Academic Freedom

Students and faculty members fear the president they admire, who has focused on liberal arts and moved away from hostility toward gay people, may be ousted.

As the American Anthropological Association begins voting on a resolution to boycott Israeli universities, boycott opponents allege bias in report commissioned by the association.

Reports are circulating that administrators at American University of Beirut have blocked his appointment to a permanent position there. UPDATE: University says search featured "significant procedural violations."

Group of scholars want a political theology blog post arguing that some leftists sympathize with jihad taken down, but the blog's editors say they're baffled by the demand.

Highly respected professors face intimidation, threats and smear campaigns for deviating from the views of the Hindu right.

Oberlin professors condemn a professor's anti-Semitic remarks on social media; others refuse to do so.

At an American Educational Research Association panel, academics discuss the rewards -- and risks -- of using social media to advance public scholarship.

New book argues that students involved in campus protests over controversial speakers or ideas should instead support a marketplace of ideas in which all notions are heard and the best rise to the top.