The religious roots of academic freedom.

Theological Studies;  September 1, 1997 ;     700+ words ...THE IDEA of academic freedom is the result...culture. The Supreme Court explained that...less vigorous. Academic freedom is one of those...of the U.S. Supreme Court has gone so...that without academic freedom our civilization...Where does academic ...

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...

Resuscitating the constitutional "theory" of academic freedom: a search...

Stanford Law Review;  April 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ......century later, the Supreme Court echoed the philosopher...abbreviate as academic freedom : No field of...realize then and in academic freedom cases since Sweezy...lower courts. The Supreme Court has spoken in...because substantive academic freedom analysis ...

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 Tenure: between fiction and reality.(analysis of...

Journal of Higher Education;  March 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ......life than that of academic freedom. In the twentieth century academic freedom became enshrined...by the faculty. Academic freedom codified the belief...United States Supreme Court has weighed in on the importance of academic freedom by stating, Our...to ...

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...

The bog-like ground on which we tread: Arbitrating academic freedom in...

The Canadian Review of Sociology and Anthropology;  August 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ......Ground on Which We Tread: Arbitrating Academic Freedom in Canada* Le sens de la liberte universitaire...influent sur son sens. The meaning of academic freedom is, in part, socially constructed...relevant Canadian arbitrations of academic freedom. It examines what the social ...

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 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...

Commitment to academic freedom extends boundaries of knowledge, advances...

Dynamic Chiropractic;  April 7, 2003 ;     700+ words ......nurturing and ensuring a culture of academic freedom in which such individuals can...profession are given a voice. Academic Freedom Applied in a Chiropractic Setting...the country, you hear the term "academic freedom" tossed around. Most of us assume...rights attached to it. In ...

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...

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

Journal of Higher Education;  July 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ......might not really apply to academic freedom, at least to the extent that...remain vigilant in protecting academic freedom and against becoming insular...the complicated concept of academic freedom quite well, and the introductory...discussion of the importance of academic ...

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

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  August 21, 2006 ;     700+ words ......leading scholars on issues of academic freedom, including Robert O'Neil...some of the conflicts over academic freedom discussed in the book? Yes...national news coverage. Why is academic freedom important? To many academics, the importance of academic freedom is ...

WHAT DOES ACADEMIC FREEDOM PROTECT?

Academe;  January 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ...WHAT DOES ACADEMIC FREEDOM PROTECT? Academic Freedom after September 11 Bashara Doumani, ed. Cambridge...Bashara Doumani, the editor of the six essays included m Academic Freedom after September 11 and the contributor of a substantial...

Victims of circumstance: Academic freedom in a contingent academy

Academe;  May 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ...Due process approaches to academic freedom may not adequately serve the...academic workforce. To survive, academic freedom needs to be more tight y linked...conventional understanding of "academic freedom" is concerned, I felt (and...