The UNC Systems’ Committee on University Governance gave an initial nod Wednesday to a formal definition for academic freedom ...

For close to 90 years, most American universities and their faculty members have operated under a popular, useful and commonly understood definition of academic freedom – that is the notion that a ...

The Faculty Assembly’s proposed definition will soon go before the state university system’s board, but with added language ...

The Texas A&M System Board of Regents on Thursday approved the establishment of general education review committees at each ...

It's "essential to the university's mission," yet has no comprehensive definition. What does academic freedom actually protect? What does it leave out?

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

Former Texas A&M professor Melissa McCoul is suing the Texas A&M University System, alleging she was fired for teaching ...

Academic Freedom: From Professional Norm to First Amendment Right by David M. Rabban. Harvard University Press, 2024.

The removal of these protections will directly undermine educational quality, weaken faculty recruitment and retention, and ...

Protesters demand restoration of academic freedom on College Station campus.

Some faculty members say the "lengthy and vague" policy is a threat to academic freedom in itself and fear it can be used to ...

Academic freedom is often described as a cornerstone of democratic society. Politicians regularly claim to defend it, universities invoke it in mission statements and most members of the public say ...