academic freedom
noun
: freedom to teach or to learn without interference (as by government officials)
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When Senate Bill 202 progressed through the Indiana Statehouse in 2024, professors decried the legislation, claiming the bill would stifle academic freedom and damage higher education outcomes, recruitment and prowess.
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Cate Charron, IndyStar, 24 July 2025
Since taking office, President Donald Trump has steadily escalated his administration's battles against several elite universities, threatening billions in federal funding, challenging First Amendment protections, and stoking broader conversations over academic freedoms.
—Kathryn Palmer, USA Today, 24 July 2025
Schrecker’s No Ivory Tower is a granular account of the effect that the Red Scare had on American universities, as well as a broader meditation on the nature and history of academic freedom.
—Tyler Austin Harper, The Atlantic, 21 July 2025
Officials have accused the university of allowing antisemitic activism, while Harvard argues the attacks threaten academic freedom.
—Amanda Castro, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 May 2025
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Cate Charron, IndyStar, 24 July 2025
Since taking office, President Donald Trump has steadily escalated his administration's battles against several elite universities, threatening billions in federal funding, challenging First Amendment protections, and stoking broader conversations over academic freedoms.
—Kathryn Palmer, USA Today, 24 July 2025
Schrecker’s No Ivory Tower is a granular account of the effect that the Red Scare had on American universities, as well as a broader meditation on the nature and history of academic freedom.
—Tyler Austin Harper, The Atlantic, 21 July 2025
Officials have accused the university of allowing antisemitic activism, while Harvard argues the attacks threaten academic freedom.
—Amanda Castro, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 May 2025
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“Academic freedom.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/academic%20freedom. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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