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http://blogs.princeton.edu/librarian/2013/02/edwin-mellen-press-suing-a-librarian/ Shocking attack on academic freedom at McMaster http://leiterreports.typepad.com/blog/2013/02/shocking-attack-on-academic-freedom-at-mcmaster-by-edwin-mellen-press.html

Severe storms at the USF Tampa campus pushed me off campus this afternoon, and I've used it in part to catch up on reading, such as Joy Ann Williamson - Lott's article «The Battle over Power, Control, and Academic Freedom at Southern Institutions of Higher Education, 1955 — 1965» ($ $) in last November's Journal of Southern History.

History professor Tracy McKenzie wrote that he «had experienced much greater academic freedom at Wheaton than I ever did at the secular university that I left.»

While it may be desirable to allow a high degree of negative political freedom in our country, academic freedom at a Christian university should be positive academic freedom.

Not exact matches

«Her teaching is highly valued,» administration officials said, «and she is welcome to resume teaching anytime at Yale, where freedom of expression and academic inquiry are the paramount principle and practice.»

It's to send a warning shot at all colleges and universities to restrain academic freedom or risk further economic assaults on higher education,» Wilson wrote for Inside Higher Ed.

... If Catholicity at the university level is to remain, Notre Dame had better be prepared to save itself, whether from «secular humanism,» a distorted view of academic freedom, or a goal of becoming [well - regarded] at the cost of its Catholic uniqueness...

David Lutz senses that «a battle for the soul is being waged at Notre Dame» and traces the devolution to the new deity, Academic Freedom.

At Vanderbilt the constituencies were reassured that the university was persisting in its primal Christian commitment because of high standards in academics, or a liberal or broad or thorough curriculum, or freedom from dogmatism, or the cultivation of moral character, or social conscience regarding racial integration or the relief of poverty, or decorum and discipline in fraternities and at football gameAt Vanderbilt the constituencies were reassured that the university was persisting in its primal Christian commitment because of high standards in academics, or a liberal or broad or thorough curriculum, or freedom from dogmatism, or the cultivation of moral character, or social conscience regarding racial integration or the relief of poverty, or decorum and discipline in fraternities and at football gameat football games.

One study of Catholic values on Catholic campuses disclosed that when administrators, faculty, students, and alumni were asked to identify core Catholic values in the culture of their institutions, «high academic standards,» «academic freedom,» and «respect for the individual» regularly ranked at or near the top, while «community of faith» trailed far behind.

These include the criteria that the academic program be at a «postgraduate» level — that is, that students have completed an undergraduate degree; that there be a certain level of library holdings; that faculty members themselves hold graduate «research» degrees; that there be provisions protecting academic freedom such as academic tenure; and so forth.

While we are not in favor of mandating that creation be taught in public school science classes, we believe that, at the very least, instructors should have the academic freedom to bring up the problems with evolution.

Academic freedom is frequently inhibited at Catholic universities and colleges — public agencies that often are federal contractors — with consequent injustice to the students and to the taxpayers.

In fact, Catholic academic freedom is seriously at odds with normative academic freedom.

His colleague, MIT professor and Data - Pop Alliance academic director Alex «Sandy» Pentland, has called for a «new deal on data,» a set of workable guarantees that the data needed for public goods are readily available while, at the same time, protecting personal privacy and freedom.

As documented in Free to Think: Report of the Scholars at Risk Academic Freedom Monitoring Project, which tracked and analyzed attacks between January 2011 and May 2015, scholars and students may be persecuted for the content of their research or teaching or for exercising fundamental rights such as the freedom to express their opinions, whether on academic or unrelated Academic Freedom Monitoring Project, which tracked and analyzed attacks between January 2011 and May 2015, scholars and students may be persecuted for the content of their research or teaching or for exercising fundamental rights such as the freedom to express their opinions, whether on academic or unrelated mFreedom Monitoring Project, which tracked and analyzed attacks between January 2011 and May 2015, scholars and students may be persecuted for the content of their research or teaching or for exercising fundamental rights such as the freedom to express their opinions, whether on academic or unrelated mfreedom to express their opinions, whether on academic or unrelated academic or unrelated matters.

They argue that threats such as Hare's «strike at the heart of the peer review process» and «may have a chilling effect on the values at the core of academic freedom.»

The paper was sound but a libel threat apparently exerted pressure on management at Frontiers in Psychology, suggesting a blow to academic freedom

Many scientists reach a point in their career at which they feel torn between academic and industrial research — and the varying degrees of freedom, job security, and funding that go with each.

Michael Halpern will run a session on Open Access to Your Emails: Tensions Between Academic Freedom and Open Records Laws at the annual AAAS meeting in San Jose, California, on 13 February 2015.

When academics choose to litigate speech disputes with colleges and universities, they end up losing nearly three - quarters of the time — a finding that points to the growing tension between academic freedom and campus speech codes, said Michael LeRoy, a professor of labor and employment relations at Illinois and author of the paper.

According to Richard Thompson, president and chief counsel at Thomas More, Dawn and Julie's method of presenting the material and asking the students to pick a theory and debate it, based on the evidence, is a method of teaching that's supported by the judicial concept of academic freedom: that teachers and students have the right to pursue knowledge, wherever it may lead.

The difficulty, however, in assessing dispositions, whether they espouse social justice or are seemingly harmless as at Winthrop, arises when the assessors make value judgments rather than encourage academic freedom and respect freedom of conscience.

The Finnish Education System therefore can be characterised by trust, freedom, flexibility and a concern to put the wellbeing of children at the forefront, with teachers contributing to a supportive and close relationship with their students balanced with delivering appropriate content and providing a high standard of academic direction in an equitable manner.

«Helping students to have freedom to feel mistakes are part of the learning process will allow for students to focus more on developing effective strategies connected to the academic task at hand, rather than worrying about getting a perfect score on a test.»

BASIS, which offers students a chance to pursue world - class academics at their own pace, also grants its students (and teachers) world - class freedoms.

Are academic and artistic freedom at risk?

In the end, we teacher educators must balance a deep commitment to the academic freedom of our students, especially students with whom we may profoundly disagree, with an equally deep commitment that those whom we certify will, at minimum, «do no harm.»

Administrators and educators at charter schools should also have the freedom to make critical academic choices for the betterment of their student body.

This educational model supports them through their challenges at a pace that is more flexible and allows them the freedom to grow into their academic potential.

A much welcomed academic challenge, unreal freedoms not seen at other universities, athletic achievements well beyond expectations, and incredible long - lasting friendships.

Hirshhorn Announces Conversation Series to Coincide With «Ai Weiwei: Trace at Hirshhorn» Hirshhorn and Newseum Launch Joint Series on Freedom of Expression This fall, the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden will partner with the Newseum to launch a series of conversations with critically acclaimed artists, journalists, activists and academics to -LSB-...]

In 1933 Rice — a well - respected if somewhat radical professor of classics — was dismissed from his position at Rollins College in Winter Park, Florida, over differences of opinion with the college's administration regarding academic freedom.

The college researchers have at least some claim of academic freedom, and are not «government servants», and not owned lock stock and barrel by the federal government.

In their response, UVa conceded that «academic freedom» was not at issue.

The paper was sound but a libel threat apparently exerted pressure on management at Frontiers in Psychology, suggesting a blow to academic freedom

In the meantime, Simon James, who blogs at Australian Climate Madness, has submitted a Freedom of Information request to the University of Western Australia in an effort to force the release of emails related to the study, and prominent climate - change skeptic Steve McIntyre has urged readers to email the university with academic misconduct complaints.

Saying that he recognizes «that this is an emotional and sensitive subject for many people,» Garvey says, «I also believe that one of the most important aspects of an education at a school like ours is the principle of academic freedom.»

Rev. Comm., Report of Subcommittee on Academic Freedom and Status of Position 4 (Draft of July 15, 2010)(available at http://www.abanet.org/legaled/committees/comstandards.html)(click on «Report of the Subcommittee on Academic Freedom and Status of Position,» under the «Meeting Date: July 24 — 25, 2010» heading); ABA Standards, supra n. 52, at stand.

We live in an era where law schools are turning down millions of dollars in the name of academic freedom — so perhaps our new institute should not be created as part of a law school at all.