Academic Freedom
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Title & Subtitle | Abstract | Contributors | Pages | Year | Purchase |
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Academic Freedom in ConflictThe Struggle Over Free Speech Rights in the University |
For more than a century academics have had unique rights — to speak, teach, and write freely. Central to the case for academic freedom is that scholars must be able to voice their views … | James L Turk | 368 | 2014 | View |
NEW! The Elective MindPhilosophy and the Undergraduate Degree |
This book discusses the relevance of philosophy courses within the undergraduate curriculum as integral to the self-formation that is at the heart of a liberal education. The objective is to … | Réal Fillion | 164 | 2021 | View |
NEW! The University and Social JusticeStruggles Across the Globe |
Higher education has long been contested terrain. From student movements to staff unions, the fight for accessible, critical, and quality public education has turned university campuses globally … | Aziz Choudry; Vally Salim | 272 | 2020 | View |
Weapons of Mass InstructionA Schoolteacher’s Journey Through the Dark World of Compulsory Schooling |
John Taylor Gatto’s Weapons of Mass Instruction, now available in paperback, focuses on mechanisms of traditional education which cripple imagination, discourage critical thinking, and … | John Taylor Gatto | 241 | 2010 | View |
From NEW! IntroductionWhat Are We Doing Here? From: The Elective Mind |
The introduction lays out the intent of the book, a long essay reflecting on the value of elective courses in university, specifically philosophy, as an opportunity for shared, social learning … | Réal Fillion | 31 | 2021 | $3.10 Add |
From NEW! Lessons in Struggle, Studies in Resistance |
Aziz Choudry; Vally Salim | 24 | 2020 | $2.40 Add | |
From Preface & Introduction |
Outlines the arguments made in the book and why this book is important to the discussion going on | James L Turk; Jon Thompson | 18 | 2014 | $1.80 Add |
From PrologueAgainst School |
I taught for thirty years in some of the worst schools in Manhattan, and in some of the best, and during that time, I became an expert in boredom. | John Taylor Gatto | 11 | 2010 | $1.10 Add |
From Everything You Know About Schools is Wrong |
Forced schooling seduces the trapped into believing that inert knowledge, memorized fact bits and sequences is the gold standard of intellectual achievement. Learning to connect those bits into … | John Taylor Gatto | 26 | 2010 | $2.60 Add |
From NEW! Meeting PlaceSocrates in the Agora From: The Elective Mind |
The first section discusses how learning requires a willingness to seek out and be transformed by truth and that the elective classroom is a space where that can still happen. She explores how … | Réal Fillion | 30 | 2021 | $3.00 Add |
From Professors Beware:The Evolving Threat of “Institutional” Academic Freedom |
Constitutional scholar David Rabban examines the increasing prominence of the concept of “institutional academic freedom” in American constitutional law and its implications. He … | David M. Rabban | 30 | 2014 | $3.00 Add |
From NEW! The Trajectory of the 2010 Student Movement in the UKFrom Student Activism to Strikes |
Jamie Woodcock | 16 | 2020 | $1.60 Add | |
From Institutional Autonomy and Academic Freedom in the Managed University |
Len Findlay looks broadly at the changing character of the contemporary university, and how university autonomy has become a threat to academic freedom rather than a means to ensure it. As … | Len Findlay | 16 | 2014 | $1.60 Add |
From NEW! Insurgent SubjectsStudent Politics, Education, and Dissent in India |
Prem Kumar Vijayan | 19 | 2020 | $1.90 Add | |
From NEW! Placing the TextFrom: The Elective Mind |
The second section considers why and how the university classroom can provide a place for learning and transformation, as well as the role of texts in the classroom. | Réal Fillion | 30 | 2021 | $3.00 Add |
From WalkaboutLondon |
Nick Schulman, a neighbor of mine, cut junior high to play pool, and dropped out of high school to play poker. He became a millionaire at the age of 21 this year, on the World Poker Tour. His new … | John Taylor Gatto | 34 | 2010 | $3.40 Add |