| Academic Freedom in the Post-9/11 Era 2010 Edition Contributor(s): Carvalho, E. (Editor), Downing, D. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0230108342 ISBN-13: 9780230108349 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $49.49 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: January 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Education | Organizations & Institutions - Education | Educational Policy & Reform - Education | Comparative |
| Dewey: 378.121 |
| LCCN: 2010020720 |
| Series: Education, Politics, and Public Life (Hardcover) |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.6" W x 8.3" (0.95 lbs) 300 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Academic freedom has been a principle that undergirds the university since 1915. Beyond this, it also protects a spirit of free inquiry essential to a democratic society. But in the post-9/11 present, the basic principles of academic freedom have been deeply challenged. There have been many startling instances where the rhetoric of national security and terror, corporate interests, and privatization have cast a pall over the terrain of academic freedom. In the post-9/11 university, professors face job loss or tenure denial for speaking against state power, while their students pay more tuition and fall deeper in debt. This timely collection features an impressive assembly of the nation s leading intellectuals, addressing some of the most urgent issues facing higher education in the United States today. Spanning a wide array of disciplinary fields, Academic Freedom in the Post-9/11 Era seeks to intervene on the economic and political crises that are compromising the future of our educational institutions. |