary and capricious behavior.

* **ADA Review (D):** Given the student’s disabilities (schizophrenia), sudden abandonment by an advisor without engaging in an interactive process to resolve the dispute constitutes a failure to accommodate and manage reasonable academic adjustments.

* **Title IX / VII Review (E):** Abandonment by a faculty member due to an older student’s demonstrated expertise (which challenged the faculty’s authority) suggests age-based animus, contributing to an isolating and hostile environment.

* **Veteran / VEVRAA Review (F):** Punishing a non-traditional veteran student for having pre-existing knowledge and correcting an instructor demonstrates hostility toward the advanced life and professional experience that veteran students bring to the classroom.