Academic Freedom

Emory is investigating a law professor who used the slur in a torts class about a case involving the word "Negro."

As the field grapples with the past’s racial legacies, the rhetoric of academic freedom is being weaponized against those committed to making it more inclusive, writes Dorothy Kim.

Following uproar in conservative press, Rutgers says historian's screed against gentrification in Harlem (and the white people like himself it attracts) violates university policy. Others see free speech.

We should all be alarmed by The Nation’s treatment of a left-wing poet, Adam Szetela writes.

Texas faculty members sued, saying that classroom speech would be limited because of fear of gun violence. Judges rejected argument.

AAUP opposes efforts in some states to get academics to disavow movement regarding Israel. Group also opposes recent government action against American pro-BDS scholar.

No one is obligated to support a boycott, but opposition to one does not justify silencing its advocates, argues Henry Reichman.

Jeff Sessions gives another speech denouncing campuses for failing to permit all viewpoints to be heard. When it comes to recent incident at University of Kansas, he's not talking.