Academic freedom and the obligation to earn it

From: Journal of Law and Education | Date: October 1, 2003| Author: | Copyright information

I. INTRODUCTION

The typical faculty justification for academic freedom is utilitarian, and suggests a variant of the "trickle-down" economics not otherwise in fashion on most campuses. If faculty are left to their own curricular, pedagogic and scholarly devices, it is suggested, everyone-students, faculty, staff and indeed all of society-will be better off because of the ideas, energies and freedoms that result. Like many businesses, many faculty want more subsidy and less regulation. A related notion is that faculty votes should determine major policy decisions within the university, ...

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