Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-345) and index.
Contents:
Foreword / by Joan Wallach Scott -- Does academic freedom have a future? -- How can academic freedom be justified? -- Can faculty speak freely as citizens? -- Can I tweet that? -- Can outside donors endanger academic freedom? -- Will online education cure the "cost disease"? -- Do students have academic freedom? -- Are invited speakers entitled to a platform? -- Can unions defend academic freedom? -- What is the future of academic freedom under the Trump regime?
Summary:
"The volume collects a sequence of essays on academic freedom, in which the author explains how to defend academic freedom against its current cultural threats. Up to date with the contemporary political climate and the technologies of social media, the author has substantially reworked blog posts he originally wrote for the American Association of University Professors"-- Provided by publisher.
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