UNC System moves to define academic freedom, battles profs union

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

Now Boarding the Freedom Plane: Precious Founding-Era Documents

The plane, organized by the National Archives, will take rare 18th-century documents around the country in a tour loosely ...

UNC System defining academic freedom. Some faculty see ‘footholds for mischief'

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

Freedom through the eyes of foes: Rev. Martin Luther King and Sen. Barry Goldwater

In honor of MLK Day, we sit down with historian Nicholas Buccola, author of One Man’s Freedom, to re-examine the concept of "freedom" by comparing the legacies of Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. and ...
The Hill

What does academic freedom really mean?

After opposing academic boycotts as “inimical to the principle of academic freedom” for nearly 20 years, the American Association of University Professors declared this month that boycotts may be ...
The New Yorker

Kamala Harris’s “Freedom” Campaign

Presidential candidates choose their walk-on music carefully. Barack Obama liked to set an upbeat tone for his rallies with U2’s “Beautiful Day” and wrap up with Stevie Wonder’s joyful “Signed, Sealed ...