Tenure, academic freedom and why they matter
Independent scholarship is indispensable to any civilized society but it faces many threats.
academic freedom
UW flourishes with public, private backing
UW president says academic freedom has not been sacrificed in exchange for state and private funding for UW facilities and programs focused on energy.
Corporations lie. So what?
Corporate coercion could drive away legitimate researchers and replace them with the sort of scientists who used to work for the cigarette companies.