Culture of Fear in Places of Learning: Faculty at NC Colleges Report Anxiety Over Threats to Academic Freedom
Faculty at both public and private colleges in NC express concerns about politicized attacks on academic freedom and limits to free speech.
There’s an Intensifying Kind of Threat to Academic Freedom – Watchful Students Serving As Informants
Restricting academic freedom is often thought of in terms of universities telling professors what they can and cannot do or teach. But that isn’t the only scenario.
Texas’ Chilling Academic Freedom Crackdown Sees Plato Passages Excised
A Texas A&M professor was forced to choose between editing his syllabus or teaching another course.
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Academic Freedom on Life Support: Trump’s War on Knowledge Exposed
In this episode of Scheer Intelligence, Robert Scheer speaks with Professor Steve Macek about what he calls an unprecedented assault on academic freedom in the United States. From federal investigations…
Academic Freedom on Trial: The Firing of Sang Hea Kil and the Campus Culture of Fear
By Joshua Scheer I started the morning reading about the case of Professor Sang Hea Kil in an interview with her on Mondoweiss. I strongly encourage everyone to read that…
San Jose State professor fights back after being fired over Palestine protest
By Omar Zahzah for Mondoweiss Over the last two years, Maura Finkelstein and Katherine Franke, among others, lost their positions as part of the explosion of academic repression in the…
Trump’s Attempts to Control Higher Education Follow a Familiar Fascist Playbook
Trumpism has been aided by divestment that hollowed higher ed out from the core, AAUP President Todd Wolfson says.
Trump’s War on Epistemic Institutions
By Steve Macek for Project Censored Contemporary liberal democracies such as the United States depend on more than free elections andstable, functioning economies. They also rely on what are sometimes…
California’s New Law Outlawing Criticism of Israel Quashes Academic Freedom, Criminalizes Teachers
Positioned and disguised as a bill to protect Jewish students from anti-Semitism expressions, it is really an attack on academic freedom, teachers’ freedom to teach, and freedom to criticize a…
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Academic Freedom on Life Support: Inside Texas, the New Ground Zero of a National Crackdown on Higher Education
Scheer Intelligence Podcast In this episode of Scheer Intelligence, Robert Scheer speaks with Dr. Daniel Braaten, Associate Professor of Criminology and Political Science at Texas A&M–San Antonio, from what may…
The Shakedown: Trump’s DOJ Pressured Lawyers to “Find” Evidence That UCLA Had Illegally Tolerated Antisemitism
Trump’s DOJ threatened UCLA with discrimination lawsuits, demanded more than $1 billion in fines and pressed for changes that had nothing to do with antisemitism.
Educators Worry Palestine Censorship Could Reshape Public Education Entirely
By Marianne Dhenin Truthout This article was originally published by Truthout Awave of bills introduced this year in state legislatures across the country sought to censor Palestine-related education in public…
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Academic Freedom Under Siege: The Global Implications of Restricting Scientific Inquiry
Join Robert Scheer in this thought-provoking episode of Scheer Intelligence as he engages with David Baker, author of “Global Megascience: Universities, Research Collaborations, and Knowledge Production.” Together, they explore the…
A Direct Attack on the Freedom of Speech: Trump Takes On Higher Ed
By: James Libresco for Project Censored And then came the universities. After waging war on public broadcasting and the arts, the Trump administration threatened last month to cut federal funding…
‘Unlawful Coercion’: Trump Can’t Withhold Funds or Demand Payment From UC, Federal Judge Rules
By Mikhail Zinshteyn / CalMatters A California federal judge ruled today that Donald Trump cannot demand that UCLA pay a $1.2 billion settlement that would have imposed severe limits on…