Academic Freedom

Rutgers professor who was prolifically anti-Semitic on social media is removed from teaching required courses and from a campus leadership post.

Susan Herbst is a scholar of political incivility. She's also president at UConn, where a campus talk went off the rails Tuesday. She discusses lessons from her research and this week's incident.

American professor in Denmark says she’s being targeted by immigration officials for doing what academics do: sharing her findings with the public.

Outside a conference she helped organize, the noted philosopher and gender theorist was burned (as a witch) in effigy. She describes the opposition and the experience of being attacked in this way.

Survey suggests students aren’t the only ones who may have difficulty with free expression on campus. It turns out the public -- across party lines -- is conflicted as well.

Play about late comedian is called off amid student protests.

Indiana appeals court sides with Purdue Calumet in professor’s free speech lawsuit.

Conservatives are giving in to the same fragility of which they so freely accuse their liberal counterparts, argues Sarah Ruger.

By Sarah Ruger