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Academic freedom growth and decline episodes
Academic freedom is under threat across the globe and a wave of substantial academic freedom declines affects not only autocracies but also (liberal)...
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The liminal state of academic freedom: navigating corporatization in higher education
For decades, academic freedom and shared governance have stood as cornerstones of higher education in the United States, but these principles face...
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Does academic freedom matter for global student mobility? Results from longitudinal network data 2009–2017
Academic freedom and global student mobility are both topics high on the scientific and political agenda. However, the relationship between...
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Interrogating the Meaning of ‘Quality’ in Utterances and Activities Protected by Academic Freedom
“Quality” refers nominatively to a standard of performance. Quality is the central idea that differentiates speech protected by academic freedom (the...
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Academic Freedom as a Professional, Constitutional, and Human Right
Academic freedom persists as a commonly invoked foundational principle in US higher education. In practice, ambiguity, debate, and uncertainty...
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Academic Freedom as a Professional, Constitutional, and Human Right
Academic freedom persists as a commonly invoked foundational principle in US higher education. In practice, ambiguity, debate, and uncertainty...
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Judgement as the Signature Expression of Academic Freedom
The chapter begins with a discussion of academic freedom as ‘positive liberty’, which is a form of mutual recognition whereby other people provide...
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Academic Freedom as a Fundamental Feature of Academia: A European Union Perspective
This contribution explores the legal scope of a concept that is indispensable to the existence of academia; the principle of academic freedom. More...
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The Scope of Academic Freedom Right and the Situation of Scientists in Poland
The implementation of academic freedom can be difficult both for policymakers and university authorities. A good example of these difficulties is the...
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Academic Freedom in the European Context Legal, Philosophical and Institutional Perspectives
This book explores the concept of academic freedom from a European vantage point. Drawing on both philosophical and legal perspectives, the editors...
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A Knowledge-Based Conception of Academic Freedom
The focus of this chapter is the peculiar vis-à-vis of academic freedom and the freedom of speech. The former is meant to foster and preserve that in...
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Anonymity as a Threat to Academic Freedom
This chapter addresses the threat posed to academic freedom by the use of anonymous judgments in the governance of science. In fact, most of the...
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Academic freedom as a source of rights’ violations: a European perspective
The application of academic freedom may lead to a violation of individual rights, such as the right to respect private life or institutional rights...
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Academic Freedom Versus Institutional Evaluation of Research
Drawing on her experience on the Governing Board of Italy’s National Evaluation Agency (ANVUR), the author asks if strategic initiatives involving...
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Academic Freedom from the Perspective of the United Kingdom
Academic freedom offers multiple meanings in the context of the United Kingdom. The chapter attempts to provide an overview of the evolution of the...
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Academic Freedom in France: A Concept Neglected and Liberties under Threat
In France, the status of universities, and particularly of academic freedom, is comparatively weak when compared to other European countries. The...
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Freedom from discrimination or freedom to discriminate? Discursive tensions within discrimination policies in medical education
The importance of advancing equity, diversity, and inclusion for all members of the academic medical community has gained recent attention. Academic...
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Academic Freedom: To what End? Notes on the Ethical Dimension of Scholarship
In this chapter the notion of academic freedom is derived from the hermeneutical horizon of an ultimate purpose, characteristic of philosophical...
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Academic and Scholarly Freedom: Towards a ‘Disputing’ University with Critically Engaged Students
The theme of this chapter concerns the need to learn and teach the question of academic and scholarly freedom as part of what we term the critical...