February 8, 2008
Colleges Face Ominous New Pressures on Academic Freedom
Does academic freedom really matter in the 21st century?
Most professors will never experience a serious threat to their independence or free expression. They may even resent the expectation that they join or support organizations that defend such freedoms when the risks seem so remote to their own careers and fields.
Yet for the small fraction of faculty members who do encounter such pressures, academic freedom makes a major difference. It certainly matters, for example, to the
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