Title:
Are corporate overreach and political correctness really undermining academic freedom?
Author:
John Ross
Published:
Times Higher Education, 15 October 2020
From the article:
Neoliberal administrators’ policing of institutional reputations and academic colleagues’ condemnation of dissenting voices on issues such as race and gender have led to claims that scholars are losing their ability to engage in free enquiry and open debate. But is academic freedom really the operative concept in the controversies that arise? John Ross probes a highly contested debate.