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Hamilton, Neil W. – 2002
This book provides a history of the U.S. tradition of academic freedom, peer review, and shared governance in higher education as a background to a discussion of academic ethics. The book also contains a selection of ethical problems for peer discussion. The chapters are: (1) "Introduction"; (2) "The American Academic Profession: The Tradition of…
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, College Faculty, Ethics, Governance
Schrecker, Ellen W. – 1986
The effects of McCarthyism on U.S. colleges are considered, with a focus on the response of administrators and faculty members to the anti-Communist furor of the 1940s and 1950s. Perspectives on McCarthyism as a political process are offered, along with an explanation of how it gained so much power. McCarthyism is seen as having two stages: the…
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, Administrators, College Faculty, Communism
Hansen, W. Lee, Ed. – 1998
The 29 papers in this collection celebrate academic freedom at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and are organized around the 1894 "trial" of Richard T. Ely, an economist who was exonerated of fomenting unrest and discussing "dangerous" ideas in a Board of Regents Statement which stressed the importance of "sifting and…
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, Censorship, Civil Liberties, College Faculty
Rhoades, Gary – 1998
This volume is intended as a sourcebook on the negotiated terms of faculty work and as a sociological analysis of the restructuring of faculty as a professional workforce. Two overarching issues are addressed: the balance between faculty self-government and managerial flexibility in contracts, and the internal divisions between faculty that are…
Descriptors: Academic Rank (Professional), Administrators, Collective Bargaining, College Faculty
Lewis, Lionel S. – 1993
During the Cold War era, when many institutions of higher learning sacrificed faculty in the face of political pressure, the Owen Lattimore case represents a situation where university administrators stood firm. This book explores what happened when pressure was put on Johns Hopkins University (Maryland) to punish a faculty member who expressed…
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, Censorship, College Faculty, Due Process
Menand, Louis, Ed. – 1996
These nine essays address controversial issues of academic freedom and values at the university level. The book, which was derived from two years of debate and lectures presented to national meetings of the American Association of University Professors, is organized in three sections which address such issues as: the purpose of academic freedom,…
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, Censorship, College Environment, College Faculty
