Academic Freedom
Academic freedom is the promise that instructors or researchers can teach and express ideas without professional reproductions. It’s something that separates academe from other careers. Increasingly for many scholars, this promise feels at risk.
Our news, opinion, and advice stories about academic freedom in higher education answer your questions, like:
Our news, opinion, and advice stories about academic freedom in higher education answer your questions, like:
- Where is academic freedom at risk?
- How are scholars defending academic freedom?
Protest Policies
The University of California at Berkeley says a computer-science lecturer’s fasting and his remarks to students violated university policy.
A 'Crisis Situation'
Professors and students are increasingly worried what they say in class could end up on the internet.
Not Conservative Enough
Texas A&M’s board grew weary from the steady drumbeat of online posts accusing the university of liberal ideology — and desired a more explicitly conservative leader. This story was co-published with The Texas Tribune.
Prohibited Speech
A speaker dropped out of an event after Weber State University sent her a list of “prohibited words.” Now the university says it’s reviewing its guidance on the law.
The Review | Opinion
The fine print could shape higher education for generations.
The Review | Essay
Conservative Christians want safe spaces, too.
'Marketplace of Ideas'
Elite institutions are investing heavily in speaker series and training sessions to foster productive disagreement. Is this a Trump-era fad, a serious movement, or both?
The Review | Opinion
The university claims it preserved academic autonomy. It didn’t.
Grade Dispute
A University of Oklahoma student says a graduate student’s harsh grading of her assignment amounts to religious discrimination.
The Review | Conversation
As progressive orthodoxy weakens, academe’s most influential conservative warns of a growing illiberalism on the right.
