The Question of Academic Freedom: Universal Right or Relative Term

Autor/inn/en	Tierney, William G.; Lanford, Michael
Titel	The Question of Academic Freedom: Universal Right or Relative Term
Quelle	In: Frontiers of Education in China, 9 (2014) 1, S.4-23 (20 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1673-341X
Schlagwörter	Academic Freedom; Higher Education; Educational History; Tenure; Cultural Context; Social Environment; Government School Relationship; Global Approach; Commercialization + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Akademische Freiheit; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; History of education; Bildungsgeschichte; Amtszeit; Beschäftigungsdauer; Soziales Umfeld; Globales Denken
Abstract	In this essay, we interrogate the role of academic freedom in the 21st century by describing its historical genesis in the modern university, its association with the concept of tenure, and how it is reinterpreted by different cultural and social contexts. Afterwards, we examine traditional infringements by national governments upon academic freedom, as well as new infringements brought on by the forces of globalization and commercialization. Since academic freedom not only protects scholarly inquiry, but the health and safety of academics across the world, we argue that academic freedom is a "transcendent value" that should be respected by political and institutional forces and carefully defended by engaged scholars. (As Provided).
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