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Academic Freedom

Academic freedom is the promise that instructors or researchers can teach and express ideas without professional reproductions. It’s something that separates academe from other careers. Increasingly for many scholars, this promise feels at risk.

Our news, opinion, and advice stories about academic freedom in higher education answer your questions, like:

  • Where is academic freedom at risk?
  • How are scholars defending academic freedom?
ED Under Siege
By Alissa Gary February 12, 2025
President Trump’s nominee for education secretary will face a barrage of questions about potential plans to shutter the Education Department.
The Review | Opinion
By Bradford Vivian February 12, 2025
Its recent vogue owes much to conservative think tanks.
The Review | Essay
By Brendan Cantwell February 4, 2025
Here’s how the sector can find its footing.
The Review | Opinion
By John K. Wilson January 31, 2025
Defending academic freedom doesn’t mean exaggerating the threats to it.
Political Influence
By Emma Pettit January 30, 2025
The state’s public universities worked for months to vet their general-education courses in an attempt to bring them into compliance.
'Flying a Little Blind'
By Emma Pettit, Megan Zahneis January 29, 2025
A sweeping new law required vast curricular change, leading to a confusing implementation that has professors contemplating the limits of their autonomy.
Pushing back
By Emma Pettit January 17, 2025
Six faculty members argue that a 2023 law mandating that general-education courses not teach “identity politics” violates their First Amendment rights.
The Review | Opinion
By Steven Lubet January 16, 2025
Here’s what really happened to the controversial Columbia law professor.
The Review | Conversation
By Len Gutkin, David Wescott January 16, 2025
Steven Brint talks Trumpian dystopia, the administrator-activist alliance, and the role of higher ed’s political center.
Academic Freedom
By Christa Dutton January 8, 2025
More than a third of faculty members feel like they have less of it than they did several years ago, according to two associations.