Tag: Academic Freedom

The US Professoriat and the Limits of Free Speech

By Frank LoMonte and David Jadon | Published: May 9, 2018

Researches at the University of Florida’s Brechner Center for Freedom of Information have studied the rights of public employees when they speak with the news media. Here, they look specifically at professors at public universities in the United States and find there are broad protections – within limits.

Posted in Communication, International Debates | Also tagged free speech, The Conversation | Leave a comment

A Cry From Canada: Freedom of Expression Under Attack at Our Universities

By SAGE | Published: February 14, 2018

The former president of the University of Saskatchewan argues that freedom of expression is under attack in Canada's universities through an accumulation of episodes that diminish its significance and through a vector of intellectual laziness accompanied by ideology and anger.

Posted in Higher Education Reform, Public Policy | Also tagged Canada, Freedom of Expression | Leave a comment

Webinar Archive: Disinvited Speakers and Academic Freedom

By SAGE | Published: October 10, 2017

The same day that the U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions called for “a national recommitment to free speech on campus” before an audience at Georgetown University, the American Library Association’s Office for Intellectual Freedom, SAGE Publishing, and Index on Censorship magazine hosted a webinar on “Disinvited Speakers and Academic Freedom.”

Posted in Public Policy | Also tagged Banned Books Week, Webinar | Leave a comment

Limiting Campus Free Expression is Intolerance, Too

By James Turk | Published: August 29, 2017

The response on many universities to a high tide of intolerance has been to limit free speech. That, says James Turk, is exactly the wrong response.

Posted in Communication, Public Engagement | Also tagged Freedom of Expression, The Conversation | Leave a comment

Margaret Atwood: Please Don’t Censor Science Communication

By Michael Todd | Published: July 5, 2017

A concern for free expression and respect for science journalism are two themes Canadian novelist Margaret Atwood expounds on in an article in the newest edition of 'Index on Censorship.'

Posted in Communication, Higher Education Reform | Also tagged Freedom of Expression, Margaret Atwood | Leave a comment

Would Legislation Make Campus Free Speech Less Free?

By Neal H. Hutchens | Published: June 28, 2017

Around the United States, state lawmakers have been talking about – and legislating – ways intended to protect free speech on college campuses. Bt some of the approaches may do more harm than good, argues Neal Hutchens.

Posted in Communication, Public Policy | Also tagged free speech, The Conversation | Leave a comment

Intolerance Threatens Free Inquiry in India’s Universities

By Aftab Alam | Published: April 14, 2017

The only way out of the current state of tension for Indian universities, argues political scientists Aftab Alam, is for the institutions to learn to tolerate everything except intolerance.

Posted in Higher Education Reform, News | Also tagged India, The Conversation | Leave a comment

In Search of Conservative Sociology

By Robert Dingwall | Published: April 4, 2017

As sociology has drifted further and further from any conservative touchstones, argues Robert Dingwall, it has become less and less able to understand the society that provides its subsistence.

Posted in International Debates, News, Public Policy, Teaching | Also tagged Conservative, social policy, Social Science, Sociology | 1 Response

Common Rule Reform – A Botched Job

By Robert Dingwall | Published: January 25, 2017

The rush to publish a revised Common Rule for federally funded human research in the United States has created a flawed regulatory regime, says Robert Dingwall., Time to tear the whole edifice down and start over, he suggests.

Posted in International Debates, News, Public Policy, Research Ethics | Also tagged Common Rule, Ethics, Ethics regulation, Institutional Review Boards, Research ethics, Social Media | 2 Responses

Why Are Free Speech and Diversity Seen as Campus Enemies?

By Frank Furedi | Published: November 24, 2016

The news that students at City, University of London have voted to ban The Sun, Daily Mail and Express newspapers from its campus – a ban which could be extended to other media organisations – is just the latest example of how free speech is under threat at universities across the globe. The university’s student […]

Posted in Higher Education Reform | Tagged Academic Freedom | Leave a comment

In Defense of the Trigger Warning

By Ika Willis | Published: November 3, 2016

A literature professor who has offered 'trigger warnings' to students argues that the warnings are designed to open up a discussion of difficult material – not suppress it.

Posted in News | Also tagged Trigger Warnings | Leave a comment

Intellectual Autonomy, Intellectual Property and the New Enclosures

By Pramod K. Nayar | Published: October 18, 2016

If the public institution is committed to public interest, then privatization of research and teaching cannot be allowed. Work done should be seen, heard and critiqued. Innovation in knowledge can come when people take away ideas from us, just as we did. Research should be made public, accountable and responsible. The data commons in public interest cannot be sacrificed at the altar of intellectual autonomy.

Posted in Higher Education Reform | Also tagged eSocialScience, India, Intellectual Property Rights | Leave a comment

Tag: Academic Freedom

The US Professoriat and the Limits of Free Speech

A Cry From Canada: Freedom of Expression Under Attack at Our Universities

Webinar Archive: Disinvited Speakers and Academic Freedom

Limiting Campus Free Expression is Intolerance, Too

Margaret Atwood: Please Don’t Censor Science Communication

Would Legislation Make Campus Free Speech Less Free?

Intolerance Threatens Free Inquiry in India’s Universities

Why Are Free Speech and Diversity Seen as Campus Enemies?

In Defense of the Trigger Warning

Intellectual Autonomy, Intellectual Property and the New Enclosures

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