Educational Leadership

Amid spiraling campus speech debates, many professors are rallying in defense of a bedrock principle. But can they agree on just what it means?

After a student protest, Jenny S. Martinez wrote a much-praised memo defending academic freedom. But that protest shows how complicated protecting free speech can be.

The high court ruling clarifies that, while universities can’t shut down academic debate, they can protect internal policies from violation

Beijing is using dismissals, arrests, and a repressive new law to curtail students’ and professors’ rights.

Academic freedom and freedom of speech are sacred for universities; but this responsibility is often complex according to a University of Melbourne expert.

The principle is highly valued by many at American universities, but critics say it is sometimes invoked to dodge repercussions.

A group of leading Australian academics says universities must do more to create conditions for rigorous, informed discussion of unorthodox ideas.

The case taken by two high-profile academics against their university goes to the heart of what it means to be a ‘critic and conscience of society’.

The court found the university was unjustified in censuring the academic for initial conduct that was protected as an exercise in intellectual freedom. But his response to disciplinary action wasn’t.

A new report has found students and academics critical of China's Communist Party are being harassed and intimidated by supporters of Beijing. Universities must do more to protect academic freedom.

The Australian National University’s decision to withdraw from negotiations with the Ramsay Centre over its proposed very generous gift in support of a new Western Civilisation degree program continues…