The CESCR’s definition of academic freedom consists of two parts. The first component relates to members of the academy—professors and students, as individuals or groups. In its comment on ...

The increasing influence of anti-pluralist parties is often associated with lower academic freedom in the respective country.

This definition embraces academic debate as the means to advance knowledge and embraces the “fullest exposure to conflicting opinions” limited only by disciplinary standards and evidence. Academic ...

“A major source of objection to a free economy is precisely that it gives people what they want instead of what a particular ...

Five years ago, CU Boulder experts gathered to explore the meaning and application of academic freedom (see more about 2020 event here). Now in 2025, we revisited this topic with a focus on how ...