Academic Freedom: A Guide to the Literature (Bibliographies and Indexes in Education) - Hardcover

Aby, Stephen H.; Kuhn, James

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 031330386X ISBN 13: 9780313303869

Publisher: Greenwood Press, 2000

Synopsis

The freedom of academics to pursue knowledge and truth in their research, writing, and teaching is a fundamental principle of contemporary higher education in the United States. But this freedom has been hard won and regularly abridged, reinterpreted, and violated. Academic freedom has been central to many issues and controversies in higher education and has thus generated literature in a variety of disciplines. This book provides access to that literature.

Included are entries for nearly 500 books, chapters, articles, reports, web sites, and other sources of information about academic freedom. Each entry includes a descriptive annotation, and the entries are grouped in topical chapters. While most of the works cited were published since the 1940 American Association of University Professors Statement of Principles on Academic Freedom and Tenure, some older studies have also been included. Though the volume focuses primarily on higher education in the U.S., it also includes a chapter on academic freedom in other countries.

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About the Author

Stephen H. Aby is Professor of and Education Bibliographer at the University of Akron. He has a PhD in Social Foundations of Education from the State University of New York, Buffalo, an MA in Sociology from the University of Houston, and an MLS from Kent State University. His previous books include Sociology: A Guide to Reference and Information Sources with James Nalen and Lori Fielding (Libraries Unlimited, 2005) and Academic Freedom: A Guide to the Literature with James C. Kuhn (Greenwood Press, 2000). University of Akron.

Edition details

• Publisher: Greenwood Press
• Publication date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 031330386X
• ISBN 13: 9780313303869
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 240