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Critics mull challenge to Ontario’s Bill 33
Government regulation of student fees, admissions criteria, cause controversy around new provincial education law.
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When democracy teeters, where do universities stand?
University of Regina Professor Marc Spooner analyzes the threats to academia’s public mission.
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Who’s afraid of academic freedom?
Defenders of democratic debate are rising to meet the challenges of ideological polarization, governmental interference, and underfunding of academic institutions.
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Political turbulence poses threats, opportunities
Université de Montréal rector Daniel Jutras reflects on how Canadian universities are reacting to events in the U.S. and the grounds for optimism amid the turmoil.
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Academics facing potential censorship
How do we manage academic freedom, which should be unhindered, unrestricted and inviolable?
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‘Beware of oysters’ and other remedies for donor threats to academic freedom
Ultimately, the three best defences are good policies, good communication and good habits.
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The high price of donations
Even when it doesn’t improperly interfere in academic searches and tenure files, some kinds of donor funding routinely threaten academic freedom in a range of ways.
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The possible excesses of academic freedom, put into perspective
Academic freedom means academics can reflect on any topic, but can they fuel racist thinking?
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Two misconceptions about ‘collegial governance’
Academic staff are not only employees; they are also the ‘collegium’ charged with the academic governance of universities.
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On the uses and abuses of ‘academic freedom’
When we invoke academic freedom as a way of defending our own peccadillos, we render universities into petty fiefdoms and academic freedom into a bludgeon.
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How to fight antisemitism without threatening
academic freedomAn examination of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance working definition of antisemitism.
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Students and the freedom to learn
What ever happened to students’ academic freedom?
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Rediscovering the truth-seeking mission of universities
The notion that universities exist, first and foremost, to discover and impart knowledge is no longer in vogue. That’s a tragedy.
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Learning to say goodbye to academic freedom
It is an adjustment when an academic becomes a senior administrator, as they don’t have the same academic freedoms they did as professors.
