No University Is an Island : Saving Academic Freedom.

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The modern university is sustained by academic freedom; it guarantees higher education's independence, its quality, and its success in educating students. The need to uphold those values would seem obvious. Yet the university is presently under siege from all corners; workers are being exploite...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Nelson, Cary
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : NYU Press, 2010.
Colección:Cultural front (Series)
Temas:
American Association of University Professors. > Committee on Academic Freedom.
American Association of University Professors. > Committee on Academic Freedom
Education, Higher > Philosophy.
Education, Higher > Political aspects.
Universities and colleges > Political aspects.
Academic freedom.
Teaching, Freedom of.
Intellectual freedom.
Political correctness.
Enseignement supérieur > Philosophie.
Enseignement supérieur > Aspect politique.
Universités > Aspect politique.
Liberté de l'enseignement.
Liberté de pensée.
Politiquement correct (Mouvement)
EDUCATION > Higher.
Academic freedom
Education, Higher > Philosophy
Education, Higher > Political aspects
Intellectual freedom
Political correctness
Teaching, Freedom of
Universities and colleges > Political aspects
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Acknowledgments; Introduction: What Is Academic Freedom?; 1 The Three-Legged Stool: Academic Freedom, Shared Governance, and Tenure; 2 How a Campus Loses Its Way: Sixteen Threats to Academic Freedom; 3 Legacies of Misrule: Our Contingent Future; 4 Barefoot in New Zealand: Political Correctness on Campus; 5 The Future of Faculty Unionization; 6 Graduate-Employee Unionization and the Future of Academic Labor; 7 On Weakened Ground: The AAUP, Pedagogy, and the Struggle over Academic Freedom; 8 No Campus Is an Island: Reflections on the AAUP Presidency.
  • 9 Evolution or Devolution: The Future of the AAUP's Committee A on Academic Freedom and TenureBibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; About the Author.

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