academic freedom Archives - Page 2 of 6

NEWS BRIEFS: “Extralegal Activity to Crack Down on Independent Thought”

“The space for academic freedom has shrunk at an accelerating pace over the past decade.”

by Future U/ October 6, 2025/ Public Higher Ed/

Harrison Fields: “The days of wasting taxpayer dollars on drag shows in Ecuador and other far-left initiatives are over."

by Future U/ August 8, 2025/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed/

PEN AMERICA: "Censorship of higher education, it seems, is highly contagious."

by Future U/ July 28, 2025/ Fascist Neoliberalism, Higher Ed, Public Higher Ed, Society/

Zoe Sherman, until recently, was associate professor of economics at Merrimack College, writes about the circumstances in higher education: “Spring …

by Future U/ May 15, 2025/ Higher Ed, Perspectives/

"I love my university and my students. I have no desire to indoctrinate anyone. The same is true of my …

by Future U/ May 7, 2025/ Fascist Neoliberalism, Public Higher Ed, Society/

"It is the greatest threat to American universities since the Red Scare of the 1950s. Every American should be concerned."

by Future U/ March 22, 2025/ Fascist Neoliberalism, Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Society/

"How to (function) with executive orders banning banning discussions of structural racism, unconscious bias, and gender?"

by Future U/ March 11, 2025/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

Bethany Letiecq: "Going after your scholarship is a powerful tactic they are using to silence faculty.”

by Future U/ March 3, 2025/ Fascist Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

"Faculty in all fields reject political interference in the management of university curricula."

by Future U/ February 22, 2025/ Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

"We call on MIT to publicly and forcefully reiterate its commitment to the principles of academic freedom."

by Future U/ February 21, 2025/ Higher Ed, Perspectives/

"First Amendment right of academic freedom should extend to intramural expression about university educational policy."

by Future U/ January 26, 2025/ Higher Ed, Perspectives/

FROM ACADEME BLOG: “On December 12, the NYU administration invited the NYPD to arrest two faculty members supporting students in …

by Future U/ December 20, 2024/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Petition/

“Academic freedom technically exists, but many faculty lack faith that it will be there to protect them."

by Future U/ December 15, 2024/ Public Higher Ed/

AAUP: "increasingly partisan critics of freedom of speech/First Amendment, and taking positions that threaten academic freedom."

by Future U/ December 11, 2024/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed/

Administrators: "Try modeling the collegiate mission of not just producing knowledge but subjecting it to civic/moral scrutiny."

by Future U/ October 29, 2024/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/