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Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges, 2019
The Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges (AGB) is pleased to share this fifth publication in a series of informational briefings developed as part of The Guardians Initiative: Reclaiming the Public Trust, an effort to educate and engage trustees as advocates on key issues in higher education. The U.S. higher education…
Descriptors: Role of Education, Democracy, College Role, Citizen Participation
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Stoller, Aaron – Issues in Interdisciplinary Studies, 2020
While the scholarship of interdisciplinarity has grown prolifically in the last thirty years, the discourse primarily frames interdisciplinarity as an instrumental research construct. In this article, I will argue that this framework should be expanded to consider how interdisciplinary engagement can support education for democracy. The article…
Descriptors: Democracy, Interdisciplinary Approach, Educational Philosophy, Guidelines
Carvalho, Edward J., Ed.; Downing, David B. – Palgrave Macmillan, 2011
Academic freedom has been a principle that undergirds the university since 1915. Beyond this, it also protects a spirit of free inquiry essential to a democratic society. But in the post-9/11 present, the basic principles of academic freedom have been deeply challenged. There have been many startling instances where the rhetoric of national…
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, Universities, College Faculty, Politics of Education