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War in Gaza Fuels Faculty Free Speech Battles
Advocates for campus free expression and academic freedom say they’ve seen increased reports of squelched speech since Oct. 7—often following social media campaigns and political pressure.
Anthropologist in MOVE Bombing Bones Scandal Leaves Penn Museum
Russia Seeks to Arrest CUNY Professor, ‘New Yorker’ Writer
Palestinian Communication Professor Says She’s Been Censored Again
For a second time, Ahlam Muhtaseb, of California State University, San Bernardino, lost an opportunity to share her message due to concerns over her using the word “genocide.” This time, she says, she didn’t even use it.
Did the Top Campus for Student Free Speech Punish Faculty Speech?
A Michigan Tech professor allegedly called Young Americans for Freedom members “idiots” in class—and was then removed from the class.
AAUP: DeSantis’s Florida Part of ‘Assault on Democracy Worldwide’
Measuring Censorship Is Hard, and Stopping It May Be Harder
Censorship often comes from scientists themselves, driven by laudable motives, Musa al-Gharbi and Nicole Barbaro write.
Pushback Against Lawmaker’s Calls for Antisemitism Inquiry
Many faculty members believe Congressman Jim Banks’s threat to withhold federal funding if Indiana University at Bloomington doesn’t investigate reports of antisemitism is a veiled attempt to limit academic freedom.