Texas A&M University told philosophy professor Martin Peterson in early January 2026 that he could not teach some of Greek ...

Ever since Harvard and Columbia Universities refused to accede immediately to all of the Trump administration’s demands to change their policies, federal officials have cut off billions of dollars in ...

The U.S. ranks below 80 other countries in the 2024 Academic Freedom Index, scoring 0.68 out of 1.00. Over 600 university presidents released a statement defending academic freedom against government ...

The decision to post UNC syllabi publicly is an act of leadership, and a gift to North Carolina students and parents and benefit to citizens of NC.

Defending academic freedom is an all-hands-on-deck emergency. From the current administration’s scrutiny of (and executive orders related to) higher education, to state legislative overreach and ...

Northwestern’s Faculty Assembly reached quorum for the first time April 21, and in a 338-83 vote — with 35 abstentions — endorsed 10 resolutions by NU’s chapter of the American Association of ...

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 ...

Storrs — University of Connecticut faculty and graduate students gathered in goofy costumes and inflatable animal suits — but their protest in front of Homer Babbidge Library on Monday was no laughing ...

University Provost Angela Olinto announced the creation of a “Provost’s Advisory Committee on Academic Freedom” and a “Regional Review Committee” in a Friday email to the Columbia community. “As an ...

Suddenly, it seems everyone in the academy today — left, right and center — is an advocate of academic freedom. Whether on the right, as an appeal against “cancellation,” or on the left, in response ...

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Volha Chykina has received funding from Mellon Foundation / Scholars at Risk to support her research on academic freedom. David P. Baker has received funding for research on higher education and ...