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Explore the debate and science of Academic Freedom.

March 22, 2023

Exclusive Documents: UNC School of Medicine Creates and Hides Social Justice Plan

John D. Sailer

New documents from UNC's School of Medicine details a department's plan to force students to engage in "effective social justice advocacy."

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February 25, 2023

Tracking Cancel Culture in Higher Education

David Acevedo

UPDATED: A repository of 269 professors, administrators, and students who have been canceled for expressing views deemed unacceptable by higher education ideologues.

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February 3, 2023

UNC Board Moves to Prohibit Compelled Speech

John D. Sailer

A UNC Board resolution seeks to restrict the school's use of compelled speech in the form of "diversity statements," which often act as political litmus tests.

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February 2, 2023

Taking the NAS to the AAAS

J. Scott Turner

If you happen to be attending the 2023 AAAS Annual Meeting on March 3-5, please stop by booth 702 and give NAS a friendly hello.

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February 2, 2023

UNC Board of Trustees Forges Path to Reform for Others to Follow

Peter Wood and David Randall

UNC Board of Trustees vote unanimously to establish the School of Civic Life and Leadership.

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January 26, 2023

Counterproductive Tenure Reform

David Randall

North Dakota House Bill 1446 proposes new reform to tenure in the state's public universities. While the sentiment is welcome, the bill is likely to decrease intellectual diversity on campus.

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January 10, 2023

The Death of Academic Freedom at Hamline University

Marina Ziemnick

The controversy over Islamic art at Hamline University marks the not-so-quiet death of academic freedom at yet another American institution of higher education.

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October 12, 2022

Censorship in the Sciences

J. Scott Turner and Mason Goad

The academic sciences are no longer the haven of independent thinkers and creative adventurers on science’s endless frontier.

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September 1, 2022

New State Resources, Affiliates in Action, and the Fight for Academic Freedom

John D. Sailer

The Civics Alliance has released a new resource—one that will surely benefit any grassroots activist concerned about social studies.

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August 16, 2022

So You Want to Promote Freedom of Expression…

Marina Ziemnick

If UNC-Chapel Hill's Board of Trustees truly wants to promote intellectual diversity on campus, dismantling the DEI bureaucracy is a good place to start.

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