Academic Freedom

Critics say the report has little new to offer and call it an attempt to weaponize reports of discrimination and “delegitimize” higher education.

Todd Wolfson is pushing the century-old American Association of University Professors to fight higher ed’s detractors and “organize every campus.” But critics say the venerable organization is straying from its roots.

Roughly two dozen faculty members will temporarily lose access to Harvard’s main library following a silent protest in support of students punished for the same reason.

Speakers linked academic freedom and the future of democracy less than two weeks before the presidential election.

Respondents to a new Inside Higher Ed/Hanover Research poll mostly identified as Democrats—with only 8 percent supporting Trump. But, aware they’re to the left of their students and states, they’re largely keeping their thoughts to themselves.