Academic leaders are often trained to focus on vision, communication, decision-making, and change management. Those skills matter. Still, every leadership decision eventually depends on the people asked to carry it forward. In higher education, those people may be faculty, staff, students, committee members, department chairs, or program directors.
Free Inquiry and Expression: From Principles to Educational Practice
Hundreds of colleges and universities have adopted free expression and institutional speech documents from the University of Chicago. In 1899, the University of Chicago faculty unanimously resolved that complete freedom
Leila Brammer
September 7, 2026
