Academic Freedom

Controversy over paper in favor of colonialism sparks calls for retraction as well as worries that academics are relying more on erasure than counterargument to challenge unpopular scholarship.

Incidents at Harvard and Catholic Universities challenge idea that liberals are the only ones preventing ideas from being voiced on campuses.

John Jay College places adjunct on leave, citing safety issues after social media post is widely condemned in New York City.

University acts amid uproar over her selection.

While we may not agree with what she says, we in academe should defend her right to say it, argues Jonathan Zimmerman.

Ohio University rushed through a policy that bans all indoor protests, but vehement campus criticism may lead to changes.

A prominent journal that already accepted a controversial study about using computers to "read" sexuality based on a photo is further scrutinizing the paper after intense public backlash.

New paper on artificial intelligence that can (mostly) correctly pick self-identified gays and lesbians based on photos has been called nearly everything -- from bad science to an important “wake-up call.”