_DRAFT_ The Report of the UCSD Committee on Academic Freedom, dated May 24, 2011 (text included at bottom of this page) can be seen on the internet archive; see https://web.archive.org/web/20111223133325/http://senate.ucsd.edu/assembly/1011/CAF05-24-11.pdf The report was originally posted at senate.ucsd.edu/assembly/1011/CAF05-24-11.pdf . The UCSD Senate page at senate.ucsd.edu appears to have been reorganized, and documents only go back to about 2014 at the earliest. I'll use the Report as the starting off point for discussion of issues of academic freedom at American universities. For university faculty and other researchers, academic freedom has long been highly valued. It ensures that controversial opinions and research findings can be published, as long as they are based in evidence. First, I'll provide an overview of the Report shown below. Based on the UCSD Report, the Committee on Academic Freedom (CAF) investigated an incident where...
Academic Freedom
This blog is to discuss issues regarding academic freedom, particularly for faculty and researchers (including post-docs and graduate students) at US universities.