"I wonder what standard Brodhead has to uphold."
Actually, the Duke faculty has been made to take a rigid vow of silence; they will say nothing about the Durham lynching of their students. It's part of the Rule of Academia, for Carolinian Order, of which they are all lay brothers :
("Say nothing, do nothing, and you will get blamed for nothing. Take no responsibility. Shirk moral duties
when these attract law suits. Substitute
silence for wisdom. Never apologize.")
The first one to utter a peep gets expelled from the monastery by Prior Brodhead.
I have a sneaking suspision that a few faculty members may wish they'd kept their liberal mouths shut before all is said and done. The gang of 88 has been silent as of late.