ERIC Number: ED466708
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2000
Pages: 173
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ISBN: ISBN-0-7748-0807-1
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Academic Freedom and the Inclusive University.
Kahn, Sharon E., Ed.; Pavlich, Dennis, Ed.
The chapters in this collection explore issues related to academic freedom and the inclusive university. The first section, Clarifying Concepts in Ideology, Language, and Law, contains these chapters: (1) Whats Sauce for One Goose: The Logic of Academic Freedom (Stanley Fish); (2) Academic Freedom: Rights as Immunities and Privileges (Frederick Schauer); and (3) Whats at Stake: Intersections and Tensions (Lynn Smith). Part 2, The Changing Culture, contains these chapters: (4) The Role of Universities in a Changing Culture (Bernard Shapiro); (5) Academic Freedom in Social Context (Jennie Hornosty); (6) The Exclusive University and Academic Freedom (Michiel Horn); (7) Inclusion and the Academy: Debating a Good Idea Freely (Judy Rebick); and (8) Academic Freedom and Its Distractions (Stan Persky). Part 3, Academic Freedom in Peril, contains: (9) Academic Freedom versus the Intrusive University (John Fekete); (10) The New Sectarianism and the Liberal University (Graham Good); (11) Judaic Studies and Western Civilization: Identity Politics and the Academy (Harvey Shulman); and (12) Are Course Evaluations a Threat to Academic Freedom? (Stanley Coren). Part 4, Theoretical and Practical Challenges to the Inclusive University, contains: (13) Meeting the Challenge of Religious Fundamentalism: How Far Do Liberal Principles of Tolerance Go? (Diane Dyson); (14) The Inclusive University and the Problem of Knowledge (Marie Fleming); (15) Academic Freedom and Reciprocity: Practicing What We Preach (Jennifer Bankier); (16) Academic Freedom, Debate, and Bureaucracy (Lorna Marsden); and (17) Regulation or Dialogue (Dorothy E. Smith). Contributor information and an index are appended. Many of the chapters contain endnotes. (SLD)
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, College Faculty, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Inclusive Schools, School Culture
University of Washington Press, P.O. Box 50096, Seattle, WA 98145-5096 (hardback: ISBN-0-7748-0807-1, $ 75; paperback: ISBN-0-7748-0808-X, $29.95). Tel: 206-543-4050; Tel: 203-543-8271; Tel: 800-441-4115 (Toll Free); Fax: 206-543-3932; e-mail: uwpord@u.washington.edu; Web site: http://www.washington.edu/uwpress.
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Language: English
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