In Defense of Academic Freedom The University Council of the University of the Philippines Diliman (UPD UC) supports the recent statements of the UPD School of Library and Information Studies (SLIS), UPD Office of the Chancellor Executive Staff (OCES), and UP System-wide University Library Council in denouncing the removal of books in the libraries of […]

We, Professors Emeriti at the University of the Philippines, express our strongest support for the University Council of UP Diliman in its protest against the recent memorandum issued by the Commission on Higher Education in the Cordillera Administrative Region urging libraries in that region to remove “subversive” books and materials from their collections. Far from […]

The UP Diliman University Council upholds the recent statements of UP School of Library and Information Studies (SLIS), UPD Office of the Chancellor Executive Staff (OCES), and the UP System-wide University Library Council regarding the recent removal of allegedly subversive books from libraries of higher education institutions (HEIs) namely the Kalinga State University, Isabela State […]