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We need a judicious approach to values that matter: equity & academic freedom.
Binaries, either/or, unhelpful
Don’t @ me: I said *judicious*.
I read/weigh everything, friends & critics alike, incl. on whether academic-administrators have academic freedom
We need a judicious approach to values that matter: equity & academic freedom.
Binaries, either/or, unhelpful
Don’t @ me: I said *judicious*.
I read/weigh everything, friends & critics alike, incl. on whether academic-administrators have academic freedom
On academic freedom I am an avid reader of @ShannonDea1, the philosopher, now Dean of Arts at URegina, who has consistently contributed thoughtful pieces to @UA_magazine https://www.universityaffairs.ca/opinion/dispatches-academic-freedom/
I recall reading Prof. @ShannonDea1’s piece before becoming a dean:
“Learning to say goodbye to academic freedom:
It is an adjustment when an academic becomes a senior administrator, as they don’t have the same academic freedoms they did as professors.” https://www.universityaffairs.ca/opinion/dispatches-academic-freedom/learning-to-say-goodbye-to-academic-freedom/
“Learning to say goodbye to academic freedom:
It is an adjustment when an academic becomes a senior administrator, as they don’t have the same academic freedoms they did as professors.” https://www.universityaffairs.ca/opinion/dispatches-academic-freedom/learning-to-say-goodbye-to-academic-freedom/
I read the careful research of @uabpols Dax D'Orazio
“Expressive Freedom on Campus and the Conceptual Elasticity of Harm” @CJPS_RCSP (2020)
“theories of harm are key to understanding the contemporary discourse and politics of expressive freedom on campus” https://cup.org/3esPaQr
“Expressive Freedom on Campus and the Conceptual Elasticity of Harm” @CJPS_RCSP (2020)
“theories of harm are key to understanding the contemporary discourse and politics of expressive freedom on campus” https://cup.org/3esPaQr
Anver Saloojee “Balancing academic freedom and freedom from discrimination,” in Contested Spaces, Academic Freedom in Conflict (2014): 205-17
“takes the position that scholarly work felt to be racist should not be defended in the name of academic freedom” https://canadiancoursereadings.ca/product/balancing-academic-freedom-and-freedom-from-discrimination-in-contested-spaces/
“takes the position that scholarly work felt to be racist should not be defended in the name of academic freedom” https://canadiancoursereadings.ca/product/balancing-academic-freedom-and-freedom-from-discrimination-in-contested-spaces/
Eve Haque, “The Singular Freedom of Academic Freedom,” Journal of Historical Sociology, 29, 1 (2016): 112-25:
@hawkeve: “discuss how particular conceptions of academic freedom can overshadow issues of justice for racialized members of the academy” #cdnpse https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/johs.12120
@hawkeve: “discuss how particular conceptions of academic freedom can overshadow issues of justice for racialized members of the academy” #cdnpse https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/johs.12120
Reason(able).
There are differences between free speech, hate speech and academic freedom—and they matter, by Dominic O'Sullivan:
“In a university, the test of a reasonable opinion is higher. One cannot say whatever one likes and call it academic freedom” https://theconversation.com/there-are-differences-between-free-speech-hate-speech-and-academic-freedom-and-they-matter-124764
There are differences between free speech, hate speech and academic freedom—and they matter, by Dominic O'Sullivan:
“In a university, the test of a reasonable opinion is higher. One cannot say whatever one likes and call it academic freedom” https://theconversation.com/there-are-differences-between-free-speech-hate-speech-and-academic-freedom-and-they-matter-124764
Racism Vs Academic Freedom
“In depriving subordinated groups of equal freedom and opportunity to influence..inquiry, the academy..undermines..goal for which academic freedom is supposedly instituted..pursuit of..understanding..reasoned argument..evidence” https://againstthecurrent.org/atc032/racism-vs-academic-freedom/
“In depriving subordinated groups of equal freedom and opportunity to influence..inquiry, the academy..undermines..goal for which academic freedom is supposedly instituted..pursuit of..understanding..reasoned argument..evidence” https://againstthecurrent.org/atc032/racism-vs-academic-freedom/
(De)valuing human rights?
Academic freedom and diversity in #highereducation:
“Discrimination against a race is...vastly different from discrimination against an ideological viewpoint, which can happen only once one expresses that perspective to others” https://www.insidehighered.com/views/2020/12/16/academic-freedom-and-diversity-higher-education-opinion
Academic freedom and diversity in #highereducation:
“Discrimination against a race is...vastly different from discrimination against an ideological viewpoint, which can happen only once one expresses that perspective to others” https://www.insidehighered.com/views/2020/12/16/academic-freedom-and-diversity-higher-education-opinion
Praxis of a great university
Are students/academics/staff/administrators accountable/req to adhere to human rights & codes of fair conduct?
Can a physician who is an administrator suspend the Hippocratic Oath?
Can a scholar who is an administrator ignore research ethics?
Are students/academics/staff/administrators accountable/req to adhere to human rights & codes of fair conduct?Can a physician who is an administrator suspend the Hippocratic Oath?Can a scholar who is an administrator ignore research ethics?
Human rights aren’t optional niceties.
“On the uses & abuses of ‘academic freedom’”: @ShannonDea1
“When we invoke academic freedom as a way of defending our own peccadillos, we render universities into petty fiefdoms and academic freedom into a bludgeon” https://www.universityaffairs.ca/opinion/dispatches-academic-freedom/on-the-uses-and-abuses-of-academic-freedom/
“On the uses & abuses of ‘academic freedom’”: @ShannonDea1
“When we invoke academic freedom as a way of defending our own peccadillos, we render universities into petty fiefdoms and academic freedom into a bludgeon” https://www.universityaffairs.ca/opinion/dispatches-academic-freedom/on-the-uses-and-abuses-of-academic-freedom/
Macfarlane: Beyond the Right to Offend: Academic Freedom, Rights & Responsibilities..Canadian University Classroom:
“principles and sources of law which are imported into the professorial employment contract.. non-discriminatory behaviour.. human rights” https://digitalcommons.schulichlaw.dal.ca/dlj/vol20/iss1/3/
“principles and sources of law which are imported into the professorial employment contract.. non-discriminatory behaviour.. human rights” https://digitalcommons.schulichlaw.dal.ca/dlj/vol20/iss1/3/
