The university system dropped proposed language saying teaching “clearly unrelated to the course description” wouldn’t be protected. The AAUP remained opposed.

UH is among the state universities conducting course reviews in response to GOP lawmakers' allegations that left-leaning ...

The policy states that "academic freedom is not absolute," and places three key parameters around it.

Michael Bérubé and Jennifer Ruth will discuss their new book, “It’s Not Free Speech: Race, Democracy and the Future of Academic Freedom.” The protests of summer 2020, which were ignited by the murder ...

Across the country, the issue of academic freedom is dominating discourse in higher education. The conversation is especially prominent at Harvard: In recent years on campus, affiliates have launched ...

Members of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences Senate met with representatives from the Office of Development and University counsel on Wednesday morning to discuss academic freedom at Yale, continuing ...

The innovative strength of a society depends on the level of academic freedom. An international team has now demonstrated this relationship. The researchers analyzed patent applications and patent ...

Some Columbia professors have inserted a statement supporting academic freedom into their fall 2025 class syllabi in light of the University’s July 23 $221 million deal with President Donald Trump’s ...

Smith College is “committed to creating an inclusive, equitable and accessible educational community founded on the free and open exchange of ideas.” 1 Among the central purposes of such a community ...

Academic institutions—from kindergartens to universities—have emerged as ground zero for the widening ideological divides in American society. Academic freedom is viewed as being under threat by ...

L ast week, the American Association of University Professors set aside its hundred-year defense of academic freedom by opening the door to any number of individually initiated academic boycotts.