Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The UNC Board of Governors authorized a new definition of academic freedom on Thursday, a move that enshrines an explanation of ...

Democrats gathered in Chicago are colonizing the word “freedom”: seizing a term Republicans have brandished for decades and bending it to mean their freedom to control your life, to tax you more — and ...

In 2024, the chair of the statewide University of North Carolina Faculty Assembly and the UNC state system embarked on a fraught mission at a fraught time: writing “a consensus definition” of academic ...

AI-generated summary reviewed by our newsroom. Read our AI Policy. Academic freedom is “essential” to the mission of the UNC System, according to its code. But what does it actually protect? The UNC ...

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On July 4, 1776, the Second Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence. The document declared the 13 colonies an independent nation from Great Britain. Though the Revolutionary War ...

UNC Board of Governors voted a new definition of academic freedom into policy. Policy excludes non‑pedagogical content, banned political use, and noncompliance. Faculty Assembly led drafting, while ...

UNC board will vote in February on a new academic freedom definition for the system. Draft limits freedom by excluding unrelated course content and political advocacy. Faculty and AAUP warn vague ...