Academic Freedom
Academic Freedom
Academic Freedom
Defining Academic
Freedom
Belief that freedom to inquire and explore by
Quotes
Importance of Academic
Freedom
Essential to the mission of the academy
Without protection, academic communities are repressed
1940 Statement of
Principles on Academic
Freedom and Tenure
Interpretation
Teachers need to avoid controversial issues that are not related to the
subject being taught
In public, teachers and others of authority must indicate that what is being
said is their personal opinion and does not represent the institution that
they are affiliated with
Piarowski (1985) shows a conflict between individual and institutional academic freedom
Faculty member was asked to move his sexually explicit art display from a gallery in a
heavily traveled area to a less traveled area
Court ruled that a college can regulate the display of explicit material
Johnson-Kurekv. Abu-Absi (2005) support the concept that the institution has the
right to designate how classes are taught and what grades were issued. First
amendment protects the individuals right to their belief in pedagogy but not their
right to actually do it.
Video on Academic
Freedom
http://vimeo.com/6649380
(Start at 13:40)
Denis Rancourt, former University of Ottawa professor recently fired for
refusing to grade his students, whose struggle has received national
media coverage and whose firing is being investigated by the
Canadian Association of University Teachers.
Video on the state of academic freedom in Canada. A lot of the issues
discussed in this video mirror issues we face in the United States,
including the defining of academic freedom, in specific, for the
professor, and for the student.
Concept of authentic rebellion and its importance in the classroom.
Questions
References
AAUP. (2009). Recommended institutional regulations on academic freedom & tenure. Retrieved
from http://www.aaup.org/AAUP/pubsres/policydocs/contents/RIR.htm. Retrieved on November
1, 2010.
AAUP. (1940). 1940 statement of principles on academic freedom and tenure. Retrieved from
http://www.aaup.org/AAUP/pubsres/policydocs/contents/1940statement.htm. Retrieved on
November 1, 2010.
AAUP. (1967). Joint statement on rights and freedoms of students. AAUP Policy Documents &
Reports (9th ed.), 261-267.
Cameron, C.A., & Meyers, L.E. (2005). Academic bills of rights: Conflict in the classroom, Journal
of College and University Law, 31, 243-290.
Jorgensen, J.D., & Helms, L.B. (2008). Academic freedom, the first amendment and competing
stakeholders: the dynamics of a changing balance. The Review of Higher Education, 32(1), 1-24.
Quinn, R. (2004). Defending 'dangerous' minds. Social Science Research Council, 5(1-2), 1-4.