Religious Studies Prof. and faculty handbook committee chair Richard Kieckhefer discussed proposals for altering the faculty handbook, including revisions to its definition of academic freedom.

Amid growing concern about academic freedom, a faculty group wants UNC officials to be more precise about what activities are protected.

Michael Bérubé and Jennifer Ruth believe in academic freedom, but not the way it’s come to be understood in 2022, with social media spewing hate (among other things) and with colleges employing many ...

Every institution of higher learning has policies regarding academic integrity for students, as well as penalties for academic misconduct. The codes of conduct for faculty, however, are more variable.

Lately I’ve been thinking about this moniker, academic, and what it means to me. I used to think of myself as an academic, an alternative academic at that, but I’m starting to wonder: what’s academic ...