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UNC Plans to Define Academic Freedom—and Its Limits
The Faculty Assembly’s proposed definition will soon go before the state university system’s board, but with added language such as “academic freedom is not absolute.” The state AAUP is objecting.
Remote Class and Escorts: Twin Cities Universities Respond to ICE, CBP, Protests
The killings by federal agents in Minneapolis have fueled demonstrations. Area institutions are stepping up security, moving classes online and more.
DHS Targeted Students for Protected Speech
Newly unsealed court documents show that the federal government arrested and attempted to deport international scholars based solely on their pro-Palestinian activism.
A How-To Guide for Handling Campus Speech Controversies
A lot has changed since Erwin Chemerinsky and Howard Gillman wrote Free Speech on Campus in 2017. They’re back with a second book that addresses student protest, classroom speech, event security and more.
Appeals Court Reverses Order to Release Khalil
Report: State Lawmakers Enacted a Record 21 Censorship Bills in 2025
The legislatures in all 15 states that passed higher education censorship bills are Republican-controlled. Measures range from curricular control to curtailing faculty governance.
Catholic University Briefly Banned Reddit, Sparking Backlash
The university banned hundreds of pornography sites in 2019. But students were stunned to return from winter break to find their access to the popular social media platform restricted.
In Defense of the Student-Run Magazine
The student-run magazine survives, even thrives—but not at the University of Alabama.