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In pursuit of an atmosphere in which ideas can be followed without fear that you’ll be punished
Harvard Law Today
December 6, 2022
Academic Freedom Alliance Opposes Diversity Statements
Inside Higher Ed
August 23, 2022
College alumni groups spread nationally to counter ‘cancel culture’
The Washington Post
July 24, 2022
San Diego State Removes Professor From Classes Over Slurs
Inside Higher Ed
March 11, 2022
Christian University Bans Professor From Campus For Critiquing Its Dive Into ‘Equity’ And ‘Inclusion’
The Federalist
March 7, 2022
‘A Naked Attack’: Texas Lieutenant Governor Pledges to End Tenure for All New Hires
The Chronicle of Higher Education
February 18, 2022
Penn law dean starts process that could lead to sanctions on professor Amy Wax
The Philadelphia Enquirer
January 18, 2022
When Professors Offend Students
Chronicle
December 16, 2021
‘Win for academic freedom’: College will not fire professor who defended rigorous math standards
The College Fix
December 3, 2021
A ‘Roadmap’ for Campus Speech
Inside Higher Ed
December 1, 2021
The Year Campus Free Speech Groups Started Fighting Back
Real Clear Politics
November 19, 2021
MIT cancels professor lecture after backlash against him, university cites ‘distractions’
Boston Herald
October 5, 2021
So They’re Trying to Shut You Up
The Chronicle of Higher Education
October 4, 2021
Rebuilding a Culture of Academic Freedom - A Conversation with Keith Whittington
Law and Liberty Podcast
June 1, 2021
Keith Whittington - Fighting for Faculty Freedom
Two for Tea Podcast
May 16, 2021
Some Academic Freedom Victories
Keith E. Whittington, Reason
May 5, 2021
Professors Are Demanding Their Academic Freedom (And That’s A Good Thing For The Rest Of Us)
Emily Chamlee-Wright, Forbes
April 16, 2021
Free Speech Is Under Threat on College Campuses. Here’s How to Fight Back.
Keith E. Whittington, National Review
March 18, 2021
Fresh Hope for Campus Free Speech
Editorial Board, New York Post
March 15, 2021
A Star Is Born!!! The Academic Freedom Alliance
Richard Vedder, Forbes Magazine
March 15, 2021
College Educators Form Alliance to Defend Free Expression
Voice of America
March 13, 2021
Academic Freedom Alliance: A Welcome Addition to Fight for Campus Expression
Peter Bonilla, FIRE
March 12, 2021
Speaking the Truth: Heed the Words of Frederick Douglass
Lucas E. Morel, Persuasion
March 12, 2021
More Defenders of Campus Free Speech
Wall Street Journal
March 9, 2021
New Nonpartisan Faculty Group Will Promote and Defend Free Speech, Academic Freedom
Colleen Flaherty, Inside Higher Ed
March 9, 2021
Academic Freedom Alliance: Q & A with Keith Whittington
Princetonians For Free Speech
March 8, 2021
College Educators Form Alliance to Defend Free Expression
Hillel Italie, AP News
March 8, 2021
College Educators Form Free Speech Alliance to Counter Cancel Culture and Viewpoint Suppression
Mica Soellner, Washington Examiner
March 8, 2021
Opinion and Commentary
The Precarious State of Academic Freedom: An Interview with Amna Khalid and Jeffrey Snyder
Conducted and edited by Howard Muncy
Threats Left and Right: A Conversation with David Greenberg
Conducted and edited by Howard Muncy
A Canceled Cancellation
Scott Richard Lyons, Inside Higher Ed
July 29, 2022
Contingency v. Orthodoxy
Steven McGuire, Inside Higher Ed
July 7, 2022
Rebuilding a Culture of Academic Freedom
Keith Whittington, Law & Liberty
June 17, 2022
I’m a Conservative Professor Who Opposed Safe Spaces. I Was Wrong.
Jon A. Shields, The New York Times
April 7, 2022
Seeking Justice, Seeking Truth: a Conversation with Nadine Strossen
Conducted and edited by Olivia Glunz
The Science of Freedom: a Conversation with Anna Krylov
Conducted and edited by Olivia Glunz
The Nobility of Freedom: An Interview with Donald Downs
Conducted and edited by Olivia Glunz
Academic freedom cannot make an exception for hate speech
Keith E. Whittington, The Philadelphia Inquirer
January 27, 2022
The intellectual freedom that made public colleges great is under threat
Keith E. Whittington, The Washington Post
December 15, 2021
The Data Is In — Trigger Warnings Don’t Work
Amna Khalid & Jeffrey Aaron Snyder, The Chronicle of Higher Education
September 15, 2021
A Good Statement on Faculty Speech from Syracuse
Keith E. Whittington, Reason.com
September 14, 2021
Is It Ever OK to Enunciate a Slur in the Classroom?
Randall Kennedy, The Chronicle of Higher Education
September 10, 2021
Ten Ways to Defend Against a Cancellation Attack
Lee Jussim, Psychology Today
December 22, 2020
Academics Are Really, Really Worried About Their Freedom
John McWhorter, The Atlantic
September 1, 2020
Free Speech Prevails at Princeton
Robert P. George, First Things
July 28, 2020
Protecting Academic Freedom in the Black Lives Matter Era
Jonathan Zimmerman, Inside Higher Ed
June 22, 2020
The Legal Problem With Diversity Statements
Brian Leiter, The Chronicle of Higher Education
March 13, 2020
Can We Guarantee That Colleges Are Intellectually Diverse?
Molly Worthen, The New York Times
August 30, 2019
Unpopular Speech in A Cold Climate
Jeannie Suk Gersen, The New Yorker
March 14, 2019
How a Dispute Over the N-Word Became a Dispiriting Farce
Randall Kennedy, The Chronicle of Higher Education
February 8, 2019
Free Speech Is a Core Tenet of the Academy. College Trustees Really Ought to Know That.
Keith E. Whittington, The Chronicle of Higher Education
December 5, 2018
Truth Seeking, Democracy, and Freedom of Thought and Expression
A Statement by Robert P. George and Cornel West
March 14, 2017
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