Prying the Gates Wide Open: Academic Freedom and Gender Equality at Brown University, 1974-1977

Autor/in	Porwancher, Andrew
Titel	Prying the Gates Wide Open: Academic Freedom and Gender Equality at Brown University, 1974-1977
Quelle	In: Paedagogica Historica: International Journal of the History of Education, 49 (2013) 2, S.273-292 (20 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0030-9230
DOI	10.1080/00309230.2012.701220
Schlagwörter	Academic Freedom; College Faculty; Gender Discrimination; Anthropology; Tenure; Equal Opportunities (Jobs); Females; Court Litigation; Inquiry; Institutional Autonomy; Departments; Educational History; Universities; Rhode Island + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Akademische Freiheit; Fakultät; Anthropologie; Amtszeit; Beschäftigungsdauer; Equal opportunity; Equal opportunities; Job; Jobs; Chancengleichheit; Beruf; Weibliches Geschlecht; Rechtsstreit; Institutionelle Autonomie; Department; Abteilung; History of education; Bildungsgeschichte; University; Universität
Abstract	In 1974, Brown University's Department of Anthropology denied tenure to assistant professor Louise Lamphere. Convinced that her dismissal was the product of sex discrimination, Lamphere filed suit against Brown. Lamphere and three other female scholars who joined her suit successfully pressed Brown into an out-of-court settlement in 1977. Significantly, the settlement required Brown not only to provide redress to the plaintiffs but also to take sweeping action in rectifying its faculty's inequitable gender ratio. While Lamphere's case marked a rare victory for academic women in the male preserve of the Ivy League, this study concerns the bearing of the lawsuit on academic freedom. It argues that academic freedom entails two interlocking principles: freedom of inquiry and departmental autonomy. Lamphere emphasised the former while Brown advocated the latter. Ultimately, the Lamphere case illustrates how academic freedom loses its efficacy when freedom of inquiry and departmental autonomy are decoupled. (Contains 97 footnotes.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10