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academic freedom
noun
- freedom of a teacher to discuss or investigate any controversial social, economic, or political problems without interference or penalty from officials, organized groups, etc.
- freedom of a student to explore any field or hold any belief without interference from the teacher.
academic freedom
- The right of teachers and students to express their ideas in the classroom or in writing, free from political, religious, or institutional restrictions, even if these ideas are unpopular.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of academic freedom1
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Example Sentences
Academic freedom has been a hot debate within education circles.
As such, the limitations the ASA boycott resolution places on academic freedom are, themselves, quite limited.
It beguiles the notion of free thought, and the idea that academic freedom stands above political difference.
She was not a Zionist, but an academic who believed in academic freedom.
Turning the BDS movement into an issue of academic freedom is deeply misguided and counter-productive for Israel.
Academic freedom is not without its dangers; but there are dangers which it is safer to face than to avoid.
In scholarship and in growth of academic freedom Germany has given the quickening impulse.
In English Universities, on the contrary, there is too little of academic freedom.
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