academic freedom
noun
: freedom to teach or to learn without interference (as by government officials)
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Trump's attempts to control the narrative of American history is not merely a threat to academic freedom, but also to the nation’s ability to confront its past and shape better policies for the future.
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Time, 20 May 2025
The university filed a lawsuit in April to block the cuts, alleging the Trump administration's actions were unconstitutional and a threat to academic freedom.
—Khaleda Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 May 2025
Efforts to remove specific ideas and perspectives from public access in libraries run parallel to legislative pushes restricting teaching history, race and gender in K–12 schools and pressures on universities to limit diversity initiatives and academic freedom.
—Laura Backstrom, Scientific American, 8 May 2025
The move marked the administration’s latest effort to demand political policy changes from the elite university amid a major clash over academic freedom, federal funding and campus oversight.
—Betsy Klein, CNN Money, 5 May 2025
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Time, 20 May 2025
The university filed a lawsuit in April to block the cuts, alleging the Trump administration's actions were unconstitutional and a threat to academic freedom.
—Khaleda Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 May 2025
Efforts to remove specific ideas and perspectives from public access in libraries run parallel to legislative pushes restricting teaching history, race and gender in K–12 schools and pressures on universities to limit diversity initiatives and academic freedom.
—Laura Backstrom, Scientific American, 8 May 2025
The move marked the administration’s latest effort to demand political policy changes from the elite university amid a major clash over academic freedom, federal funding and campus oversight.
—Betsy Klein, CNN Money, 5 May 2025
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“Academic freedom.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/academic%20freedom. Accessed 2 Jun. 2025.
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