Academic Freedom [1 ed.] 9780203003633, 9780415037150

The ideal of academic freedom is the cornerstone of higher education. Increasingly however, state control has encroached

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Academic Freedom [1 ed.]
9780203003633, 9780415037150

"This book offers the first comprehensive introduction to academic freedom, surveying its history and application t

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Covering issues from the resistance in universities to Darwinist thought, to the experience of women and ethnic minoriti

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In Who's Afraid of Academic Freedom?, distinguished senior scholars discuss the conceptual issues surrounding the i

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Academic freedom―the institutional autonomy of scientific, research and teaching institutions, and the freedom of indivi

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Academic freedom rests on a shared belief that the production of knowledge advances the common good. In an era of educat

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Most professors and administrators are aware that academic freedom is in danger of being brushed aside by a public that

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This book presents a series of essays by the renowned historian Joan Wallach Scott that explore the history and theory o

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Identifying academic freedom as a major casualty of rapid and extensive reforms to the governance and practices of acade

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Academic freedom—the institutional autonomy of scientific, research and teaching institutions, and the freedom of indivi

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