Sentences with phrase «view of academic freedom»

... 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...

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The rationale for academic freedom need not be a view of human nature; it may be put theologically as a matter of faithfulness to God.

As an Enlightenment idea, «academic freedom» is usually associated with a rationale that depends on a particular view of human nature.

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.

When, last year, Hope expressed these views in a blog post for the national newspaper The Guardian, he was the target of hostile comments from readers, some seeing his vision as a threat to job security or academic freedom, or maintaining that it is only applicable to a few fields.

'' [Weber and Curry] may have different views on climate change, but I think that's a strength of our department that we can have academic freedom and host faculty members with different opinions about subjects,» Huey said.

It rests on three pillars: simple job security and longevity, really a form of guaranteed continuing employment (often viewed as a fringe benefit that substitutes for higher pay); protection against diverse forms of discrimination, favoritism and capriciousness on the part of employers; and academic freedom, meaning in essence that instructors can almost never be fired on account of what they say or write.

This principle of academic freedom maintains that it is beneficial for society overall if scholars (teachers) are allowed to hold a variety of views.

That case, which was widely viewed as politically motivated, galvanized the climate science community because of the threat it posed to academic freedom and scientific inquiry.

Since 2004, groups have tried to link the two issues by pushing «academic freedom bills» that would mandate the teaching of dissenting views on global warming, evolution, human cloning and stem cells.

«News and views about philosophy, the academic profession, academic freedom, intellectual culture... and a bit of poetry.»

Virk approved the program despite an expert panel's «serious reservations» about TWU's academic freedom, breadth of world view, ability to teach legal skills, and course quality, a press release from OUTlaws states.