Sentences with phrase «of academic freedom in»

Some people have raised the question of academic freedom in reference to Harris» course.

The panel respects the importance of academic freedom in higher education.

Teaching evolution and ridiculing creationism does not test the limits of academic freedom in public or private institutions.

There is some difference as to the topics which test the extent of academic freedom in public, private, and church institutions.

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All of this occurs, of course, in the name of academic freedom, the guarantee that professors will not be sanctioned for the substance of what they write and teach.

Because there is only a small amount of academic literature on religious freedom (including virtually no mention of it in the four major academic human rights journals) the State Department should make a short - term commitment to provide seed funds to better understand the linkages between religious freedom, national economics, political development, and other fundamental liberties.

It is reassuring that many of our current religious organizations understand that our nondiscrimination policy poses no threat to their religious freedom,» Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Richard McCarty said in a press release.

Academic freedom is the freedom to pursue truth in good faith, unimpeded by fear of dismissal by those who wield power.

A culture of bullying has taken over in this area, and the idea of academic freedom, wide enquiry, and genuine debate and analysis is no longer seen as essential in university life.

I thought of this recently as I re-read Harvard's report on the humanities «Mapping the Future» in light of the debate over academic freedom that Peter Lawler addressed.

It is in this context that academic freedom finds meaning — it supports a plurality of voices and traditions (past and present) when debating what vision of human life maximizes flourishing, which is the ongoing project of any society that seeks to perpetuate itself.

In this environment, we should not simply reiterate our defenses of freedom, academic and otherwise.

Hotbeds of intolerance, they deny academic freedom to their staffs and engage in censorship of what their pupils may read or discuss, unlike public schools, which practice a careful neutrality and respect toward all opinions.

Far from transcending the «biasing» particularities of biographical experience, in conformity to some positivist notions of «value freedom» and «objectivity,» the academic contributions of each of the scholars studied in this book were profoundly shaped by early childhood experiences, distinctive personality traits, and, as noted above, particular theological or atheological visions, as the case may be.

Ironically, while black theology theoretically relies heavily upon expressions of the people, such as freedom and sorrow songs and sermons, the more academic elites of black theology — those who have the luxury of tenure and endowed professorships in prestigious white seminaries and universities — seem to have little respect for the modern black church.

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 games.

The principles of academic freedom and of relative independence for education within the political structure do not exclude or excuse those who teach from active participation in political life.

It is not an easy book to read, and if it had been read and reviewed only in the academic journals, like others of Altizer's books, issues of academic freedom would not have arisen.

The crucial test of academic freedom is not as much the celebrated A.A.U.P. or A.C.L.U. case as it is the daily practice of the professor in classroom

The slogan of «freedom now» is not only the cry of civil rights demonstrators; it is also the watchword of a generation of college and university students seeking for meaning and motivation in their academic work.

Catholic schools, for example, used to think of academic freedom as in the service of the truth we find in natural law, the truth about abortion, the relational person, and so forth.

That, if they would only listen to themselves more carefully, is what some advocates of academic freedom are asserting in current debates about Christian higher education.

Of the 1990 apostolic constitution, Ex Corde Ecclesiae, Curran writes: «The document theoretically limits academic freedom by truth and the common good, sees local bishops not as external to the college or university but as participants in the institution, and includes canonical provisions for those who teach theology in Catholic higher education.»

Father Charles Curran writes the long entry on «academic freedom» in Richard McBrien's Encyclopedia of Catholicism.

It will be much harder to do that in the future unless the college administration reverses its present course, calls the faculty and students who have been brutalizing Professor Esolen to order, and reaffirms Providence College's commitment to genuine academic freedom and to a Catholic vision of the human person that challenges the tribalism and identity politics eroding our culture and our politics.

Ryan Valentine of the Texas Freedom Network takes a different view: «Academic study of the Bible in a history or literature course is perfectly acceptable,» he says, «but this curriculum represents a blatant attempt to turn a public school class into a Sunday school class.

As historian Richard Hofstadter has documented, the principles of academic freedom had relatively little place in American higher education prior to this century.

William Cavanaugh takes on the arrogance of the American Association of University Professors in its statements (1940, 1970, 1988) about «academic freedom.»

But I do suggest that a start in the right direction might be made in our schools and colleges Today an entirely false concept of academic freedom is turning our colleges into booby traps for young and impressionable minds.

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.

In addition, I am mindful that adopting the type of freedom I am proposing would most likely bring Notre Dame into conflict with the American Association of University Professors» understanding of academic freedom.

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.

Yet Notre Dame's description of «academic freedom and associated responsibilities» in its Faculty Handbook offers no indication that it is shaped by a distinctively Christian understanding of freedom.

To perform its teaching and research functions effectively, the Catholic university must have a true autonomy and academic freedom in the face of authority of every kind, lay or clerical, external to the academic community itself.

In April, 1956, the American Association of University Professors voted to censure six institutions for violations of academic freedom, most of them in loyalty procedureIn April, 1956, the American Association of University Professors voted to censure six institutions for violations of academic freedom, most of them in loyalty procedurein loyalty procedures.

In doing so, they had powerful support from the secular media of communication and they made very effective use of a conception of academic freedom that had been designed to promote the secularization of higher education.

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.

The roots of that hatred, and the assumption that Christianity is the bane of true knowledge, can largely be found in that great shibboleth of contemporary higher education, «academic freedom.»

If the Vatican puts out a statement saying that Sister Margaret Farley's book on sexual morality is not in accord with Catholic teaching, one can count on the usual suspects to tut - tut about «authoritarian tendencies» and the suppression of academic freedom.

Even where such institutional control is not formally in place, academic freedom can be constrained by the broader political restrictions on freedom of speech, and the government's propensity to marginalise, arrest, or threaten those who criticise the regime.

In addition to stifling academic freedom, such measures drive students to seek education outside their state's borders, depriving it of their skills and forfeiting the contribution they may have otherwise made to its development.

«Of course, AAAS» 2014 Scientific Freedom and Responsibility Award helped me and all other people specially academics who were seeking my freedom in Iran,» hFreedom and Responsibility Award helped me and all other people specially academics who were seeking my freedom in Iran,» hfreedom in Iran,» he said.

The admissions data analyzed in the article, from academic years 2010 through 2012, were released by the University of Cambridge following a freedom of information request.

Under the guise of «academic freedom» creationists are co-opting some old heroes of the fight to teach evolution in the classroom for their anti-science campaign

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.

The institute helped the conservative Louisiana Family Forum (LFF), headed by Christian minister Gene Mills, to pass a state education act in 2008 that allows local boards to teach intelligent design alongside evolution under the guise of «academic freedom».

A biotech company is a tightly focused environment, where freedom of academic inquiry is often curbed in the interest of completing a project as quickly as possible, whether it's a new drug, a diagnostic technique, or some other science - related product.

In my academic past, I had watched uneasily as colleagues were allowed to carry on with dead - end projects for years, all in the name of «academic freedom.&raquIn my academic past, I had watched uneasily as colleagues were allowed to carry on with dead - end projects for years, all in the name of «academic freedom.&raquin the name of «academic freedom.»

In terms of technology transfer, the Chinese government has also approved policy that would allow academics greater freedom to do part - time work with companies.

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.