1st Edition
Academic Freedom in Higher Education Core Value or Elite Privilege?
Part I: Academic freedom: the issues
1. Introduction. Academic Freedom: core value or elite privilege?
Maria Slowey and Richard Taylor
2. Academic freedom and the dilemmas of the modern university
Peter Scott
3. ‘Free speech’, academic freedom, and the Public Sphere: some reflections on principles
Alan Haworth
Part II: Academic freedom: case studies from British higher education (1945-1990)
4. Academic freedom, universities and the Left: a case study of British university adult education in the early years of the Cold War
Richard Taylor
5. The university as a contested space: ‘no platforming’ controversies at British universities, 1968-1990
Evan Smith
Part III: Academic freedom: contrasting international experiences
6. Academic freedom under ideological attacks in Mexico
Wietse de Vries
7. Beyond Western ideals: academic freedom, capabilities, and social knowledge
Liz Jackson
8. Selective academic freedom: the case of Hungary
Rebeka Bakos and Andrea Pető
Part IV: Academic freedom: contemporary themes and concluding reflections
9. Epistemic silences: the academic ‘precariat’ and academic freedom
Maria Slowey
10. Interrogating the implications of rankings, open science, and publishing for academic practice and academic freedom
Ellen Hazelkorn
11. Concluding reflections on academic freedom
Maria Slowey and Richard Taylor
Biography
Maria Slowey is Emeritus Professor, Higher Education Research Centre, Dublin City University, Ireland and Visiting Professor at the Universities of Florence, Italy, and Glasgow, UK.
Richard Taylor is Emeritus Professorial Fellow, Wolfson College, Cambridge University, UK.
