Understanding Academic Freedom, 9781421442150
Paperback
Academic freedom’s history, modern crisis, and defense in universities explored.

Understanding Academic Freedom

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  • Paperback

    248 pages

  • Release Date

    4 October 2021

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Summary

Part of the acclaimed Higher Ed Leadership Essentials series, this book surveys academic freedom’s history and its application in today’s universities.

Academic freedom is once again at the epicenter of the crisis in higher education. A community college instructor in Iowa is pressured to resign after his pro-antifa social media comments garner vicious harassment that administrators find threatening to campus safety. A tenured biology professor at a college on Long Is…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781421442150
ISBN-10:1421442159
Author:Henry Reichman
Publisher:Johns Hopkins University Press
Imprint:Johns Hopkins University Press
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:248
Release Date:4 October 2021
Weight:272g
Dimensions:203mm x 127mm x 15mm
Series:Higher Ed Leadership Essentials
About The Author

Henry Reichman

Henry Reichman is Professor Emeritus of history at California State University, East Bay. The author of The Future of Academic Freedom and Censorship and Selection: Issues and Answers for Schools, he chaired the Association of American University Professors’ Committee A on Academic Freedom and Tenure from 2012 to 2021.

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