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Book SynopsisA must-read collection on contemporary threats to academic freedom. Academic freedom may be threatened like never before. Yet confusion endures about what professors have a defensible right to say or publish, particularly in extramural forums like social media. At least one source of the confusion in the United States is the way in which academic freedom is often intertwined with a constitutional freedom of speech. Though related, the freedoms are distinct. In Challenges to Academic Freedom, Joseph C. Hermanowicz argues that, contrary to many historical views, academic freedom is not static. Rather, we may view academic freedom as a set of relational practices that change over time and place. Bringing together scholars from a wide range of fields, this volume examines the current conditions, as well as recent developments, of academic freedom in the United States. the sources of recurring threat to academic freedom; administrative interference and overreach; the effects of admin
Table of ContentsIntroduction. Problems and Perspectives
Joseph C. Hermanowicz
Part I. An Illustration
1. Administrative Interference and Overreach: The "Adler Controversy" and the Twenty-First Century University
Patricia A. Adler and Peter Adler
Part II. The University and the External World
2. The End of Clear Lines: Academic Freedom and Administrative Law
Stephen Turner
3. Waiting for Their Day in Court: A History of Professors and the Legal Status of Academic Freedom
John R. Thelin
4. Extramural Speech, Academic Freedom, and the AAUP: An Historical Account
Hans-Joerg Tiede
5. Attacks on Tweets: Academic Freedom, Social Media, and the Corporate University
Gaye Tuchman
Part III. The University and Its Internal World
6. Academic Freedom in a Contingent Academy
Gary Rhoades
7. The Challenges of Academic Freedom for Contingent Faculty
Eve Weinbaum and Dan Clawson
8. Academic Freedom and Institutional Review
Laura Stark
9. Reclaiming Harvard Law School: An Expression of Student Academic Freedom
Philip Lee
Part IV. Lessons from History
10. Academic Freedom and Its Useful Past
Timothy Reese Cain
Contributors
Index
