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  • How are states altering higher education by redefining academic freedom?

    May 2, 2024 8:00 am by Sharita ForrestExpert Viewpoints
    Carol Symes, a professor of history at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Photo by Fred Zwicky

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    • Carol Symes, a professor of history at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Photo by Fred Zwicky

    State laws that tether faculty tenure and promotions to state politics undermine the academic freedom that is the founding principle of postsecondary education and research in the US, according to Professor Carol Symes.