Practice question
A regulator orders a university to abolish a validly approved history course solely because it critically examines incumbent officials. All applicable academic requirements are met, and no legitimate educational or other legal justification is offered. Officials claim that academic freedom protects only individual students and has no institutional dimension. What is the best response?
- The claim is correct because universities have no curricular autonomy
- Government criticism automatically removes every course from constitutional protection
- Institutional academic freedom permits any violation of law by a university
- Only tuition payers may decide every curricular question
- The claim ignores institutional academic freedom, including protected judgments about educational content, subject to lawful regulation
Legal references
- 1987 Constitution, Article XIV, Section 5(2) and (3), academic freedom and educational choice: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/3/353
- Ateneo de Manila University v. Capulong, G.R. No. 99327, May 27, 1993, main decision, institutional academic freedom and student discipline: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri1993/may1993/gr_99327_1993.html
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