From the editor: Academic freedom and national security

Academe;  May 1, 2003 ;     520 words ......this issue-discussing the merits of academic freedom on television with Bill O'Reilly...conservative host of The O'Reilly Factor. Academic freedom is in the news, and these examples...anxiety about the friction between academic freedom and the newly heightened imperatives...

Web site promotes academic freedom

The Pantagraph Bloomington, IL;  September 22, 2002 ;     700+ words ......from such arguments. That concept - academic freedom - is worth defending, Wilson says...education system is the best in the world. Academic freedom is the concept that a professor or...dissertation about the history of academic freedom, and couldn't find a clearinghouse...

Academic freedom and the obligation to earn it

Journal of Law and Education;  October 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ......typical faculty justification for academic freedom is utilitarian, and suggests a variant...retention, discipline and tenure. Academic freedom is not defined nearly as much as it is discussed. Although many assume that academic freedom is based in law, no one is quite sure...

Baylor U. leaders discuss academic freedom

University Wire;  November 16, 2004 ;     700+ words ......Christian intellectual environment with academic freedom, which outlines the necessity of professors...viable information without hindrance. "Academic freedom is the right -- indeed the obligation...University Professors (AAUP), said defining academic freedom. The AAUP is "the ...

Funding Academic Freedom

Academe;  January 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ...Academic freedom is not free. What does this cliche...case through its Committee A on Academic Freedom and Tenure. (see the resulting report...courageous professors to apply to the Academic Freedom Fund, one of our few endowed Rinds...

Academic freedom, individual or institutional?

Academe;  November 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ...Most federal courts agree that academic freedom is a First Amendment right. But whose...relationship and potential tension between the academic freedom of an individual professor and the academic freedom of the university as an institution...

Academic freedom as a human right: An internationalist perspective

Academe;  May 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ......students poses challenges to traditional conceptions of academic freedom. What if we rethought academic freedom as part of a human right to education? Defenders of academic freedom in the United States have argued for it as a professional...

Academic Freedom and Christian Scholarship

Academe;  May 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ......to offer a convincing defense of academic freedom, suitably redefined, and to establish...practical problems connected with academic freedom are "usually the result of theoretical...formulate an adequate definition of academic freedom and to argue from principles on the...

The religious roots of academic freedom.

Theological Studies;  September 1, 1997 ;     700+ words ...THE IDEA of academic freedom is the result of a long historical...tendencies are less vigorous. Academic freedom is one of those cultural values...as to maintain that without academic freedom our civilization will stagnate...

Academic freedom in America today: a Marxist view.

Monthly Review;  March 1, 1984 ;     700+ words ......his own colleagues. Where does academic freedom lie in all this? While there is general agreement that academic freedom involves the right of teachers...it. Where does the threat to academic freedom come from? The case against...

NIU author explores the impact of terrorism and cultural wars on academic...

Courier News (Elgin, IL);  September 6, 2006 ;     700+ words ......across America. Released this month, Academic Freedom at the Dawn of a New Century (Stanford...exploring the post-Sept. 11 state of academic freedom in the United States and abroad. Leading...11, 2001, rekindled the debate over academic freedom on college campuses. We wanted to...

Academic freedom at the Dawn of a New Century: How Terrorism, Governments,...

Journal of Higher Education;  July 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ...Academic Freedom at the Dawn of a New Century: How...activities associated with traditional academic freedom protections. These and additional...presents an even greater challenge to academic freedom. At best, the concept involves balancing...

Reluctant foot soldiers: America's undergraduates rebuff opponents of...

Academe;  May 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ...Opponents of academic freedom are trying to recruit students...created a fragile environment for academic freedom. September 11 has not yet, however...right to significantly restrict academic freedom. Except for the firing of University...

Conference Explores Academic Freedom

Academe;  March 1, 2005 ;     382 words ......Defining and Defending Academic Freedom." The conference program...several AAUP experts on academic freedom, including past and present...Association's Committee A on Academic Freedom and Tenure. University of...

NEW BOOK CO-EDITED BY NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY POLITICAL SCIENTIST...

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  August 21, 2006 ;     700+ words ......America. Newly released this month, "Academic Freedom at the Dawn of a New Century" (Stanford...essays exploring the post-9/11 state of academic freedom in the United States and abroad. Leading...11, 2001, rekindled the debate over academic freedom on college campuses. We wanted to...