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04035aam a2200445 i 4500 001 588157208E9811EAB83BD64B97128E48 003 SILO 005 20200505011818 008 191205s2020 dcu b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2019051359 020 $a 1948647648 020 $a 9781948647649 035 $a (OCoLC)1130379384 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d MNW $d YDX $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a LC72.2 $b .D689 2020 082 00 $a 378.1/213 $2 23 100 1 $a Downs, Donald Alexander $e author. 245 10 $a Free speech and liberal education / $c Donald Alexander Downs. 246 3 $a Free speech and liberal education : $b a plea for diversity and tolerance 264 1 $a Washington, D.C. : $b Cato Institute, $c [2020] 300 $a 270 pages ; $c 24 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 520 $a "The status of free speech and academic freedom in the nation's colleges and universities has become an explosive issue. Reports of disruptions and dis-invitations of speakers and a host of new speech-inhibiting policies instituted by campus bureaucracies are now commonplace. Critics claim that these actions and measures have smothered the open and honest discourse inside and outside of the classroom that is so necessary for a meaningful and vibrant education to take place. Others consider the fears of crisis overblown, discerning the harms as less extensive in the vast domain of higher education than critics acknowledge. Drawing on his extensive research, teaching, and practical experience as a free speech and academic freedom leader at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and nation-wide, Donald A. Downs portrays the university as an "intellectual polis" in which free and honest academic discourse should pervade the campus. His unique approach addresses the experiential, empirical, strategic, and philosophical dimensions at stake. Free Speech and Liberal Education: A Plea for Intellectual Diversity and Tolerance dissects the nature, extent, and causes of the speech suppression that exists, emphasizing the need for intellectual diversity and how repression often co-exists with counter-forces that need to be energized and mobilized in what Downs portrays as the "embattled" status of academic free speech; the character of the harms the new policies and actions pose to liberal education; broader "structural and societal threats to academic freedom; how to mobilize to protect campus freedom using resources inside and outside of the campus; and, most importantly, why robust free speech and academic freedom are so important to both liberal education and the prospects of liberal democracy"-- $c Provided by publisher. 505 0 $a Introduction: A free speech crisis in higher education? -- Framing the problem -- What is the university? Truth, the intellectual polis, and historical change -- Free speech and academic freedom -- Major threats to academic free speech: contemporary policies and related aspects -- The major threats: structural and more universal aspects -- Contemporary surveys: making America safe for peanuts -- Fitting it all together: the campus, the good life, and the republic -- Campus mobilization and administrative reform. 650 0 $a Academic freedom $z United States. 650 0 $a Freedom of speech $z United States. 650 0 $a Education, Higher $x Political aspects $z United States. 650 0 $a Education, Higher $x Aims and objectives $z United States. 650 7 $a Academic freedom. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00794987 650 7 $a Education, Higher $x Aims and objectives. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00903015 650 7 $a Education, Higher $x Political aspects. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00903087 650 7 $a Freedom of speech. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00934044 651 7 $a United States. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204155 941 $a 2 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20210721014243.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20210707014213.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=588157208E9811EAB83BD64B97128E48 994 $a 92 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search