Academe

Each time a scholar is shouted down, denied a visa, arrested, or killed for her or his views, the space for inquiry and expression shrinks. And each time we in the academic world stand silent, the likelihood of future violations increases.

Attacks on higher education did not begin with Bolsonaro's election, but they are intensifying under his regime.

This article is a version of the author’s plenary presentation on Friday, June 14, 2019, at the AAUP’s Annual Conference on the State of Higher Education.

The suppression of academic work critical of government policies is a threat both to public universities and to American democracy.

After the AAUP sanctioned the University of Iowa, faculty formed a committee to address governance concerns—and succeeded in having the sanction lifted.