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V. Foreign Higher Education and Education Systems, International Relations, Bilateral Relations
B. Essays, Commentaries, Statements
Author ANDREESCU, Liviu
Title Academic freedom : a guide for the academic leader
Publication year 2013
Source/Footnote In: Leadership and governance in higher education : for decision-makers and administrators - Berlin : Raabe.- 3 (2013) 3, S. 33 - 58
Inventory number 35204
Keywords Freiheit von Forschung und Lehre ; Ausland : Europa : Hochschulwesen allgemein
Abstract While arguably a well-established principle governing university life, academic freedom is also frequently an object of dispute. The controversies often concern such basic questions as the very meaning of the term, its range of application, its relation to other principles (for example, institutional autonomy) or arrangements (e.g., tenure) in higher education, and sometimes even its desirability. This article seeks to provide a systematic introduction to the topic, all the while stressing the complex nature of academic freedom. Its final section addresses directly the relationship between university administrators and academic freedom in light of some of the recent changes in global higher education. (HRK / Abstract übernommen)