Academic Freedom

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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
From Conference Planning and Support From: No Debate View James Lorimer and Company	In this chapter, Thompson examines the planning and institutional support for a 2009 academic conference on models of statehood in Israel and Palestine at York University in Toronto.	Jon Thompson	17	2012	$1.70 Add
From David Sarnoff’s Classroom From: Weapons of Mass Instruction View New Society Publishers	Sarnoff, the founder of RCA dropped out of elementary school to sell newspapers on the street. What he learned there he could never have learned in school.	John Taylor Gatto	12	2010	$1.20 Add
From Demonstrations on Campus and the Case of Israeli Apartheid Week From: Academic Freedom in Conflict View James Lorimer and Company	Richard Moon takes up the question of whether there should be more restrictions on freedom of expression in the university in order for it to fulfill its educational mission, noting that the …	Richard Moon	26	2014	$2.60 Add
From Discussion and Findings From: No Debate View James Lorimer and Company	In this chapter, Thompson presents his findings from his study on the 2009 controversy over the conference on statehood in Israel and Palestine held at York University.	Jon Thompson	81	2012	$8.10 Add
From Edubusiness and Edutainment Wealthy Benefactors and Sporting Contributions to the Campus Party From: Degrees of Failure View Between The Lines	The rise of the corporate edutainment university portends something new and different that goes well beyond the existence of a social side in college life. Changes in the policies and programs …	Randle W. Nelsen	33	2017	$3.30 Add
From Everything You Know About Schools is Wrong From: Weapons of Mass Instruction View New Society Publishers	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 Fat Stanley and the Lancaster Amish From: Weapons of Mass Instruction View New Society Publishers	Fat Stanley told me he had to cut school almost every day because he didn’t want to end up like me, working for someone else. He was 13 when he said that to me. An Amish man in Ohio told me …	John Taylor Gatto	9	2010	$0.90 Add
From NEW! Fisherman’s Son From: Seven Days in Halifax View Formac Publishing	In this chapter, Ashe describes the events of Day Four of Halifax’s 1970 "Encounter on Urban Environment," focusing on students. Discussions highlighted racist and classist …	Robert Ashe	4	2025	$0.40 Add
From Foreword From: No Debate View James Lorimer and Company	In this foreward, Thompson examines how external political pressures threatened academic freedom at York University during a 2011 conference on Israeli-Palestinian statehood.	Jon Thompson	5	2012	$0.50 Add
From Giving and Taking Offense Civility, Respect, and Academic Freedom From: Academic Freedom in Conflict View James Lorimer and Company	Jamie Cameron concludes the book with an examination of the implications for academic freedom of the growing movement for civil discourse. She examines American and Canadian university respectful …	Jamie Cameron	25	2014	$2.50 Add
From Hector Isn’t the Problem From: Weapons of Mass Instruction View New Society Publishers	I was the official New York State Teacher of the Year when I quit on the op-ed page of the Wall Street Journal, because I couldn’t stand to hurt children any more.	John Taylor Gatto	7	2010	$0.70 Add
From NEW! How Did they Fight? French Student Movements in the Late 2000’s and their contentious repertoire From: The University and Social Justice View Between The Lines		Julie Le Mazier	17	2020	$1.70 Add
From Incident at Highland High From: Weapons of Mass Instruction View New Society Publishers	Last January, a sixteen-year-old German girl — shy and well-behaved — was arrested in her home in Nuremberg, Germany, by fifteen armed policemen. Her crime was homeschooling. Reading …	John Taylor Gatto	16	2010	$1.60 Add
From Institutional Autonomy and Academic Freedom in the Managed University From: Academic Freedom in Conflict View James Lorimer and Company	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 Subjects Student Politics, Education, and Dissent in India From: The University and Social Justice View Between The Lines		Prem Kumar Vijayan	19	2020	$1.90 Add
From Intensifying Controversy: March-May 2009 From: No Debate View James Lorimer and Company	In this chapter, Thompson discusses the spring 2009 controversy at York University over a planned academic conference on statehood in Israel and Palestine.	Jon Thompson	64	2012	$6.40 Add