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Academic Freedom

Conrad Russell author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd

Published:13th May '93

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The ideal of academic freedom is the cornerstone of higher education. Increasingly however, state control has encroached upon the universities' traditional freedoms. Conrad Russell, uniquely experienced and knowledgeable, confronts this controversial clash between university and state. By examining the rights and conflicting demands of the two, Russell redefines the powers of both. Have universities the right to run their own affairs? What duties do universities owe to the state? Have universities the right to public money? What are the limits of the state's power to control academic freedom? Academic Freedom addresses these questions and more in an informed historical and philosophical account of the nature of academic freedom.

`... a brilliant book, sparkling, hard, rock-like ... I greatly enjoyed it.' - Mary Warnock

`This book is an extraordinarily lucid account of what academic freedom means and of its importance for the academic world ... It could not be more topical.' - Lord Grimond

`... it is exemplary in its breadth of treatment of the rough-handed way in which the British government has dealt with British universities.' - Minerva

ISBN: 9780415037150

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 181g

132 pages