The Partisan Battle over Academic Freedom

Titel	The Partisan Battle over Academic Freedom
Quelle	In: Chronicle of Higher Education, 54 (2007) 11, (1 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0009-5982
Schlagwörter	Stellungnahme; Higher Education; Academic Freedom; Democracy; World Affairs; Foreign Countries; Internet; Personnel Selection; Tenure; College Faculty; Jews; Bias; Educational Administration; Financial Support; Role of Education + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Akademische Freiheit; Demokratie; Weltpolitik; Ausland; Personalauswahl; Personalentscheidung; Amtszeit; Beschäftigungsdauer; Fakultät; Jew; Jude; Jüdin; Juden; Bildungsverwaltung; Schuladministration; Schulverwaltung; Finanzielle Förderung; Bildungsauftrag
Abstract	Citing a pattern of outside interest groups aggressively seeking to impose their influence on recent collegiate hiring and tenure decisions, five prominent professors have formed the Ad Hoc Committee to Defend the University. They are circulating an online petition that takes explicit aim at "groups portraying themselves as defenders of Israel," which, the committee alleges, are disseminating "unfounded insinuations and allegations... of anti-Semitism" and pressuring university administrations by threatening to withhold donations. "The future of higher education in America, its role in our country's democracy, and its contribution to world affairs is at stake," the petition concludes. Within one week of appearing on the Web, the appeal had garnered nearly 300 signatures from academics across the country. But in terms of online buzz, most of the reaction was provided by critics who dismissed the committee's petition as adding to the problem. This article summarizes reactions to the petition. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10