Academic Freedom in Higher Education - Core Value Or Elite Privilege?

This timely book explores the challenges facing universities and individual scholars through an examination of the history and theory underlying the concept of academic freedom.

List of contents

Part I: Academic freedom: the issues1. Introduction. Academic Freedom: core value or elite privilege?
2. Academic freedom and the dilemmas of the modern university
3. 'Free speech', academic freedom, and the Public Sphere: some reflections on principles
Part II: Academic freedom: case studies from British higher education (1945-1990)
4. Academic freedom, universities and the Left: a case study of British university adult education in the early years of the Cold War
5. The university as a contested space: 'no platforming' controversies at British universities, 1968-1990
Part III: Academic freedom: contrasting international experiences
6. Academic freedom under ideological attacks in Mexico
7. Beyond Western ideals: academic freedom, capabilities, and social knowledge
8. Selective academic freedom: the case of Hungary
Part IV: Academic freedom: contemporary themes and concluding reflections
9. Epistemic silences: the academic 'precariat' and academic freedom

10. Interrogating the implications of rankings, open science, and publishing for academic practice and academic freedom11. Concluding reflections on academic freedom

About the author

Maria Slowey is Emeritus Professor, Higher Education Research Centre, Dublin City University, Ireland and Visiting Professor at the Universities of Florence, Italy, and Glasgow, UK.
Richard Taylor is Emeritus Professorial Fellow, Wolfson College, Cambridge University, UK.

Summary

This timely book explores the challenges facing universities and individual scholars through an examination of the history and theory underlying the concept of academic freedom.

Product details

• Authors: Maria Taylor Slowey
• Assisted by: Maria Slowey (Editor), Slowey Maria (Editor), Richard Taylor (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 12.07.2024
• EAN: 9781032425504
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3242550-4
• No. of pages: 216
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > General, dictionaries; EDUCATION / Adult & Continuing Education, EDUCATION / Educational Policy & Reform / General, EDUCATION / Philosophy, Theory & Social Aspects, Teaching skills and techniques, Philosophy & theory of education, Educational strategies & policy, Teaching skills & techniques, Philosophy and theory of education, Adult education, continuous learning, Higher & further education, tertiary education, Higher education, tertiary education, Educational strategies and policy, EDUCATION / Schools / Levels / Higher, EDUCATION / Teaching / Methods & Strategies