academic freedom

November 3, 2021
U-M issues statement following classroom incident

The university has issued a statement saying it strongly supports free speech and academic freedom, and also works hard to establish an inclusive and supportive learning environment for all students.
February 17, 2021
Panelists at lecture explore challenges to academic freedom

Three scholars dedicated to defending free academic inquiry and instruction spoke about academic freedom at home and abroad during the 30th annual Davis, Markert, and Nickerson Academic Freedom Lecture.
October 28, 2019
Academic freedom lecturer to address tenured faculty reductions

Henry F. Reichman of the American Association of University Professors will deliver the 29th Davis, Markert, and Nickerson Lecture on Academic and Intellectual Freedom.
April 22, 2019
Faculty panel outlines principles for faculty-student interactions

A new core statement of principle for the interaction of faculty members with students says faculty members “must base their actions solely on educational and professional reasons” except in the most unusual circumstances.
December 12, 2018
Panel takes input on faculty beliefs and students’ experience

Students and faculty members shared their views with a faculty panel exploring how faculty members’ political ideologies should intersect with their responsibilities to students.
November 28, 2018
UNC professor lectures on government interference in higher ed

University of North Carolina professor Gene Nichol discussed how government and university leadership can undermine academic freedom and free speech in higher education.
November 19, 2018
Talk to consider state interference in critique of government

Gene Nichol will speak on “outside political interference with academic freedom and university-based freedom of speech” at the annual Davis, Markert, and Nickerson Academic Freedom Lecture.
October 31, 2018
President, provost expand on issues of personal beliefs, reference letters

President Mark Schlissel and Provost Martin Philbert further explore the issues surrounding the role of personal beliefs in educators’ decisions whether to write reference letters for students.
October 22, 2018
SACUA says recommendation decisions should be up to faculty

The Senate Advisory Committee on University Affairs issued a statement Monday declaring that the decision to write letters of recommendation for students must remain in the hands of faculty members.
September 20, 2018
Schlissel speaks out on professor’s refusal to support student effort to study in Israel

President Mark Schlissel says a faculty member’s refusal to provide a previously promised letter of recommendation for a student because she was seeking to study abroad in Israel is not the position of the university.