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Student press law center – First Amendment quiz

Student press law center – Student press law quiz

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

  • Academic Freedom Index 2026 Calls India an Autocratizing Country - Deccan Chronicle
    August 6, 2026
    Academic Freedom Index 2026 Calls India an Autocratizing Country  Deccan Chronicle
  • Vanderbilt’s Board Declares War Against Academic Freedom - Inside Higher Ed
    August 5, 2026
    Vanderbilt’s Board Declares War Against Academic Freedom  Inside Higher Ed
  • Mapped: Which Countries Have the Most Academic Freedom? - visualcapitalist.com
    August 4, 2026
    Mapped: Which Countries Have the Most Academic Freedom?  visualcapitalist.com
  • 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 - The Duke Chronicle
    July 31, 2026
    Duke, NC State to collaborate on academic freedom seminar series  The Duke Chronicle
  • Opinion | Trump’s Gift to Academic Freedom? It’s Complicated. - The Chronicle of Higher Education
    July 29, 2026
    Opinion | Trump’s Gift to Academic Freedom? It’s Complicated.  The Chronicle of Higher Education
  • Prof Denied Tenure: Academic Freedom at UT Being Dismantled - Inside Higher Ed
    July 22, 2026
    Prof Denied Tenure: Academic Freedom at UT Being Dismantled  Inside Higher Ed
  • German research funder issues warning over threats to academic freedom - Chemistry World
    July 21, 2026
    German research funder issues warning over threats to academic freedom  Chemistry World
  • How the Stop WOKE Act Ruling Strengthened Academic Freedom - Inside Higher Ed
    July 14, 2026
    How the Stop WOKE Act Ruling Strengthened Academic Freedom  Inside Higher Ed
  • Why we should teach students about academic freedom - Times Higher Education
    July 10, 2026
    Why we should teach students about academic freedom  Times Higher Education

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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