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Does Harvard Have an Academic Freedom Problem?
Season 1 · Episode 8

Does Harvard Have an Academic Freedom Problem?

Harvard Newstalk

May 26, 202319m 41s

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Show Notes

From The Harvard Crimson: some would say Harvard has an academic freedom problem. That superstar professors censor themselves for fear of blowback, and that the world’s sharpest students are afraid to debate ideas.

But others disagree. This week on The Harvard Crimson’s Newstalk, Rahem D. Hamid '25 and J. Sellers Hill ’25 join host Frank S. Zhou ’26 to discuss the misunderstandings and dilemmas at the heart of Harvard's dance with free speech. What is the state of academic freedom at Harvard, today?

Mosaic news clips in this episode are excerpted from MSNBC, FOX News, and TVO today. 

Topics

Harvardfree speecheducationcollegeacademic freedom