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Involve academics in confronting academic freedom issues Aside from expressions of support for the targeted individuals and organisations, however, there appear to be few substantial ideas on how academics can work together in a practical way to preserve the integrity and credibility of their profession. The threats to academic freedom are, of course, most conspicuous for academics working under autocratic regimes. Yet their colleagues in more open societies find themselves with little leverage for improving the situation when their own institutions fail to take a lead. This situation is becoming more precarious as plans by governments to impose solutions raise the prospect of a further erosion of institutional autonomy and going down the path of global decoupling that would be detrimental to all sides.

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