Academic Freedom

Showing 33–48 of 52 results

Title & Subtitle Abstract Contributors Pages Year Purchase
From

Academic Freedom and Religious Conviction at Canada’s Faith-Based Universities and Colleges

From: Academic Freedom in Conflict

Preview

William Bruneau examines religious conviction within universities, tracing the history of religious universities in Canada. He identifies major arguments made by defenders of religious … 32 $3.20 Add
From

Weapons of Mass Instruction

From: Weapons of Mass Instruction

Preview

The trapped flea strategy; ugliness; the horse-in-box effect; the artificial extension of childhood; misdirection; the cauldron of broken time: these and more are some deadly Weapons of Mass … 46 $4.60 Add
From

Academic Freedom from a Christian Perspective

A Personal Reflection

From: Academic Freedom in Conflict

Preview

Gerald Gerbrandt provides a personal perspective on these issues as the President Emeritus of Canadian Mennonite University and formerly as a faculty member at the Mennonite Bible College. … 12 $1.20 Add
From

What is Education?

From: Weapons of Mass Instruction

Preview

According to Kant, four questions live at the heart of all educational quests: What can I know? What may I hope? What ought I to do? What is man? School policy in America is made by people who … 12 $1.20 Add
From

A Letter to my Granddaughter about Dartmouth

From: Weapons of Mass Instruction

Preview

You just turned 17 this month, granddaughter, and you’ll be leaving the nest for college soon, I suppose. I wish you wouldn’t, but I know better than to say that, so at least let me … 17 $1.70 Add
From

Demonstrations on Campus and the Case of Israeli Apartheid Week

From: Academic Freedom in Conflict

Preview

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 … 26 $2.60 Add
From

Balancing Academic Freedom and Freedom from Discrimination in Contested Spaces

From: Academic Freedom in Conflict

Preview

Anver Saloojee extends issues raised in Scott’s article to look specifically at the tension between academic freedom and freedom from discrimination as universities have become more … 15 $1.50 Add
From

Incident at Highland High

From: Weapons of Mass Instruction

Preview

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 … 16 $1.60 Add
From

Academic Freedom and the Federal Idea

From: Academic Freedom in Conflict

Preview

David Schneiderman addresses respectful workplace policies that universities and colleges have adopted as the diversification of post-secondary educational institutions has given rise to … 17 $1.70 Add
From

Afterword

Invitation to an Open Conspiracy: The Bartleby Project

From: Weapons of Mass Instruction

Preview

The whole diseased empire of institutional schooling is, like the wonderful one-horse shay, extremely fragile. Its most vulnerable point, the glue that holds the thing together, is standardized … 14 $1.40 Add
From

Academic Freedom, Conflicts of Interest, and the Growth of University-Industry Collaborations

From: Academic Freedom in Conflict

Preview

Sheldon Krimsky looks at institutional conflicts of interest and how they should be dealt with to allow a full realization of academic freedom. 22 $2.20 Add