Topic: Academic freedom
What you need to know about the new free speech pledge for universities
UK universities may no longer be able to ban controversial speakers from giving talks on campus – those that continue to do so could face a fine. The freedom to debate and discuss difficult topics should remain a central feature of university life, according to the universities minister, Sam Gyimah.
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Higher Education or Education for Hire? Corporatization and the Threat to Democratic Thinking
Teaching critical thinking is the university’s democratic mission, argues the University of Ottawa’s Joel Westheimer, and today’s universities are failing to deliver. Universities need to reverse the trend that has them focusing on workforce preparation and the commercialization of knowledge and resurrect higher education’s public purpose.
READ MOREThe Real Case Against Tenure
A lot of nonsense is paraded as truth in arguments favouring getting rid of tenure. They are of the sort that show […]
READ MOREThe Tenure Blues
Is the institution of tenure supportable? No, but not for the reasons you may think. Routine complaints about iron-clad job security and […]
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Academic freedom, Equity and social justice, Public engagement, Public policy, Universities and the academic mission
Redefining the Virtue in University Life
Jon Nixon, Towards a Virtuous University: The Moral Basis of Academic Practice (Routledge, 2008)
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