Henry Reichman, professor emeritus of history at California State University, East Bay, will present his paper titled, “The Assault on Academic Freedom and the Crisis of Higher Education,” at 4:30 p.m., April 7, in the Burton Morgan Lecture Hall.
Reichman argues that higher education faces a crisis that demands a staunch defense and reinvigoration of its fundamental mission.
Reichman is the author of The Future of Academic Freedom (2019) and Understanding Academic Freedom (2021, 2nd ed. 2025), which has been called “best book on the subject.” He is a former national vice-president of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) and a former chair of AAUP’s Committee on Academic Freedom and Tenure.
April 1, 2026
