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Author: Adrienne Keith

Campus Interviews about Free Speech

Adrianne.interviewThis is a video our media group composed. We interviewed many students at RU and asked 3 simple questions:
1. What is the 1st amendment?
2. What does it mean to you?
3. Do you feel restricted at RU?
Please feel free to share your opinions on our debates and comments pages! Coms 460 Interviews

Posted on April 19, 2013April 22, 2013 by Adrienne KeithPosted in Current issues, Radford University

Academic Freedom

Teddy Roosevelt picture from Duke University.
Teddy Roosevelt speaks at Duke University, 1903: “You stand for Academic Freedom, for the right of private judgment, for a duty more incumbent upon the scholar than upon any other man, to tell the truth as he sees it, to claim for himself and to give to others the largest liberty in seeking after the truth.” - US President Teddy Roosevelt, 1903

Current events

  • ‘We Are Horrified’: Academic Freedom at Risk With Uzbek Professor’s Arrest in Kazakhstan - The Diplomat – Asia-Pacific Current Affairs Magazine
    September 3, 2026
    ‘We Are Horrified’: Academic Freedom at Risk With Uzbek Professor’s Arrest in Kazakhstan  The Diplomat – Asia-Pacific Current Affairs Magazine
  • AFTNJ declares violation of academic freedom by Stockton Univ. - courierpostonline.com
    August 21, 2026
    AFTNJ declares violation of academic freedom by Stockton Univ.  courierpostonline.com
  • How 2 Texas Lawsuits Could Tee Up a National Fight Over Academic Freedom - Inside Higher Ed
    August 13, 2026
    How 2 Texas Lawsuits Could Tee Up a National Fight Over Academic Freedom  Inside Higher Ed
  • Florida’s Academic Freedom Problem Needs More Than Anecdotes - Daily Kos
    August 10, 2026
    Florida’s Academic Freedom Problem Needs More Than Anecdotes  Daily Kos
  • PEN America Joins Alliance for Higher Education in Defending Academic Freedom and Institutional Autonomy - PEN America
    August 10, 2026
    PEN America Joins Alliance for Higher Education in Defending Academic Freedom and Institutional Autonomy  PEN America
  • Unscholarly: Editorial on India's alarming decline in academic freedom - Telegraph India
    August 8, 2026
    Unscholarly: Editorial on India's alarming decline in academic freedom  Telegraph India
  • When political pressure trumps academic freedom - CEPR
    August 5, 2026
    When political pressure trumps academic freedom  CEPR
  • Mapped: Which Countries Have the Most Academic Freedom? - Visual Capitalist
    August 4, 2026
    Mapped: Which Countries Have the Most Academic Freedom?  Visual Capitalist
  • India’s academic freedom lowest since 1900—worse than during the Emergency - ThePrint
    August 4, 2026
    India’s academic freedom lowest since 1900—worse than during the Emergency  ThePrint
  • Duke, NC State to collaborate on academic freedom seminar series - dukechronicle.com
    July 31, 2026
    Duke, NC State to collaborate on academic freedom seminar series  dukechronicle.com

More current events

From shuttered print editions to firings, student journalists clash with universities March 21, 2026 https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Education/2026/0321/student-journalism-first-amendment

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