For close to 90 years, most American universities and their faculty members have operated under a popular, useful and commonly understood definition of academic freedom – that is the notion that a ...

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The Board of Governors will vote on whether to approve the proposed policy later this month, which states that academic ...

Despite controversy and concerns about politicization, NC university system appears unified as it hammers out ‘academic freedom’ definition.

The UNC Systems’ Committee on University Governance gave an initial nod Wednesday to a formal definition for academic freedom ...

Some faculty members say the "lengthy and vague" policy is a threat to academic freedom in itself and fear it can be used to ...

The UNC Board of Governors seeks to add a definition of academic freedom into system code that places parameters around the concept.

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Update: A UNC System Board of Governors committee advanced the academic freedom policy on January 28. The full board will consider it in February. For the first time, the UNC System could soon define ...