/ Academic Freedom Content for Â鶹´«Ă˝ en /curiosity/gap/how-does-academic-freedom-help-society <p><span>Academic freedom is fundamental to higher education. Without it, everyone loses the value created by university educators, researchers and scholars.&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></p><p><span>“If we aren't free to pursue research and teaching based on wherever the knowledge leads us, we are not truly working in the service of the public,” said </span><a href="https://gsws.ucdavis.edu/people/rana-jaleel"><span>Rana Jaleel,</span></a><span> an associate professor of gender, sexuality and women’s studies and Asian American studies in the College of Letters and Science at Â鶹´«Ă˝.&nbsp;</span></p> October 09, 2025 - 1:01pm Karen Michele Nikos-Rose /curiosity/gap/how-does-academic-freedom-help-society /news/faqs-uc-freedom-expression-and-academic-freedom <ul class="list--faq"> <li><strong>What is the University’s commitment</strong><strong> to Freedom of Expression?</strong></li> <li>The University of California, Davis, is committed to ensuring that all persons may exercise their constitutionally protected rights of <strong>free expression</strong>, speech, assembly and worship, even in instances in which the positions expressed may be viewed by some as controversial or unpopular.</li></ul> March 28, 2019 - 7:46pm Dave Jones /news/faqs-uc-freedom-expression-and-academic-freedom