The University Between Autonomy, Political Pressure, and Institutional Ethics
The University Between Autonomy, Political Pressure, and Institutional Ethics

Summary/Abstract: For a long time, the university has been perceived as a bastion of free thought, intellectual autonomy, and critical formation. In today’s context, however, this image is challenged by a reality dominated by political pressure, performance metrics, the commercialization of knowledge, and the erosion of academic ethics. This article explores the nature of this systemic crisis by analyzing the tense relationship between university autonomy, institutional ethics, and the political function of the university. It examines the subtle mechanisms of intellectual conformism, the illusion of academic neutrality, and the symbolic complicity of silence. In contrast, the study identifies emerging forms of ethical resistance, practices of epistemic insubordination, and possible directions for rehumanizing the academic space. The university is thus reconfigured not as a neutral space, but as an essential political actor, capable of defending not only truth but democracy itself.

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