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Free speech and liberal education, Donald Alexander Downs
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- Summary
- "The status of free speech and academic freedom in the nation's colleges and universities has become an explosive issue. Reports of disruptions and dis-invitations of speakers and a host of new speech-inhibiting policies instituted by campus bureaucracies are now commonplace. Critics claim that these actions and measures have smothered the open and honest discourse inside and outside of the classroom that is so necessary for a meaningful and vibrant education to take place. Others consider the fears of crisis overblown, discerning the harms as less extensive in the vast domain of higher education than critics acknowledge. Drawing on his extensive research, teaching, and practical experience as a free speech and academic freedom leader at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and nation-wide, Donald A. Downs portrays the university as an "intellectual polis" in which free and honest academic discourse should pervade the campus. His unique approach addresses the experiential, empirical, strategic, and philosophical dimensions at stake. Free Speech and Liberal Education: A Plea for Intellectual Diversity and Tolerance dissects the nature, extent, and causes of the speech suppression that exists, emphasizing the need for intellectual diversity and how repression often co-exists with counter-forces that need to be energized and mobilized in what Downs portrays as the "embattled" status of academic free speech; the character of the harms the new policies and actions pose to liberal education; broader "structural and societal threats to academic freedom; how to mobilize to protect campus freedom using resources inside and outside of the campus; and, most importantly, why robust free speech and academic freedom are so important to both liberal education and the prospects of liberal democracy"--
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 270 pages
- Contents
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- Introduction: A free speech crisis in higher education?
- Framing the problem
- What is the university? Truth, the intellectual polis, and historical change
- Free speech and academic freedom
- Major threats to academic free speech: contemporary policies and related aspects
- The major threats: structural and more universal aspects
- Contemporary surveys: making America safe for peanuts
- Fitting it all together: the campus, the good life, and the republic
- Campus mobilization and administrative reform
- Isbn
- 9781948647649
- Label
- Free speech and liberal education
- Title
- Free speech and liberal education
- Statement of responsibility
- Donald Alexander Downs
- Title variation
- Free speech and liberal education
- Title variation remainder
- a plea for diversity and tolerance
- Subject
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- Education, Higher -- Aims and objectives
- Education, Higher -- Aims and objectives -- United States
- Education, Higher -- Political aspects
- Academic freedom
- Freedom of speech
- Freedom of speech -- United States
- United States
- Education, Higher -- Political aspects -- United States
- Academic freedom -- United States
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "The status of free speech and academic freedom in the nation's colleges and universities has become an explosive issue. Reports of disruptions and dis-invitations of speakers and a host of new speech-inhibiting policies instituted by campus bureaucracies are now commonplace. Critics claim that these actions and measures have smothered the open and honest discourse inside and outside of the classroom that is so necessary for a meaningful and vibrant education to take place. Others consider the fears of crisis overblown, discerning the harms as less extensive in the vast domain of higher education than critics acknowledge. Drawing on his extensive research, teaching, and practical experience as a free speech and academic freedom leader at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and nation-wide, Donald A. Downs portrays the university as an "intellectual polis" in which free and honest academic discourse should pervade the campus. His unique approach addresses the experiential, empirical, strategic, and philosophical dimensions at stake. Free Speech and Liberal Education: A Plea for Intellectual Diversity and Tolerance dissects the nature, extent, and causes of the speech suppression that exists, emphasizing the need for intellectual diversity and how repression often co-exists with counter-forces that need to be energized and mobilized in what Downs portrays as the "embattled" status of academic free speech; the character of the harms the new policies and actions pose to liberal education; broader "structural and societal threats to academic freedom; how to mobilize to protect campus freedom using resources inside and outside of the campus; and, most importantly, why robust free speech and academic freedom are so important to both liberal education and the prospects of liberal democracy"--
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Downs, Donald Alexander
- Dewey number
- 378.1/213
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- LC72.2
- LC item number
- .D689 2020
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Academic freedom
- Freedom of speech
- Education, Higher
- Education, Higher
- Academic freedom
- Education, Higher
- Education, Higher
- Freedom of speech
- United States
- Label
- Free speech and liberal education, Donald Alexander Downs
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction: A free speech crisis in higher education? -- Framing the problem -- What is the university? Truth, the intellectual polis, and historical change -- Free speech and academic freedom -- Major threats to academic free speech: contemporary policies and related aspects -- The major threats: structural and more universal aspects -- Contemporary surveys: making America safe for peanuts -- Fitting it all together: the campus, the good life, and the republic -- Campus mobilization and administrative reform
- Control code
- on1130379384
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- 270 pages
- Isbn
- 9781948647649
- Lccn
- 2019051359
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Label
- Free speech and liberal education, Donald Alexander Downs
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction: A free speech crisis in higher education? -- Framing the problem -- What is the university? Truth, the intellectual polis, and historical change -- Free speech and academic freedom -- Major threats to academic free speech: contemporary policies and related aspects -- The major threats: structural and more universal aspects -- Contemporary surveys: making America safe for peanuts -- Fitting it all together: the campus, the good life, and the republic -- Campus mobilization and administrative reform
- Control code
- on1130379384
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- 270 pages
- Isbn
- 9781948647649
- Lccn
- 2019051359
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
Subject
- Education, Higher -- Aims and objectives
- Education, Higher -- Aims and objectives -- United States
- Education, Higher -- Political aspects
- Academic freedom
- Freedom of speech
- Freedom of speech -- United States
- United States
- Education, Higher -- Political aspects -- United States
- Academic freedom -- United States
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