academic freedom

Noun

Meaning

the freedom of teachers and students to express their ideas in school without religious or political or institutional restrictions

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Much literary criticism comes from people for whom extreme specialization is a cover for either grave cerebral inadequacy or terminal laziness, the latter being a much cherished aspect of academic freedom. John Kenneth Galbraith

MIT is governed by a second, even higher rule: the inalienable right of academic freedom. Nicholas Negroponte

I don't believe in firing professors. They have academic freedom. Alan Dershowitz

In academia much bogus knowledge is tolerated in the name of academic freedom – which is like allowing for the sale of contaminated food in the name of free enterprise. I submit that such tolerance is suicidal: that the serious students must be protected against the "anything goes” crowd. Mario Bunge

Great research universities must insist on independence from government and on the exercise of academic freedom. Alan Dershowitz

Academic freedom is being lost by a great many people who dare to challenge Darwinism. That's a terrifying situation. That's contrary to the principles of science. Ben Stein

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