academic freedom

noun

Definition of academic freedom

: freedom to teach or to learn without interference (as by government officials)

Examples of academic freedom in a Sentence

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This openness in academic freedom is absolutely a core American value. Teresa Watanabe, Los Angeles Times, "Trump is cracking down on China. Now UC campuses are paying the price," 22 July 2019 Fleming contends the effort to fire him is an encroachment on academic freedom. San Diego Union-Tribune, "Naval Academy professor returns, but not to class," 19 Aug. 2019 The third reason is that academic freedom serves as an error-correction mechanism. The Economist, "“Academic mobbing” undermines open inquiry and destroys the soul of universities," 23 July 2019 But Hopkins President Ron Daniels previously defended the ICE contracts as a matter of academic freedom. Pamela Wood, baltimoresun.com, "100-plus protesters march against ICE in nearly 100-degree heat in Baltimore," 22 July 2019 Faculty members and college and district leadership will be required to complete training on free speech and academic freedom. Anne Ryman, azcentral, "Maricopa Community Colleges settles faculty lawsuit over bargaining for $112,000," 26 June 2019 American higher education faces many difficulties, not least soaring costs and the decline of academic freedom. Philip Hamburger, WSJ, "Stop Feeding College Bureaucratic Bloat," 2 June 2019 Similarly, millions of the best young Chinese minds have experienced the academic freedom of American universities. Kishore Mahbubani, Harper's magazine, "What China Threat?," 10 Feb. 2019 But Marquette University maintained McAdams' contract doesn't guarantee academic freedom and his discipline was just about his actions bringing harm to a student. Molly Beck, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Marquette professor John McAdams prevails: Five takeaways from Wisconsin Supreme Court decision," 6 July 2018

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First Known Use of academic freedom

1863, in the meaning defined above

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