Academic Freedom: The Global Challenge

Published by Central European University Press 2018

Academic Freedom

The Global Challenge

Edited by: Michael Ignatieff and Stefan Roch

https://doi.org/10.1515/9789633862346

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About this book

Academic freedom—the institutional autonomy of scientific, research and teaching institutions, and the freedom of individual scholars and researchers to pursue controversial research and publish controversial opinions—is a cornerstone of any free society. Today this freedom is under attack from the state in many countries—Russia, Turkey, Venezuela, Hungary, China—but it is also under question from within academe. Bitter disputes have erupted on American campuses, for example, about the limits of free speech and about whether liberal academic freedoms have degenerated into a form of coercive political correctness. Beyond the academy itself, among the general public, academic freedom is contested ground. As Robert Post of Yale Law School has put it, academic freedom is "the price the public must pay in return for the social good of advancing knowledge." Populist currents of political opinion are questioning the price a society pays for the freedom of its 'experts' and professors.

Author / Editor information

Ignatieff Michael :

Michael Ignatieff served as President and Rector of CEU between 2016 and 2021. He now is a professor in CEU's history department. Ignatieff comes to CEU after serving as Edward R. Murrow Professor of Practice of the Press, Politics, and Public Policy at Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government.

Roch Stefan :

Stefan Roch is researcher at the Central European University.

Reviews

Antoon De Baets:
"The collection achieves its most important goal: engage the reader in a host of recent preoccupations entangling academic freedom and unpack them in global perspective. The book triggers the critical attitude it stubbornly preaches on its pages. Applying its own philosophy here and now, I salute it as a work that deserves to be read and criticized widely."

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Acknowledgements Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Academic Freedom From Without and Within Michael Ignatieff Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Academic Freedom: The Tension Between the University and the State Joan Wallach Scott Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	11
THE THREAT WITHOUT: STATE PRACTICES AND BARRIERS TO ACADEMIC FREEDOM AROUND THE WORLD
Three Ideas of Academic Freedom Liviu Matei Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	27
Academic Freedom in the UK, the Indian Subcontinent and Bangladesh Nirmala Rao Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	41
Academic Freedom and Universities in Continental Europe Helga Nowotny Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	49
Academic Freedom: The Global Challenge and the Case of Turkey Ayşe Kadıoğlu Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	55
What Is Academic Freedom? Perspectives from New York and Abu Dhabi Catharine R. Stimpson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	63
THE THREAT WITHIN: THE STRUGGLE FOR AND AGAINST ACADEMIC FREEDOM WITHIN U.S. UNIVERSITIES
The Fundamental Role of Academic Freedom and Free Inquiry in US Higher Education Jonathan R. Cole Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	75
Lessons from Middlebury Allison Stanger Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	85
Academic Freedom and Controversial Speech about Campus Governance Rogers Brubaker Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	93
Academic Freedom in the US and Its Enemies: A Polemic Leon Botstein Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	101
TAKING ACCOUNT OF ACADEMIC FREEDOM IN HUNGARY
Key Developments in Hungarian Higher Education Attila Chikán Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	111
University Autonomy in Hungary in Perspective István Kenesei Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	123
Historical Foundations of Academic Freedom in Hungary Katalin Tausz Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	129
Academic Freedom and Quality Assurance in Hungarian Universities Valéria Csépe Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	133
The Situation in Hungary from the Perspective of Private Universities László Vass Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	137
Freedom and Its Enemies, or How To Be a Good Citizen in a Tangled World Mario Vargas Llosa Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	141
References Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	149
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	155

Language: English
Publisher: Central European University Press
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 170
Keywords: Academic freedom; Autonomy; Freedom of expression; Higher Education; Turkey; United States

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Published: January 10, 2018
ISBN: 9789633862346