“Academic Freedom Under Fire”
Jonathan R. Cole
Daedalus, Spring 2005
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American universities make up the majority of the world’s best universities because of the academic freedom that scholars are allowed to practice in the United States. Now, however, dissenters are being targeted by congressmen, the public, and the media, exposing a trend to regulate ideas rather than inappropriate actions. Universities are not designed to appease one’s preconceived notions, they are meant to challenge and inspire. If recent motions to control the opinions of faculty in higher education are successful, universities will no longer be able to serve the community with innovation and discovery. (Back to academic freedom)