The public should be concerned when academics must battle bureaucrats for academic freedom

Tue, 28 Jun 2016 14:34:22 +1000

Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>

Andrew Pam
<https://theconversation.com/the-public-should-be-concerned-when-academics-must-battle-bureaucrats-for-academic-freedom-54039>

"...this is a case that should ring alarm bells not just for all academics
undertaking controversial work - but for the general public, which has a right
to expect that the institutions funded by its tax dollars will support and
protect academic freedom, rather than work against it."

Via Muse, who wrote:

When we lose investigative journalism, when we lose academic freedom,
and when we lose whistleblowers, we lose our capacity for honest
social self-reflection. Without respect for and protection of truth
it is impossible to have an evolving and just society. We can't let
businesses buy and remove your right to justice.

Cheers,
        *** Xanni ***

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