Academic Freedom

Colgate offers up its own statement on campus speech, arguing that it's not just what you say, it's how you say it.

A conservative professor is under fire for comparing -- facetiously, he says -- Judge Brett Kavanaugh's alleged actions to "spin the bottle," and for suggesting limiting judicial nominees to rapists. Students say his words are dangerous, but he thinks he's collateral damage in the culture wars.

Editors of book series stop publishing with Springer Nature to protest its acquiescence to Chinese government censorship demands.

His social media posts raise questions of professional responsibility, sexism and free expression.

Jordan Peterson dishes out what he sees as harsh truths, but can he take them in return? Critics see hypocrisy and even misogyny in his threats to sue them for defamation.

University of Michigan professor refuses to write on behalf of student hoping to study in Israel. Are such letters a professional responsibility or subject to faculty members' political views?

The Trump administration, which has frequently criticized colleges for not doing enough to protect free speech on campus, introduces a more expansive definition of anti-Semitism on campus. Civil liberties groups say it will result in the stifling of free speech.

University of Arizona psychologist is under scrutiny for taking money from an organization founded to support research in eugenics.