Fred Clark in his blog slacktivist at patheos had many posts on this topic.

My impression was that her 'termination' was less because of the theology and more because she was black and female. IIRC she was 1st black tenured prof (?), and school admin and donors had real problems with that.

Anyone wanting background on this scandal should check out slacktivist's posts

And wearing the hijab was the last straw for the Administration.

After his scandal, he was removed from Board and his name was taken off the business school.

is a principle. Not in any way. If you are a faculty member there, you will either toe their line or seek other employment.

Suggesting perhaps a combination of racism and patriarchy.

I am familiar with Wheaton College. I was offered a full-ride scholarship there, paid for by the church I attended in high school. I investigated the school carefully, and declined that scholarship. The school has not changed in any way that would have altered my decision. I went in another direction - a direction I would have gone in even if I had attended that school. I was already on that path when it was offered to me.

Despite the attractiveness of a full-ride scholarship to me and my blue collar family, I could see that Wheaton was not a place where actual thinking was encouraged. The end goal of Wheaton students is generally the ministry. That was not an attractive goal to me, so after thoroughly checking Wheaton out, I simply declined.