In May, after months of debate, the American Sociological Association passed a resolution calling for “an immediate and permanent ceasefire in Gaza,” joining the chorus of academic associations taking ...

A cademic freedom is a contested category these days, its meanings invoked on multiple fronts to criticize and defend the enterprise of higher education. And not for the first time. From its earliest ...

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 ...

With their wealth, exclusivity and global clout, American universities are an easy target for populist resentment. For Americans frustrated by inequality and cultural alienation, there may be a ...

S ince its founding, in 1915, the American Association of University Professors has been the most prominent guardian of academic freedom for faculty members and students, defending that freedom ...

With the coming of a new academic semester, campus culture wars are sure to heat up again — and could be made more intense by the Trump administration’s anticipated actions. Questions about whether ...

The congressional appearance last month by Nemat Shafik, the president of Columbia University, was a breathtaking “What was she thinking?” episode in the history of academic freedom. It was shocking ...

Harvard’s graduate student union requested that the University guarantee academic freedom protections for graduate students’ teaching and research pursuits in a new contract proposal on Thursday, ...

A new UNC System definition of “academic freedom” received unanimous approval from the system’s Board of Governors university governance committee on Wednesday, impacting the state’s 17 public ...

At an event titled “Academic Freedom: What Remains?” hosted by Brown’s Democracy Project on Friday, four panelists discussed the current state of academic freedom at U.S. universities as they face ...

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 ...

The UNC Systems’ Committee on University Governance gave an initial nod Wednesday to a formal definition for academic freedom. “Academic freedom as a concept is included in our code and has been for ...