Posted by admin in Academic Freedom, Events on 08. Sep, 2008 | No Comments
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 [...]
Posted by admin in Academic Freedom, Comment on 25. Aug, 2008 | No Comments
Paul Mees’ public statements on his controverial departure from the University of Melbourne at the recent NTEU academic freedom forum are now available. You can read his statement, and comment on it, over on the “debate” page.
Posted by admin in Academic Freedom, News on 18. Aug, 2008 | No Comments
Here are some updates to academic freedom from around the world. Saul, Ben. “Why academic freedom must be preserved,” Opinion, The Age (Aug. 08). Dooley, Richard, “Academics Fret Over Autonomy“, National Post, Canada (Aug. 11). Krieger, Lisa, “Top schools choosing academic freedom over government research restrictions“, Mercury News.com (Jul. 30). Best, Janice. “Privatization of the [...]
