From Left to Right: The Free Exchange of Ideas--Defending Academic Values

Autor/in	Horowitz, David
Titel	From Left to Right: The Free Exchange of Ideas--Defending Academic Values
Quelle	In: Presidency, 9 (2006) 2, S.22 (3 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1099-3681
Schlagwörter	Stellungnahme; Academic Freedom; Educational Change; Politics of Education; Educational Legislation; Change Strategies; School Restructuring; Agenda Setting; Values Clarification; Institutional Autonomy + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Akademische Freiheit; Bildungsreform; Educational policy; Bildungspolitik; Bildungsrecht; Schulgesetz; Lösungsstrategie; Schulreformplan; Schulumwandlung; Wertbewusstsein; Institutionelle Autonomie
Abstract	In this article, the author discusses issues raised in the Academic Bill of Rights, which he defines as a lack of intellectual diversity on faculties and in curricula, abusive use of the classroom for nonacademic agendas, and lack of equity in the distribution of student activities funds. These issues drive his call for reform in the administration of America's university system. His reform efforts are about restoring to the university the liberal values and professional standards that have been eroded by political activists in the academy over the last several decades. One of his concerns is that this be accomplished without endangering the independence of the university, which is the cornerstone of academic freedom. However, opponents of the Academic Bill of Rights have misrepresented the author's agendas and thus misled many in the academic community into the position of defending an indefensible status quo. In this article, the author defends his Academic Bill of Rights, arguing that it is designed to help universities enforce professional standards and foster intellectual diversity in the liberal arts, humanities, and social sciences. Only then can universities win public support on both sides of the political and cultural divides. (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	American Council on Education. One Dupont Circle NW, Washington, DC 20036-1193. Tel: 202-939-9452; e-mail: pubs@ace.nche.edu; Web site: http://www.acenet.edu
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10