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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 increasing influence of anti-pluralist parties is often associated with lower academic freedom in the respective country. This is one of the findings of the latest Academic Freedom Index (AFI) ...

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, ...

In many countries, scientists have experienced a loss of academic freedom in recent years. This trend has been criticized on the basis of fundamental principles. However, there has been no research to ...

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 ...

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 ...

P rinciples of academic freedom and diversity, equity, and inclusion will sometimes (perhaps increasingly often) collide, as Amna Khalid and Jeffrey Aaron Snyder have argued recently in these pages.

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 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 ...