“… Loss of public trust in academia is a real problem right now – and without it, academia can’t really exist in a healthy, productive way. As the AAUP’s 1915 Declaration of Principles notes, academic freedom exists as part of a public trust – the public grants it, and, if the public isn’t convinced that academics are worthy of it, it can take academic freedom away. That’s happening, incrementally, but decisively …” (more)
[Critical Mass, 7 June]