Academic Freedom

Facing intense criticism for caving to censors, Cambridge University Press restores access to more than 300 journal articles it had blocked in China -- but the problem for publishers isn’t going away. Chinese authorities also try to block articles from another journal.

Cambridge press agrees to block access in China to more than 300 articles from a key journal for scholarship on the nation.

Campuses are targets of the alt-right. A new group is proposing a broad, campus-based countermovement.

University says it is blocking event not because of the ideas involved, but for reasons of safety, post-Charlottesville.

Sociologists call for a systematic response to online targeting of and threats against public scholars.

Civil rights groups argue “anti-Israel boycott” bill would violate First Amendment rights, while supporters say the bill is narrowly tailored and represents a minor amendment to current law.

Professor’s “stress-reduction policy,” mocked by conservative websites, found to violate university policy.

Fresno State announces that instructor who tweeted “Trump must hang” won’t be returning to campus. He is among several non-tenure-track faculty members to lose their jobs over social media posts.