The video above includes two animated case examples that can be used to help you practice the stakeholder/partnership and incident assessments discussed in this course. For each animated example, how …
Threats to academic freedom come from many different sources. Many threats to academic freedom come from states and their agents. This is especially true of many of the most severe …
Earlier in this course we discussed what academic freedom is. We discussed the scope of academic freedom. We discussed the different standards protecting it. We discussed whether one defines the …
As a quick recap, we have discussed three important questions relating to academic freedom that should be asked whenever an academic is threatened for his or her opinion or conduct. …
In the last few steps we discussed the challenges in precisely defining whether particular opinion, expression or conduct of an academic is, or is not, protected by academic freedom. And …
In this article, we will explore the difficulty– and confusion–in trying to determine whether an opinion or expression by an academic is protected by academic freedom, freedom of expression, both, …
Academic freedom is protected by both international human rights standards and higher education principles. These areas overlap, and this is sometimes confusing. Why do we need both sets of protections? …
Is academic freedom a human right? This question is asked a lot. And the answer can be confusing. What are “human rights”? What are “human rights”? The term is used in …
To understand academic freedom and how is supposed to protect people asking difficult or dangerous questions, it is important to have a general understanding of the meaning of five core …
The two main views on what academic freedom is or should be can be described as either “traditional” or “contemporary” and “socially-engaged” As we look into these two views please …
What does academic freedom actually mean? A brief history. Academic freedom can be difficult to define precisely. It is generally recognized as the freedom of academics: to teach and discuss …