Academic Freedom

The AAUP compromised its political neutrality in taking sides in the contested debate over the definition of antisemitism, Cary Nelson and Steven Lubet write.

Recognizing the boundaries of academic freedom is important to protecting it, Inara Scott writes.

AAUP report on Linfield University’s firing of a chaired professor sets stage for censure later this year.

Virginia Military Institute administrators have a contentious relationship with a resurrected student newspaper, which they worry is a puppet publication for alumni with an ax to grind against reforms.

Princeton says it won’t remove a reference to a professor’s controversial comment about a Black student group from a university-sponsored webpage. Some say this is retaliation, but others say the pro–free speech professor is now advocating censorship.

Jury finds University of Kansas professor guilty in a China Initiative case, but the federal program’s many critics aren’t persuaded.

David Wippman and Glenn C. Altschuler write that the pandemic has helped fuel growing government intervention in higher ed.