Academic Freedom Links

The most useful sites for up-to-date information:

American Association of University Professors (AAUP): www.aaup.org

Illinois AAUP: www.ilaaup.org

Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE): www.thefire.org

Freedom Forum: www.freedomforum.org

Student Press Law Center: www.splc.org

Academic Freedom After September 11

AAUP Statement of Committee on Academic Freedom and Tenure
on "Academic Freedom in the wake of September 11, 2001."

AAUP Interim Statement on Sami Al-Arian (June 2002)

Sami Al-Arian case at the University of South Florida (August 2002)

Petition to Defend Academic Freedom After Sept. 11: http://www.academicfreedomnow.org/

Academic Freedom Under Attack Since Sept. 11, Seattle Times, 12/16/01: http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/134378912_blacklist16m.html

The Usual Suspects: Osama bin Chomsky and America's Academic al Quaeda (October 2001) by Mackubin T. Owens: http://www.ashbrook.org/publicat/oped/owens/01/chomsky.html

Academic Freedom: A Time for Reform, by John Taylor, Virginia Institute for Public Policy (2001): http://www.virginiainstitute.org/viewpoint/_vvtaylor.html

Terrorist Attacks Put Academic Freedom to the Test by Robin Wilson and Ana Marie Cox: Chronicle of Higher Education, October 5, 2001: http://www.ncac.org/cen_news/cn83academicfreedom.html

The War on Campus by David Glenn, the Nation, 12/03/01: http://www.thenation.com/doc.mhtml?i=20011203&s=glenn

Tattletales for an Open Society, the Nation, 1/10/02 (response to ACTA list): http://www.thenation.com/doc.mhtml?i=special&c=1&s=tattle20020110

Conservative Views on Academic Freedom

Townhall.com articles on education:: http://www.townhall.com/issueslibrary/education/

Individual Rights Foundation Academic Freedom Project (Savage case): http://www.cspc.org/irf/academic.htm

Foundation for Academic Standards and Tradition: www.gofast.org

National Association of Scholars: http://www.nas.org

Front Page Magazine (David Horowitz) Bias in the Academy: http://frontpagemag.com/Articles/GetArticleByTopic.asp?D=Bias+in+the+Academy&ID=1

Campus Capers by David Horowitz (2002): http://frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=1015

Ivy Leaguers for Freedom: http://www.ivyleaguers.org/

Accuracy in Academia’s Campus Report: http://www.academia.org/campusreport.html

Intercollegiate Studies Institute: http://www.isi.org

Independent Women’s Forum: http://www.iwf.org

http://www.shethinks.org

Lynne Cheney (audio, 1992 speech on Academic Freedom): http://www.ashbrook.org/events/lecture/1992/cheney.html

American Council of Trustees and Alumni: www.goacta.org

No Indoctrination: www.noindoctrination.org

Campus Watch: www.campuswatch.org

Progressive Academic Groups

There are few progressive organizations by comparison; one notable group is Teachers for a Democratic Culture: http://www.tdc2000.org

TDC's 1995 report on the State of Academic Freedom

Scholars, Artists, and Writers for Social Justice (SAWSJ): http://www.sage.edu/SAWSJ/

Kate Bronfenbrenner case (1998): http://www.sage.edu/SAWSJ/bron.htm

Campus Watch Watch: www.campus-watch-watch.com

Additional Links on Academic Freedom

Academic Freedom at a Public University (1990) By John R. Lott, Jr.: http://www.fee.org/vnews.php?nid=2207 (registration required)

Academic Freedom Essay by Tomas Howie: http://home.ccci.org/howies/ResourceWeb/academicfreedom.htm

Alabama AAUP: http://www.ag.auburn.edu/aaup/

Texas A&M case (2000): http://hacktivism.ca/archive/msg00128.html

Intellectual Freedom Principles for Academic Libraries, ALA: http://www.ala.org/alaorg/oif/ifprinciplesacademiclibraries.html

Ronald Dworkin on Academic Freedom: http://www.uct.ac.za/general/monpaper/2002no02/index1.htm

MIT Protester Reinstated (2001): http://web.mit.edu/justice/www/acad_free.html

Abuse of Academic Freedom page (1998): http://www.dougweb.com/academic.html

BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY The Report of the President's Commission on Free Speech and Academic Freedom, May 1992: http://www.binghamton.edu/home/libraries/freespeech.html

CLHE Resources on Academic Freedom: http://www.clhe.org/academicfreedom/index.shtml

Definition of Academic Freedom, The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition (2001): http://www.bartleby.com/65/ac/academic.html

Boundary Displacement: Area Studies and International Studies during and after the Cold War, by Bruce Cumings: http://csf.colorado.edu/bcas/sympos/sycuming.htm

Moral Ambiguity, Disciplinary Power, and Academic Freedom by John Lie, Bulletin of Concerned Asian Scholars: http://csf.colorado.edu/bcas/sympos/sylie.htm

The Kept University (Atlantic Monthly, March 2000): http://www.theatlantic.com/issues/2000/03/press.htm

The University as Business by Richard Posner (Atlantic Monthly, June 2002): http://www.theatlantic.com/issues/2002/06/posner.htm

Extremists on Campus, by Daniel Pipes, New York Post, 6/25/02: http://www.danielpipes.org/article/424/

 

ERIC Digests:

Academic Freedom in American Higher Education (1994): http://www.ed.gov/databases/ERIC_Digests/ed366262.html

Academic Freedom: http://www.ed.gov/databases/ERIC_Digests/ed426114.html

Faculty Freedoms and Institutional Accountability (1985)

http://www.ed.gov/databases/ERIC_Digests/ed284517.html

Tenure, Promotion, and Reappointment: Legal and Administrative Implications (1995): http://www.ed.gov/databases/ERIC_Digests/ed396607.html

 

A Victory for Academic Freedom, by Beth Henary, Weekly Standard, 5/23/02: An all-girls school in Baltimore lets a historian's account of their history see daylight. : http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/001/275okuih.asp

Californians for Academic Freedom (website not functioning): http://www.loyalty.org/

Review of The Future of Academic Freedom (1996): http://dannyreviews.com/h/Future_Academic_Freedom.html

Law School Lawsuit (2002): http://www.ifeminists.com/introduction/editorials/2002/0402.html

The Academic Freedom Model by Carl Kadie (1993): http://www.cpsr.org/conferences/cfp93/kadie.html

How Speech Codes Designed to "Protect" Minorities and Females Compromise Academic Freedom and Free Speech: http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/~whansen/siteindex2.html

Academic Freedom on Trial (1998 book): http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/~whansen/sift_toc.html

ACADEMIC FREEDOM: IS IT AN UNLIMITED FREEDOM? By Theodore Hall, O.P.: http://www.ewtn.com/library/ACADEMIC/FR90102.HTM

Academic Freedom in Community Colleges (ERIC Clearinghouse): http://www.gseis.ucla.edu/ERIC/bibs/acafreedm.htm

Foundation for Information Policy Research, defining academic freedom: http://www.fipr.org/academic.html

Gov. Jeb Bush “Supports” Academic Freedom (Gainesville Sun, 2001): http://www.sunone.com/articles/2001-07-26c.shtml

Supreme Court Decisions on Education
Academic Freedom Essay by Tomas Howie: http://home.ccci.org/howies/ResourceWeb/academicfreedom.htm

Alabama AAUP: http://www.ag.auburn.edu/aaup/

New York AAUP: http://www.nysc-aaup.org/

ACLU, Racist Speech on College Campuses: http://www.aclu.org/library/aahate.html

Texas A&M case (2000): http://hacktivism.ca/archive/msg00128.html

Intellectual Freedom Principles for Academic Libraries, ALA: http://www.ala.org/alaorg/oif/ifprinciplesacademiclibraries.html

Ronald Dworkin on Academic Freedom: http://www.uct.ac.za/general/monpaper/2002no02/index1.htm

MIT Protester Reinstated (2001): http://web.mit.edu/justice/www/acad_free.html

Abuse of Academic Freedom page (1998): http://www.dougweb.com/academic.html

BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY The Report of the President's Commission on Free Speech and Academic Freedom, May 1992: http://www.binghamton.edu/home/libraries/freespeech.html

CLHE Resources on Academic Freedom: http://www.clhe.org/academicfreedom/index.shtml

Definition of Academic Freedom, The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition (2001): http://www.bartleby.com/65/ac/academic.html

Boundary Displacement: Area Studies and International Studies during and after the Cold War, by Bruce Cumings: http://csf.colorado.edu/bcas/sympos/sycuming.htm

Moral Ambiguity, Disciplinary Power, and Academic Freedom by John Lie, Bulletin of Concerned Asian Scholars: http://csf.colorado.edu/bcas/sympos/sylie.htm

The Kept University (Atlantic Monthly, March 2000): http://www.theatlantic.com/issues/2000/03/press.htm

The University as Business by Richard Posner (Atlantic Monthly, June 2002): http://www.theatlantic.com/issues/2002/06/posner.htm

Extremists on Campus, by Daniel Pipes, New York Post, 6/25/02: http://www.danielpipes.org/article/424/

ERIC Digests

Academic Freedom in American Higher Education (1994): http://www.ed.gov/databases/ERIC_Digests/ed366262.html

Academic Freedom, Tenure, and Student Evaluation of Faculty: Galloping Polls in the 21st Century (1998): http://www.ed.gov/databases/ERIC_Digests/ed426114.html

Faculty Freedoms and Institutional Accountability (1985): http://www.ed.gov/databases/ERIC_Digests/ed284517.html

Tenure, Promotion, and Reappointment: Legal and Administrative Implications (1995): http://www.ed.gov/databases/ERIC_Digests/ed396607.html

 

A Victory for Academic Freedom, by Beth Henary, Weekly Standard, 5/23/02: An all-girls school in Baltimore lets a historian's account of their history see daylight. http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/001/275okuih.asp

Review of The Future of Academic Freedom (1996): http://dannyreviews.com/h/Future_Academic_Freedom.html

Law School Lawsuit (2002): http://www.ifeminists.com/introduction/editorials/2002/0402.html

The Academic Freedom Model by Carl Kadie (1993): http://www.cpsr.org/conferences/cfp93/kadie.html

How Speech Codes Designed to "Protect" Minorities and Females Compromise Academic Freedom and Free Speech: http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/~whansen/siteindex2.html

Academic Freedom on Trial (1998 book): http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/~whansen/sift_toc.html

ACADEMIC FREEDOM: IS IT AN UNLIMITED FREEDOM? By Theodore Hall, O.P.: http://www.ewtn.com/library/ACADEMIC/FR90102.HTM

Academic Freedom in Community Colleges (ERIC Clearinghouse): http://www.gseis.ucla.edu/ERIC/bibs/acafreedm.htm

Foundation for Information Policy Research, defining academic freedom: http://www.fipr.org/academic.html

Gov. Jeb Bush “Supports” Academic Freedom (Gainesville Sun, 2001): http://www.sunone.com/articles/2001-07-26c.shtml

Free Speech: Other Voices (1999): http://faculty-web.at.nwu.edu/commstud/freespeech/voices/index.html

Free Expression on College Campuses: http://home.earthlink.net/~jgertzma/ncac/index.html


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