Academic Freedom in the Wired World: Political Extremism, Corporate Power, and the University

by Robert O'Neil

Book Overview

In this passionately argued overview, a longtime activist-scholar takes readers through the changing landscape of academic freedom. From the aftermath of September 11th to the new frontier of blogging, Robert O'Neil examines the tension between institutional and individual interests. Many cases boil down to a hotly contested question: who has the right to decide what is taught in the classroom?

O'Neil shows how courts increasingly restrict...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674026608
• ISBN13: 9780674026605
• Release Date: February 2008
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.4" x 9.4"