Academic Freedom In The Age Of The College
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Academic Freedom In The Age Of The College
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Author : Richard Hofstadter
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2012-07-01
Academic Freedom In The Age Of The College written by Richard Hofstadter and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-07-01 with categories.
When this classic volume first appeared, academic freedom was a crucially important issue. It is equally so today. Hofstadter approaches the topic historically, showing how events from various historical epochs expose the degree of freedom in academic institutions. The volume exemplifies Richard Hofstader's qualities as a historian as well as his characteristic narrative ability. Hofstadter first describes the medieval university and how its political independence evolved from its status as a corporate body, establishing a precedent for intellectual freedom that has been a measuring rod ever since. He shows how all intellectual discourse became polarized with the onset of the Reformation. The gradual spread of the Moderate Enlightenment in the colonies led to a major advance for intellectual freedom. But with the beginning of the nineteenth century the rise of denominationalism in both new and established colleges reversed the progress, and the secularization of learning became engulfed by a tidal wave of intensifying piety. Roger L. Geiger's extensive new introduction evaluates Hofstadter's career as a historian and political theorist, his interest in academic freedom, and the continuing significance of Academic Freedom in the Age of the College. While most works about higher education treat the subject only as an agent of social economic mobility, Academic Freedom in the Age of the College is an enduring counterweight to such histories as it examines a more pressing issue: the fact that colleges and universities, at their best, should foster ideas at the frontiers of knowledge and understanding. This classic text will be invaluable to educators, university administrators, sociologist, and historians.
Academic Freedom In The Age Of The University
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Author : Walter P. Metzger
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1969
Academic Freedom In The Age Of The University written by Walter P. Metzger and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1969 with Education categories.
Academic Freedom In An Age Of Conformity
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Author : Joanna Williams
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2016-01-05
Academic Freedom In An Age Of Conformity written by Joanna Williams and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-01-05 with Education categories.
Academic freedom is increasingly being threatened by a stifling culture of conformity in higher education that is restricting individual academics, the freedom of academic thought and the progress of knowledge – the very foundations upon which academia and universities are built. Once, scholars demanded academic freedom to critique existing knowledge and to pursue new truths. Today, while fondness for the rhetoric of academic freedom remains, it is increasingly criticised as an outdated and elitist concept by students and lecturers alike and called into question by a number of political and intellectual trends such as feminism, critical theory and identity politics. This provocative and compelling book traces the demise of academic freedom within the context of changing ideas about the purpose of the university and the nature of knowledge. The book argues that a challenge to this culture of conformity and censorship and a defence of academic free speech are needed for critique to be possible and for the intellectual project of evaluating existing knowledge and proposing new knowledge to be meaningful. This book is that challenge and a passionate call to arms for the power of academic thought today.
Academic Freedom In The Age Of The College
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Author : Richard Hofstadter
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2017-11-30
Academic Freedom In The Age Of The College written by Richard Hofstadter and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-11-30 with Education categories.
When this classic volume first appeared, academic freedom was a crucially important issue. It is equally so today. Hofstadter approaches the topic historically, showing how events from various historical epochs expose the degree of freedom in academic institutions. The volume exemplifies Richard Hofstader's qualities as a historian as well as his characteristic narrative ability. Hofstadter first describes the medieval university and how its political independence evolved from its status as a corporate body, establishing a precedent for intellectual freedom that has been a measuring rod ever since. He shows how all intellectual discourse became polarized with the onset of the Reformation. The gradual spread of the Moderate Enlightenment in the colonies led to a major advance for intellectual freedom. But with the beginning of the nineteenth century the rise of denominationalism in both new and established colleges reversed the progress, and the secularization of learning became engulfed by a tidal wave of intensifying piety. Roger L. Geiger's extensive new introduction evaluates Hofstadter's career as a historian and political theorist, his interest in academic freedom, and the continuing significance of Academic Freedom in the Age of the College. While most works about higher education treat the subject only as an agent of social economic mobility, Academic Freedom in the Age of the College is an enduring counterweight to such histories as it examines a more pressing issue: the fact that colleges and universities, at their best, should foster ideas at the frontiers of knowledge and understanding. This classic text will be invaluable to educators, university administrators, sociologist, and historians.
End Of Academic Freedom
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Author : William M. Bowen
language : en
Publisher: IAP
Release Date : 2014-03-01
End Of Academic Freedom written by William M. Bowen and has been published by IAP this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-03-01 with Education categories.
This book is premised upon the assumption that the core purpose of universities is to create, preserve, transmit, validate, and find new applications for knowledge. It is written in the perspective of critical university studies, in which university governance processes should take ideas and discourse about ideas seriously, far more seriously than they are often taken within many of to day's universities, since doing so is the key to achieving this purpose. Specifically, we assert that the best way for universities to take ideas seriously, and so to best achieve their purpose, is to consciously recognize and conserve the entire range of available ideas. Though the current emphasis upon factors such as student headcounts, increased efficiency and job creation are undoubtedly important, far more is at stake in universities than only these factors. From this premise, we deduce insights and arguments about academic freedom, as well as factors such control and monitoring of the market place of ideas, the structure of information flows within universities, the role of language in university governance, and relationships between administrators, faculty members and students. We identify impediments to achieving the core purpose of universities, including the idea vetting systems of authoritarianism, corporatism, illiberalism, supernaturalism and political correctness. We elucidate how these impediments inhibit successful achievement of the core purpose of the university. In response to these impediments we prescribe relatively autonomous universities characterized by openness, transparency, dissent, and the maintenance of balance between conflicting perspectives, values, and interests.
Academic Freedom In Our Time
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Author : Robert Morrison MacIver
language : en
Publisher: New York : Gordian Press, 1967 [c1955]
Release Date : 1967
Academic Freedom In Our Time written by Robert Morrison MacIver and has been published by New York : Gordian Press, 1967 [c1955] this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1967 with Education categories.
Academic Freedom At The Dawn Of A New Century
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Author : Evan Gerstmann
language : en
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Release Date : 2006
Academic Freedom At The Dawn Of A New Century written by Evan Gerstmann and has been published by Stanford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Law categories.
This is a provocative examination of the current state of academic freedom in the United States and around the world.
The Future Of Academic Freedom
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Author : Henry Reichman
language : en
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Release Date : 2019-04-02
The Future Of Academic Freedom written by Henry Reichman and has been published by Johns Hopkins University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-04-02 with Education categories.
The issues Reichman considers—which are the subjects of daily conversation on college and university campuses nationwide as well as in the media—will fascinate general readers, students, and scholars alike.
For The Common Good
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Author : Matthew W. Finkin
language : en
Publisher: Yale University Press
Release Date : 2009-04-21
For The Common Good written by Matthew W. Finkin and has been published by Yale University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-04-21 with Education categories.
This book offers a concise explanation of the history and meaning of American academic freedom, and it attempts to intervene in contemporary debates by clarifying the fundamental functions and purposes of academic freedom in America.--From publisher description.
The Lost Soul Of Higher Education
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Author : Ellen Schrecker
language : en
Publisher: The New Press
Release Date : 2010-08-24
The Lost Soul Of Higher Education written by Ellen Schrecker and has been published by The New Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-08-24 with Education categories.
The professor and historian delivers a major critique of how political and financial attacks on the academy are undermining our system of higher education. Making a provocative foray into the public debates over higher education, acclaimed historian Ellen Schrecker argues that the American university is under attack from two fronts. On the one hand, outside pressure groups have staged massive challenges to academic freedom, beginning in the 1960s with attacks on faculty who opposed the Vietnam War, and resurfacing more recently with well-funded campaigns against Middle Eastern Studies scholars. Connecting these dots, Schrecker reveals a distinct pattern of efforts to undermine the legitimacy of any scholarly study that threatens the status quo. At the same time, Schrecker deftly chronicles the erosion of university budgets and the encroachment of private-sector influence into academic life. From the dwindling numbers of full-time faculty to the collapse of library budgets, The Lost Soul of Higher Education depicts a system increasingly beholden to corporate America and starved of the resources it needs to educate the new generation of citizens. A sharp riposte to the conservative critics of the academy by the leading historian of the McCarthy-era witch hunts, The Lost Soul of Higher Education, reveals a system in peril—and defends the vital role of higher education in our democracy.