academic freedom

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   the freedom of teachers and students to express their ideas in school without religious or political or institutional restrictions

   Broaderfreedom

Questions about academic freedom

What does academic freedom mean?

academic freedom means "the freedom of teachers and students to express their ideas in school without religious or political or institutional restrictions".

Is academic freedom a common word?

academic freedom is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.