Academic freedom is declining around the world, according to the latest update in the 2026 Academic Freedom Index (AFI), with ...

The stifling of civil disobedience is a significant problem at institutions that claim to honor freedom of speech and ...

Academic freedom is the foundation of academic excellence. As SCU Provost and Executive Vice President Jim Glaser affirmed in a recent statement, “colleges and universities are populated with experts, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As state and federal government leaders seek to reform higher education, it has reignited a debate about the constitutionality of ...

The US has seen a particular drop in university autonomy, which has fallen by 50% in the past decade, faster than several ...

Northwestern’s Faculty Assembly reached quorum for the first time April 21, and in a 338-83 vote — with 35 abstentions — endorsed 10 resolutions by NU’s chapter of the American Association of ...

The work of a scholarly press’s editorial board may fly under the radar, but it’s critical in upholding quality and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. These are not hypotheticals — this is what universities and research communities are facing right now. To see how quickly academic ...

Throughout this academic year, I have been in conversation with faculty, staff and students across CU Boulder and with shared governance partners. Again and again, I’ve heard a shared concern about ...

Academic freedom is not a gift. It is a structure long protected by tenure, a contract with no expiration date that guarantees procedural protections to faculty. Tenure has granted faculty at U.S.

The YeCao Collective is a student organizing group active in labor and community solidarity efforts. Dear Mayor Mamdani, In ...

Notre Dame serves the global academic community best when it does not mimic the illusory neutrality of its peers, but offers ...