PH academic freedom slips amid campus pressures, red-tagging

MANILA, Philippines — Despite “obvious and increasing constraints,” the Philippines has landed in the “middle ground” of countries where universities can still teach, research, publish and speak freely, according to the latest Academic Freedom Index. Produced by the V-Dem Institute and the Institute of Political Science at Friedrich-Alexander-Universitat Erlangen-Nurnberg, the index draws on assessments from