Ep. 158 What is academic freedom?

What is academic freedom? And who polices its boundaries?


Our guests on today’s show argue that the popular conception of
academic freedom has become too closely connected with the
concept of free speech.


Penn State Professor Michael Bérubé and Portland State Professor
Jennifer Ruth are the authors of “It’s Not Free Speech: Race,
Democracy, and the Future of Academic Freedom.”


Show notes:


Transcript

The AAUP’s 1915 and 1940 statements on academic freedom

The AAUP’s “On Freedom of Expression and Campus Speech Codes”

“When Professors’ Speech Is Disqualifying” by Michael Bérubé
and Jennifer Ruth

“Democracy, Expertise, and Academic Freedom: A First
Amendment Jurisprudence for the Modern State” by Robert C. Post

“How Genetics Is Changing Our Understanding of ‘Race’” by
David Reich

SUNY Fredonia: Philosophy Professor Suspended for
Philosophizing About Pedophilia, the Stephen Kershnar case

“Hate Speech and the Limits of Free Expression,” Kenyon
College panel featuring Ulrich Baer (video)



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