Academic Freedom In An Age Of Conformity
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Author |
: Joanna Williams |
Publisher |
: Springer |
Total Pages |
: 219 |
Release |
: 2016-01-05 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781137514790 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1137514795 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (90 Downloads) |
Synopsis Academic Freedom in an Age of Conformity by : Joanna Williams
Academic freedom is increasingly being threatened by a stifling culture of conformity in higher education that is restricting individual academics, the freedom of academic thought and the progress of knowledge – the very foundations upon which academia and universities are built. Once, scholars demanded academic freedom to critique existing knowledge and to pursue new truths. Today, while fondness for the rhetoric of academic freedom remains, it is increasingly criticised as an outdated and elitist concept by students and lecturers alike and called into question by a number of political and intellectual trends such as feminism, critical theory and identity politics. This provocative and compelling book traces the demise of academic freedom within the context of changing ideas about the purpose of the university and the nature of knowledge. The book argues that a challenge to this culture of conformity and censorship and a defence of academic free speech are needed for critique to be possible and for the intellectual project of evaluating existing knowledge and proposing new knowledge to be meaningful. This book is that challenge and a passionate call to arms for the power of academic thought today.
Author |
: Walter P. Metzger |
Publisher |
: Columbia University Press |
Total Pages |
: 244 |
Release |
: 1961 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0231085125 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780231085120 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (25 Downloads) |
Synopsis Academic Freedom in the Age of the University by : Walter P. Metzger
Author |
: Richard Hofstadter |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 286 |
Release |
: 2012-07-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 1258443422 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781258443429 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (22 Downloads) |
Synopsis Academic Freedom in the Age of the College by : Richard Hofstadter
When this classic volume first appeared, academic freedom was a crucially important issue. It is equally so today. Hofstadter approaches the topic historically, showing how events from various historical epochs expose the degree of freedom in academic institutions. The volume exemplifies Richard Hofstader's qualities as a historian as well as his characteristic narrative ability. Hofstadter first describes the medieval university and how its political independence evolved from its status as a corporate body, establishing a precedent for intellectual freedom that has been a measuring rod ever since. He shows how all intellectual discourse became polarized with the onset of the Reformation. The gradual spread of the Moderate Enlightenment in the colonies led to a major advance for intellectual freedom. But with the beginning of the nineteenth century the rise of denominationalism in both new and established colleges reversed the progress, and the secularization of learning became engulfed by a tidal wave of intensifying piety. Roger L. Geiger's extensive new introduction evaluates Hofstadter's career as a historian and political theorist, his interest in academic freedom, and the continuing significance of Academic Freedom in the Age of the College. While most works about higher education treat the subject only as an agent of social economic mobility, Academic Freedom in the Age of the College is an enduring counterweight to such histories as it examines a more pressing issue: the fact that colleges and universities, at their best, should foster ideas at the frontiers of knowledge and understanding. This classic text will be invaluable to educators, university administrators, sociologist, and historians.
Author |
: Joanna Williams |
Publisher |
: A&C Black |
Total Pages |
: 179 |
Release |
: 2013-01-17 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781441183606 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1441183604 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (06 Downloads) |
Synopsis Consuming Higher Education by : Joanna Williams
Reflects on the link between constructing students as consumers and the purpose of higher education, and the implications for student identity and learning.
Author |
: Matthew W. Finkin |
Publisher |
: Yale University Press |
Total Pages |
: 272 |
Release |
: 2009-04-21 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780300155549 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0300155549 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (49 Downloads) |
Synopsis For the Common Good by : Matthew W. Finkin
This book offers a concise explanation of the history and meaning of American academic freedom, and it attempts to intervene in contemporary debates by clarifying the fundamental functions and purposes of academic freedom in America.--From publisher description.
Author |
: |
Publisher |
: BRILL |
Total Pages |
: 242 |
Release |
: 2019-10-29 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9789004415539 |
ISBN-13 |
: 900441553X |
Rating |
: 4/5 (39 Downloads) |
Synopsis Neoliberalism and Academic Repression by :
Neoliberalism and Academic Repression provides a theoretical examination of how the current higher education system is being shaped into a corporate-factory-industrial-complex. This timely collection challenges the neoliberal emphasis on valuation based on job readiness and outcome achievement.
Author |
: American Library Association |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 16 |
Release |
: 1953 |
ISBN-10 |
: UIUC:30112060168629 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (29 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Freedom to Read by : American Library Association
Author |
: Justin Buckley Dyer |
Publisher |
: University of Missouri Press |
Total Pages |
: 462 |
Release |
: 2023-07-24 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780826274885 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0826274889 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (85 Downloads) |
Synopsis Liberal Education and Citizenship in a Free Society by : Justin Buckley Dyer
The liberal arts university has been in decline since well before the virtualization of campus life, increasingly inviting public skepticism about its viability as an institution of personal, civic, and professional growth. New technologies that might have brought people together have instead frustrated the university’s capacity to foster thoughtful citizenship among tomorrow’s leaders and exacerbated socioeconomic inequalities that are poisoning America’s civic culture. With Liberal Education and Citizenship in a Free Society, a collection of 19 original essays, editors Justin Dyer and Constantine Vassiliou present the work of a diverse group of scholars to assess the value of a liberal arts education in the face of market, technological, cultural, and political forces shaping higher learning today.
Author |
: Michiel Horn |
Publisher |
: University of Toronto Press |
Total Pages |
: 476 |
Release |
: 1998-01-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0802007260 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780802007261 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (60 Downloads) |
Synopsis Academic Freedom in Canada by : Michiel Horn
Covering issues from the resistance in universities to Darwinist thought, to the experience of women and ethnic minorities, to "economic" and "political correctness," from 1860 to the present.
Author |
: Stephen H. Aby |
Publisher |
: Bloomsbury Publishing USA |
Total Pages |
: 240 |
Release |
: 2000-02-28 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780313094941 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0313094942 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (41 Downloads) |
Synopsis Academic Freedom by : Stephen H. Aby
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.