Many Faculty Say Academic Freedom Is Deteriorating. They’re Self-Censoring
Ryan Quinn | 13 November 2024 | Inside Higher Ed
Nearly 60 percent of the roughly 1,100 respondents to an Inside Higher Ed/Hanover Research survey—conducted in the lead-up to last week’s election—strongly agreed that academic freedom in higher education is under threat. Throw in those who say they somewhat agree it’s under threat, and the share grows to 91 percent.
More than 40 percent said their sense of academic freedom in teaching declined over the last year, and more than 20 percent said the same about academic freedom in research…