academic freedom
noun
: freedom to teach or to learn without interference (as by government officials)
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Universities are navigating policy battles that stretch from federal funding threats to litigation over diversity programs, student protest rights and academic freedom.
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Michelle Mbekeani, Forbes.com, 1 June 2025
That's due in large part to the deeply rooted tradition of academic freedom.
—Newsweek Staff, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 June 2025
All of this is threatened by the creeping normalization of authoritarian approaches to knowledge management and academic freedom.
—Alondra Nelson, Time, 13 May 2025
Those actions prompted questions about his commitment to academic freedom and fairness, a lawsuit from the ACLU on behalf of people who were arrested and banned from the campus and a federal complaint from the Council on American Islamic Relations based on comments Ono made about Islamophobia.
—Jeffrey Schweers, The Orlando Sentinel, 7 May 2025
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Michelle Mbekeani, Forbes.com, 1 June 2025
That's due in large part to the deeply rooted tradition of academic freedom.
—Newsweek Staff, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 June 2025
All of this is threatened by the creeping normalization of authoritarian approaches to knowledge management and academic freedom.
—Alondra Nelson, Time, 13 May 2025
Those actions prompted questions about his commitment to academic freedom and fairness, a lawsuit from the ACLU on behalf of people who were arrested and banned from the campus and a federal complaint from the Council on American Islamic Relations based on comments Ono made about Islamophobia.
—Jeffrey Schweers, The Orlando Sentinel, 7 May 2025
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“Academic freedom.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/academic%20freedom. Accessed 6 Jun. 2025.
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