Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The UNC Board of Governors authorized a new definition of academic freedom on Thursday, a move that enshrines an explanation of ...

In 2024, the chair of the statewide University of North Carolina Faculty Assembly and the UNC state system embarked on a fraught mission at a fraught time: writing “a consensus definition” of academic ...

AI-generated summary reviewed by our newsroom. Read our AI Policy. Academic freedom is “essential” to the mission of the UNC System, according to its code. But what does it actually protect? The UNC ...

Religious Studies Prof. and faculty handbook committee chair Richard Kieckhefer discussed proposals for altering the faculty handbook, including revisions to its definition of academic freedom.

UNC Board of Governors voted a new definition of academic freedom into policy. Policy excludes non‑pedagogical content, banned political use, and noncompliance. Faculty Assembly led drafting, while ...