Academic Freedom
Subtitle: An Everyday Concern (New Directions for Higher Education)
Publisher: Jossey-Bass Inc Pub; Jossey-Bass
Published: February 1995
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 112
ISBN-13: 9780787999872
Subjects: Higher; Higher & further education; Philosophy of education; Philosophy Of Higher Education; Education / Teaching; Education
Description: We may properly ensure the quality of faculty work by distinguishing professional from unprofessional behavior, respecting the former and discouraging the latter. It is not possible to selectively ensure academic freedom for the most compelling cases if academic freedom, and the professional practices and habits of mind on which it rests, are eroded daily and celebrated only on Sunday. Academic freedom is the only atmosphere in which academic work can flourish. If we do not conserve and protect it, our daily work will be impaired, and we will falter when great tasks confront us. -- from back cover.