UNC System’s new definition of academic freedom approved over faculty objections

The UNC Board of Governors authorized a new definition of academic freedom on Thursday, a move that enshrines an explanation ...

‘Freedom’ Means Something Different to Liberals and Conservatives. Here’s How the Definition Split—And Why That Still Matters

How two competing definitions of "freedom" evolved over the last 250 years—and why they remain largely unreconcilable ...
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UNC Board OKs Definition of What Academic Freedom Is, and Isn’t

The university system dropped proposed language saying teaching “clearly unrelated to the course description” wouldn’t be protected. The AAUP remained opposed.
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Artists Across the U.S. Are Staging Hundreds of Events to Protest Authoritarianism

Across the U.S., artists and organizations have organized more than 600 pop-up events, performances, readings, and other forms of creative protest as part of Fall of Freedom, a new artist-led ...

Global Internet Freedom Declines, Aided by AI

Global internet freedom declined for a thirteenth consecutive year in 2023, partially as a result of AI, a Freedom House ...
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Black History Month: Remembering Freedom Summer

Markers across Hattiesburg are drawing attention to the people and places connected to the 1964 Freedom Summer campaign. But ...