Liberal faculty outnumber conservatives nearly 7-to-1 on college campuses, a new report finds, raising concerns about ...

Public records obtained by City Journal show the Center for the Defense of Academic Freedom has taken a bizarrely censorial ...

Texas A&M University told philosophy professor Martin Peterson in early January 2026 that he could not teach some of Greek philosopher Plato's writings that touch on "race and gender ideology." The ...

Academic freedom is often described as a cornerstone of democratic society. Politicians regularly claim to defend it, universities invoke it in mission statements and most members of the public say ...

In a survey administered the week before this month’s presidential election, an overwhelming majority of college and university faculty reported that they believed academic freedom was in jeopardy.

If the AAU’s core academic principles are to mean anything, the organization must sanction member universities that are in ...

Sign up to receive our email newsletter in your inbox. Northwestern’s Faculty Assembly reached quorum for the first time April 21, and in a 338-83 vote — with 35 ...

Justice Felix Frankfurter, in his concurring opinion in Sweezy v. New Hampshire (1957), made a standing principle. He argued ...

The AAUP announced the formation of a Committee of Inquiry tasked with examining the multiple serious violations of academic freedom and the dismantling of shared faculty governance across Texas ...

Five years ago, CU Boulder experts gathered to explore the meaning and application of academic freedom (see more about 2020 event here). Now in 2025, we revisited this topic with a focus on how ...

In May 2010, after months of meetings, readings and campus-wide conversations, the Calvin board of trustees passed two documents that college administrators said will be key guides for critical ...

What does President Prabowo Subianto mean by "academic freedom" on university campuses? The Palace explains his remarks.