academic freedom
noun
: freedom to teach or to learn without interference (as by government officials)
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Soon, Dartmouth College will confer an honorary doctorate on Greg Lukianoff, the president of the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression, an outspoken and ideologically impartial defender of free speech and academic freedom.
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Robert P. George, Washington Post, 11 May 2026
Tara Findley, a public relations major from Lubbock, said the clothing symbolized what demonstrators see as the death of academic freedom at Texas Tech.
—Mateo Rosiles, USA Today, 7 May 2026
Main sticking points include compensation and benefits, housing, job security, and academic freedom.
—Naomi Ruchim, CBS News, 20 Mar. 2026
At the University of Houston, a different course review is brewing similar concerns over academic freedom and whether the administration is going too far to comply with state law.
—Samantha Ketterer, Houston Chronicle, 7 Mar. 2026
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Robert P. George, Washington Post, 11 May 2026
Tara Findley, a public relations major from Lubbock, said the clothing symbolized what demonstrators see as the death of academic freedom at Texas Tech.
—Mateo Rosiles, USA Today, 7 May 2026
Main sticking points include compensation and benefits, housing, job security, and academic freedom.
—Naomi Ruchim, CBS News, 20 Mar. 2026
At the University of Houston, a different course review is brewing similar concerns over academic freedom and whether the administration is going too far to comply with state law.
—Samantha Ketterer, Houston Chronicle, 7 Mar. 2026
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“Academic freedom.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/academic%20freedom. Accessed 16 May. 2026.
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