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
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
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
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
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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