In Defense of Knowledge and Higher Education

Institution	American Association of University Professors
Titel	In Defense of Knowledge and Higher Education
Quelle	(2020), (5 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Knowledge Level; Higher Education; College Role; Academic Freedom; Freedom of Speech; Educational History + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Wissensbasis; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Akademische Freiheit; Redefreiheit; History of education; Bildungsgeschichte
Abstract	"Knowledge," as Francis Bacon observed in 1597 at the dawn of the modern era, "is power." Without knowledge no nation can govern its economy, manage its environment, sustain its public health, produce goods or services, understand its own history, or enable its citizens to understand the circumstances in which they live. Knowledge is produced by the hard work of disciplined, well-trained investigators. Industry and government must hire doctors, chemists, lawyers, architects, teachers, journalists, economists, and engineers. Colleges and universities are the only institutions qualified to provide this expert training. It is therefore most unfortunate that at this moment of intense global instability, there is an ongoing movement to attack the disciplines and institutions that produce and transmit the knowledge that sustains American democracy. [This statement was prepared by a subcommittee of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) Committee A on Academic Freedom and Tenure and was approved by Committee A in October 2019 and adopted by the AAUP's Council in November 2019.] (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01