Academic freedom is an elusive concept. Many university and college faculty members who purport to possess its protections believe they have a solid understanding of its nature and of the individual rights secured by academic freedom. There is some consensus on the meaning of the term in the academic universe. This concurrence of understanding is…

After September 11, 2001, complaints were voiced around the world, including by the U.S. government, that Saudi Arabian schools demonize the West and the "other." Senior Saudi government spokesmen also acknowledged this as a problem, and have repeatedly pledged that reform is underway or completed. This report was written in response to…

An assignment focuses on introducing students to the complexities involved in rendering a decision concerning the First Amendment to the Constitution. During the first week of classes, students are asked to read the introductory sections to the topic-specific chapters in "Freedom of Speech in the Marketplace of Ideas" by Fraleigh and…

This volume contains essays related to various aspects of higher education, focusing on both educational theory and research. The chapters are: (1) "Apologia pro Vita Mia" (Robert Berdahl); (2) "Varieties of Validity: Quality in Qualitative Research" (Yvonna S. Lincoln); (3) "Academic Freedom and Federal Courts in the 1990s: The Legitimation of…

This curriculum resource on human rights is rooted in the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights and seeks to help students understand the issues involved. Using the rights categories suggested by the Universal Declaration, this book offers new ways of teaching about familiar themes. The book contains activities to encourage students…

The distinguishing characteristics, content and processes, and the variations of essential elements that are exemplified by projects in the United States and abroad in education for democratic citizenship are presented in this book. The volume addresses how international partnerships involving the United States and several post-communist countries…

Committee R on Government Relations of the American Association of University Professors created a subcommittee on distance learning to explore some aspects of distance learning. Distance learning is the process in which the education of a student occurs when the educator and the student are separated geographically, and communication is…

Compares and contrasts the American and West German constitutions regarding questions of educational innovation, reviewing three strategies of educational innovation and pointing to the need to look at the political process itself in terms of educational innovation. (Author/JM)

Surveys court cases having an impact on teacher's freedom of expression. (JF)

Reviews 1972 State and Federal court decisions relating to student rights, corporal punishment, sex education, student fees, and pupil transportation. (JF)

Discusses existentialist-based thinking, and the dialogue concerning it, and urges the implementation of such thinking into educational practice. (Author/RK)

Analyzes the growth and expansion of private education both as an offer of greater educational freedom for parents and children, and as an incentive for public school supporters. (RK)

Student disdain for Canadian society is being carried over into an attitude toward the university. Faculty members should change their concept of the university from a liberal to a critical one. Report delivered at annual meeting of the Canadian Association of University Teachers, May 22, 1969. Reprinted from C.A.U.T. Bulletin, October 1969. (WM)

A perspective on the history of censorship to help in understanding our present circumstances. One noisy opionated citizen can upset the functioning of a school or public library. (NH)

Presidential address given at annual meeting of the American Association of University Professors, Los Angeles, April 25, 1970. (IR)