Freedom in the Classroom (2007)
Source: American Association of University Professors (AAUP)
From press release:

Does a teacher of nineteenth-century American literature have the right to ask his or her students whether the character of the obsessed captain Ahab in Melville’s Moby Dick could justifiably be compared with President George Bush? Would someone teaching Aristotle’s views on moral virtue be justified in asking students to consider President Bill Clinton’s conduct as a case study?

Many critics of higher education and opponents of academic freedom would answer with a resounding “No!” They want all class discussion to be limited by the course description.

In Freedom in the Classroom, a challenging new report released on September 11, the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) answers “Yes” to these questions. The report defends the right of college faculty to make comparisons, contrasts, and analogies across the whole range of subjects and historical periods—no matter what course they are teaching.

See also: Academic Freedom and Outside Speakers (2007)

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