The UNC Systems’ Committee on University Governance gave an initial nod Wednesday to a formal definition for academic freedom ...

The UNC Board of Governors seeks to add a definition of academic freedom into system code that places parameters around the ...

Despite controversy and concerns about politicization, NC university system appears unified as it hammers out ‘academic freedom’ definition.

Some faculty members say the "lengthy and vague" policy is a threat to academic freedom in itself and fear it can be used to ...

The proposed policy explains the concept the same way a faculty group did last fall, but system leaders added limitations on ...

On July 4, 1776, the Second Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence. The document declared the 13 colonies an independent nation from Great Britain. Though the Revolutionary War ...

Harvard’s graduate student union requested that the University guarantee academic freedom protections for graduate students’ teaching and research pursuits in a new contract proposal on Thursday, ...

As legislators, we have two primary duties: uphold the Constitution, and protect the rights and interests of residents. I filter everything I do – every bill I introduce, and every vote I take – ...

Michael Bérubé and Jennifer Ruth believe in academic freedom, but not the way it’s come to be understood in 2022, with social media spewing hate (among other things) and with colleges employing many ...

This Pew Research Center analysis examines how people in Australia and the United Kingdom define democracy. In both countries, respondents were asked the following open-ended question: “In a few words ...