Academic freedom has always faced challenges. Professors have been pressed to alter their work because it offends powerful interests -- both inside and outside the university. Some have been fired or denied jobs for their political views, their criticisms of colleagues and administrators, and their refusal to buckle under corporate pressures to hush up research findings. The sixteen contributors to this volume cite many such instances in Canada and the U.S. More significantly, they point out how governments, corporations, and university administrators today are seeking to narrow academic freedom.
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ISBN:9781459406292 (pbk.)
Physical Description:print 368 p. ; 23 cm.
Publisher:Toronto, Ontario : James Lorimer & Company Ltd., 2014.
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Professors beware : the evolving threat of institutional academic freedom / David M. Rabban -- Institutional autonomy and academic freedom in the managed university / Len Findlay -- Academic freedom and professional standards : a case study / Matthew W. Finkin -- The right to think otherwise : professional norms or prescribed doctrine / Mark Gabbert -- Tensions inherent in the theory and practice of a self-regulating community / Joan W. Scott -- Academic freedom as a constraint on freedom of religion / John Baker -- Academic freedom and religious conviction at Canada's faith-based universities and colleges / William Bruneau -- Academic freedom from a Christian university perspective : a personal reflection / Gerald Gerbrandt -- Demonstrations on campus and the case of Israel apartheid week / Richard Moon -- Balancing academic freedom and freedom from discrimination in contested spaces / Anver Saloojee -- Academic freedom and the federal idea / David Schneiderman -- Academic freedom, conflicts of interest and the growth of university-industry collaborations / Sheldon Krimsky -- University-industry relations in the U.S. : serving private interests / Risa L. Lieberwitz -- Protecting the integrity of academic work in corporate collaborations / James L. Turk -- Giving and taking offence : civility, respect, and academic freedom / Jamie Cameron.
Summary: Academic freedom has always faced challenges. Professors have been pressed to alter their work because it offends powerful interests -- both inside and outside the university. Some have been fired or denied jobs for their political views, their criticisms of colleagues and administrators, and their refusal to buckle under corporate pressures to hush up research findings. The sixteen contributors to this volume cite many such instances in Canada and the U.S. More significantly, they point out how governments, corporations, and university administrators today are seeking to narrow academic freedom.
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