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āSo to Speakā podcast: What is academic freedom?
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What is academic freedom? And who polices its boundaries?
Our guests on todayās show argue that the popular conception of academic freedom has become too closely connected with the concept of free speech.
Penn State Professor Michael BĆ©rubĆ© and Portland State Professor Jennifer Ruth are the authors of ā.ā
Show notes:
- Podcast transcript
- The AAUPās and statements on academic freedom
- The AAUPās āā
- āā by Michael BĆ©rubĆ© and Jennifer Ruth
- āā by Robert C. Post
- āā by David Reich
- SUNY Fredonia: Philosophy Professor Suspended for Philosophizing About Pedophilia, the Stephen Kershnar case
- ā,ā Kenyon College panel featuring Ulrich Baer (video)
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