Academic Freedom - A Guide to the Literature

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.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Stephen H. Aby is Professor of and Education Bibliographer at the University of Akron. He has a PhD in Social Foundations of Education from the State University of New York, Buffalo, an MA in Sociology from the University of Houston, and an MLS from Kent State University. His previous books include Sociology: A Guide to Reference and Information Sources with James Nalen and Lori Fielding (Libraries Unlimited, 2005) and Academic Freedom: A Guide to the Literature with James C. Kuhn (Greenwood Press, 2000). University of Akron.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Stephen Aby, James Kuhn
• Verlag: Bloomsbury
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 28.02.2000
• EAN: 9780313303869
• ISBN: 978-0-313-30386-9
• Serie: Bibliographies and Indexes in Education
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Pädagogik > Bildungswesen; USA, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, REFERENCE / Bibliographies & Indexes, EDUCATION / Philosophy, Theory & Social Aspects, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civil Rights, United States of America, USA, Philosophy & theory of education, Philosophy and theory of education, Higher & further education, tertiary education, Human rights, civil rights, Higher education, tertiary education, Freedom Of Information & Freedom Of Speech, Bibliographies, catalogues, EDUCATION / Schools / Levels / Higher