Academic Freedom

Senate committee hearing largely affirms free speech efforts underway at colleges but is wary of continuing instances of students shutting down speeches.

Recalling a case at Oberlin College, Rutgers investigates a professor for anti-Semitic Facebook comments he says he can't be sure he made.

Sociology has reputation for diversity and inclusion, including at its conferences. So a preliminary, nearly all-male list of featured speakers for an upcoming meeting sparked criticism -- and backlash over gender equity and collegiality.

Penn grad student says she’s under fire on campus and off for using a teaching technique that involves specifically calling on students from underrepresented groups.

University crackdowns on speech hurt everyone, writes Christopher Newfield, and renew a false, decades-old depiction of campuses as overrun by censorious radicals.

Professors at Purdue accuse President Mitch Daniels of deflecting attention away from his “inaction” on white supremacy on campus by smearing a professor’s reputation.

Policies that punish student protesters reinforce institutionalized white supremacy, argues Charles H. F. Davis III.

Colleges shouldn’t deem certain speech to be off-limits, writes Walter M. Kimbrough.