Conference: “Free inquiry at risk: Universities in dangerous times”
Posted on 08. Sep, 2008 by admin in Academic Freedom, Events
The New School, a contemporary university in New York is supporting a Social Research Conference on academic freedom. The conference, “Free Inquiry At Risk: Universities in Dangerous Times” looks at the changing nature of universities across the world.
Rapid globalization, international collaborations, massification, corporate partnerships, increasing number of franchises, regime change, and other conditions of duress are reshaping universities around the world. What are the benefits and what are the risks to academic freedom and free inquiry as universities navigate these trends? This conference will look backward at the role of academic freedom and free inquiry in research universities and forward to what the future may have in store.
Find out more about the conference by visiting their website: Social Research; the conference agenda is available here.
