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'Freedom to Teach'
When it comes to course content, individual instructors -- including adjuncts -- should call the shots, even in multisection courses, AAUP says in a new statement.
Free Speech at Brown (Again)
President calls for review of incident where speaker was shouted down, and of campus climate for dissenting views. Is this university worse than others -- or has it just become a punching bag for the right?
Has China Failed Key Test?
Peking U. fires economics professor in widely watched test case for academic freedom in China -- an outcome that some Western academics have said should raise questions about partnerships there.
Not-So-Great Expectations
Several professors recently have come under fire for communications with students they intended to remain private. But little is private in the Internet age, experts say.
Who Holds the Rights?
A new report from AAUP charges that universities are trying to diminish professors' patent rights in the age of online content.
Who Can Speak at Providence?
Facing faculty and student outrage, college says it will permit an academic speaker in favor of same-sex marriage, under certain conditions.
Too Quick to Suspend?
Recent sanctions by colleges against faculty members have some calling for renewed discussion of when a professor should and shouldn't be removed from duty.
Protected Tweet?
A tenured Kansas professor's Twitter remark was distasteful by all accounts, but faculty advocates and free speech experts say it didn't warrant immediate suspension.