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The magazine of the American Association of University Professors. https://www.aaup.org/academe | https://academeblog.org/
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Carlos Morales, “The State as Donor: How Indiana Uses SEA 202 and HEA 1001 to Reshape Academic Freedom and Faculty Governance”
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Quote from “The State as Donor: How Indiana Uses SEA 202 and HEA 1001 to Reshape Academic Freedom and Faculty Governance” by Carlos Morales: State governments are using their role as donors and primary funders of state universities to exert power over professors and universities in a manner that erodes academic freedom and autonomy.
November 4, 2025 at 6:55 PM
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Sibeso Lisulo, “Navigating Fiscal Precarity and the Erosion of Academic Freedom in an Era of Resource Dependence in Africa: A Zambian Perspective”
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Quote from “Navigating Fiscal Precarity and the Erosion of Academic Freedom in an Era of Resource Dependence in Africa: A Zambian Perspective” by Sibeso Lisulo: Willingness to allow external forces to dictate their internal academic affairs, taking away from their scholars’ intellectual autonomy, creates the uncomfortable tightrope that many resource-dependent institutions in Africa must walk.
November 4, 2025 at 6:55 PM
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Michael Davis, “Conspicuously Exercising Academic Freedom as a Response to Incremental Threats”
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Quote from "Conspicuously Exercising Academic Freedom as a Response to Incremental Threats" by Michael Davis: Understanding that there will not be a single climactic showdown means that academia must bolster its frequent and visible exercise of protected freedoms.
November 4, 2025 at 6:55 PM
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Drew X. Coles and Adara Hoyne, “Philanthropy, Class, and Cultural Hegemony in Music Education”
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Quote from "Philanthropy, Class, and Cultural Hegemony in Music Education" by Drew X. Coles and Adara Hoyne: The entanglement of philanthropy and music education reveals a deeply entrenched system in which financial power structures dictate artistic and academic priorities.
November 4, 2025 at 6:55 PM
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Noah Drezner, “The Double Standards of Financial Activism: Academic Freedom, Philanthropy, and BDS in Higher Education”
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Quote from “The Double Standards of Financial Activism: Academic Freedom, Philanthropy, and BDS in Higher Education” by Noah D. Drezner: If academic boycotts are accepted as legitimate moral interventions, should not donor activism also be viewed as a valid form of expression?
November 3, 2025 at 7:13 PM
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Fatemeh Almasarweh, “The Blueprint for Silencing Dissent in US Higher Education”
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Quote from “The Blueprint for Silencing Dissent in US Higher Education” by Fatemeh Almasarweh: When ideological conformity is tied to the survival of an entire institution, academic freedom shifts from a personal right to an institutional liability.
November 3, 2025 at 7:13 PM
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J. R. Caldwell Jr., “Black Institutions, White Interests: The Dilemma of HBCUs, Academic Freedom, and Philanthropic Capture”
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Quote from “Black Institutions, White Interests: The Dilemma of HBCUs, Academic Freedom, and Philanthropic Capture” by J. R. Caldwell Jr.: HBCUs are subject to philanthropic capture, in which external funding subordinates intellectual production and governance to the interests of donors and corporate partners rather than faculty and students.
November 3, 2025 at 7:13 PM
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Katie Rainwater and Robert Cassanello, “Proselytizing Speech: Florida’s Publicly Funded Libertarian Centers and Elevating Political Speech” 4/4

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Quote from "Proselytizing Speech: Florida’s Publicly Funded Conservative Centers" by Katie Rainwater and Robert Cassanello: While faculty members opposing donor-funded libertarian centers have typically targeted their university administrations, resistance to publicly funded libertarian centers must also target the state.
October 31, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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Jarvis Tyrell Curry, “Faculty Governance and the Disclosure of Conflicts of Interest in Private University Donations” 3/4

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Quote from “Faculty Governance and the Disclosure of Conflicts of Interest in Private University Donations” by Jarvis Tyrell Curry: Donor contributions should support, rather than dictate, the future of higher education
October 31, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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Mich Ciurria, “UnKoch My Philosophy Department: A Case Study in Billionaire Philanthropy” 2/4

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Quote from "UnKoch My Philosophy Department: A Case Study in Billionaire Philanthropy" by Mich Ciurria: We, as academics, should avoid complicity in academia’s depressing descent into corporate sycophancy.
October 31, 2025 at 5:51 PM