Harvard Faculty Quietly Drop Courses as Legal Battle over Academic Freedom Escalates in the US
Sanjay Sharma | 04 June 2025 | The Times of India
As tensions escalate between Harvard University and the US federal government, several faculty members are quietly withdrawing or revising their courses, raising alarms about the future of academic freedom in the country. The developments, first reported by Masslive, coincide with Harvard's ongoing legal battle to defend its educational independence in the face of federal funding threats and ideological pressure.
Harvard University, alongside its faculty chapter of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP), has filed motions for summary judgment in federal court. These actions come in response to multi-billion-dollar funding cuts and what the institution describes as targeted political interference by the Trump administration. The university argues the measures directly undermine academic freedom at one of the country's most prestigious institutions…