{
  "id": 16799,
  "url": "https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/columns/debatable-ideas/2026/08/05/vanderbilts-board-declares-war-against-academic-freedom",
  "title": "Vanderbilt’s Board Declares War Against Academic Freedom",
  "summary": "Vanderbilt’s Board Declares War Against Academic Freedom sara.custer@in… Wed, 08/05/2026 - 03:00 AM A new policy punishes faculty for speech the trustees deem strays from the core purpose of the university. Byline(s) John K. Wilson",
  "authors": "sara.custer@insidehighered.com",
  "category": "news",
  "topics": "regulation",
  "orgs": null,
  "regions": null,
  "published_at": "2026-08-05T07:00:00.000Z",
  "fetched_at": "2026-08-06T05:10:11.148Z",
  "source_slug": "x-inside-higher-ed-tech",
  "source_name": "Inside Higher Ed Tech",
  "source_homepage": "https://www.insidehighered.com/news/tech-innovation",
  "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/16799",
  "original_url": "https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/columns/debatable-ideas/2026/08/05/vanderbilts-board-declares-war-against-academic-freedom",
  "evidence_status": "source-only",
  "attribution": "via ethics.ai"
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