With Academic Freedom, Comes Academic Responsibilityâ¦Or Does It? With freedom comes accountability and those â such as academics â who seek accountability from everyone and anyone cannot refuse to have a similar requirement placed upon them. No faculty has the right to deny scrutiny of her or his work in the name of academic freedom. Photo: Pixabay Education18 hours ago There is a lot of talk about academic freedom. The index which measures this â oddly, those ardently opposed to any index or metrics cite this one merrily â is believed to demonstrate the incremental loss of academic freedom. Faculty, students, researchers are up in arms against states trying to determine what may be taught, researched and published. Reports of faculty being harassed for holding views deemed unacceptable by the ruling powers are distressing at the very least, and drive the quest for academic freedom: the freedom to think, teach and write.