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Publication Date: 1988
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Academic Freedom and the State: Reflections on the Uses of Knowledge.
Slaughter, Sheila
Journal of Higher Education, v59 n3 p241-62 May-Jun 1988
The changing environment in which academic freedom is practiced and the new challenges confronting it are examined including: retrenchment and the crisis in state funding; national reform and accountability; the politicization of expertise; and the rise of new research funding patterns that emphasize government-university-industry partnerships, especially in defense. (Author/MLW)
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, Accountability, Affirmative Action, College Faculty, Cooperative Programs, Educational Change, Educational Finance, Government School Relationship, Higher Education, Knowledge Level, National Defense, Professors, Research Projects, Retrenchment, School Business Relationship, State Aid, State Government
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