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The politics of academic freedom
Author(s) -
Thomas Nancy L.
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
new directions for higher education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1536-0741
pISSN - 0271-0560
DOI - 10.1002/he.416
Subject(s) - academic freedom , democracy , politics , higher education , public administration , political science , public relations , sociology , pedagogy , law
Institutional leaders, faculty, students, and the public need a better understanding of why academic freedom is essential to student learning and to a democracy characterized by open, reasoned, and vigorous political discourse.