What can Europe and its universities do to halt the erosion of academic freedom? [Op-ed]

While recent events in the United States have brought academic freedom into sharp focus and mainstream debate, European countries have their own homegrown pressures on academic freedom.

Threats to academic freedom come in many different guises. In Europe, infringements are often subtle and insidious, though this makes them no less harmful to higher education, research and science.

So what can universities themselves do to strengthen academic freedom in an increasingly fractious world? The answer is, actually quite a lot, Monika Steinel writes in Science|Business.

This is why EUA has proposed a practical toolbox of measures aimed at the entire university community, from the leadership to the student body, that will help guarantee that academic freedom is a daily, lived reality at European universities and, ultimately, make them stronger in the face of external pressure.

The full article is available on Science|Business: What can Europe and its universities do to halt the erosion of academic freedom?