Contributing opinion writer
Jeffrey S. Flier
Jeffrey S. Flier is the Higginson Professor of Physiology and Medicine.
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I Led Harvard Medical School. With Gay’s Resignation, the Corporation Must Rethink Its Approach to Governance.
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With Gay's resignation, the Harvard Corporation, the University’s highest governing body, must weigh whether it has come time to change its approach to its essential fiduciary responsibilities.
Academic Freedom Prohibits Censorship and Punishment, Not Judgment
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The principle of academic freedom gives all members of our community the right to express their opinions without censorship, intimidation, or punishment. It also gives other members of the community the right to rebut those opinions and to draw inferences about the judgment of those expressing them.