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

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

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The modern university is sustained by academic freedom; it guarantees higher education’s independence, its quality, and

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An exploration of the meaning of academic freedom in American higher education

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