Many Faculty Say Academic Freedom Is Deteriorating. They’re Self-Censoring.
Nearly 60 percent of the roughly 1,100 respondents to an Inside Higher Ed/Hanover Research survey—conducted in the lead-up to last week’s election—strongly agreed that academic freedom in higher education is under threat. Throw in those who say they somewhat agree it’s under threat, and the share grows to 91 percent… Inside Higher Ed and Hanover asked the faculty who had said their sense of academic freedom declined in teaching, research or extramural speech which particular topics they felt less free to discuss. The top three responses, out of roughly a dozen options, were the Israel-Palestine conflict; diversity, equity and inclusion; and federal politics writ large.
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by Ryan Quinn , Inside Higher Ed.