“I’ve written a lot about how the term ‘academic freedom’ functions within the American academy – far adrift from its definitional roots in the AAUP’s early twentieth-century founding documents, it is now one of those terms that can mean whatever you want it to mean. Surprisingly few actually know the origins of the term, or know how the AAUP has defined it in core documents. Still fewer can talk about how the AAUP’s definition has shifted over time in ways that don’t serve the organization – or the profession it represents – particularly well …” (more)
[Critical Mass, 24 July]