On Friday, students gathered in White Plaza for “Stand for Democracy,” a day of action organized by Stanford Education and Democracy United in the face of recent attacks on academic freedom.

Silencing and capturing universities and the free press—both of them crucial sources of knowledge essential to democratic ...

“Under whatever name, the Government has ceased the flow of funds to Harvard as part of its pressure campaign to force Harvard to submit to the Government’s control over its academic program ...

This marks a new chapter in the history of academic freedom. The Trump administration said in March that it was reviewing $8.7 billion in “multiyear grant commitments" and roughly $256 million ...

If, instead, academics choose to boycott colleagues rather than stand with them, they become accomplices in the very assault on academic freedom they wish to oppose. Matthew Connelly is a ...

India now ranks 156th out of 179 countries in the 2025 Academic Freedom Index. Its score dropped from 0.38 in 2022 to 0.16, placing it in the worst 10-20 per cent range. According to the V-Dem ...