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ERIC Number: EJ412058
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1990
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Many Colleges Deplore Anti-Obscenity Pledge but Most Accept U.S. Arts Grants, Anyway.
Myers, Christopher
Chronicle of Higher Education, v36 n43 pA1,18 Jul 11 1990
A few colleges have turned down grants from the National Endowment for the Arts because recipients must sign a controversial pledge that they will not use the funds for work that may be considered obscene. Many scholars do not believe that accepting money will infringe academic freedom. (MLW)
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, Censorship, Federal Aid, Fine Arts, Government School Relationship, Grants, Higher Education, Obscenity, Pornography, Scholarship
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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Identifiers: National Endowment for the Arts