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Academic Freedom A Guide to the Literature
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Stephen H. Aby, James C. Kuhn
Book Code: GR0386
ISBN: 0-313-30386-X
ISBN-13: 978-0-313-30386-9
240 pages
Greenwood Press
Publication: 2/28/2000
List Price: $110.95 (UK Sterling Price: £65.00)
Availability: Print on demand
Media Type: Hardcover
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
Subjects:
Series Title: Bibliographies and Indexes in Education
Series Number: 20
Reviews:
  • The collaboration of Aby and Kuhn results in a first-rate entry in this series, on a timely topic....For all readers interested in academic freedom.
    —Choice
  • Faculty advisors will most appreciate the careful research and labor intensive compilation that this reference book offers. Noninstructional academic advisors and others interested in faculty concerns will find this book an excellent resource as a faculty-related current events unfold on their campuses.
    —The Journal of the National Academic Advising Association     Spring 2002
  • The entries are uniformly well written....This work is strongly recommended for all academic libraries and for those collections that cover education and first amendment freedoms.
    —ARBA
Description: The freedom of academics to pursue knowledge and truth in their research, writing, and teaching is a fundamental principle of contemporary higher education in the United States. But this freedom has been hard won and regularly abridged, reinterpreted, and violated. Academic freedom has been central to many issues and controversies in higher education and has thus generated literature in a variety of disciplines. This book provides access to that literature. Included are entries for nearly 500 books, chapters, articles, reports, web sites, and other sources of information about academic freedom. Each entry includes a descriptive annotation, and the entries are grouped in topical chapters. While most of the works cited were published since the 1940 American Association of University Professors Statement of Principles on Academic Freedom and Tenure, some older studies have also been included. Though the volume focuses primarily on higher education in the U.S., it also includes a chapter on academic freedom in other countries.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Academic Freedom - Philosophy
  • Academic Freedom - History (General)
  • Academic Freedom - History (1915 to World War II)
  • Academic Freedom - History (Cold War)
  • Academic Freedom - History (1960-1979)
  • Current Issues and General Trends
  • Academic Freedom and the Culture Wars
  • Academic Freedom and Religion
  • Tenure - Defense, Critiques and Alternatives
  • Academic Freedom in Other Countries
  • World Wide Web Sites
  • Name Index
  • Subject Index
LC Card Number: 99-059136
LCC Class: LC72
Dewey Class: 378
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