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Education Law

2010

University of Nevada, Las Vegas -- William S. Boyd School of Law

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Academic Freedom And Academic Responsibility, Nancy B. Rapoport Jan 2010

Academic Freedom And Academic Responsibility, Nancy B. Rapoport

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In this review of Matthew W. Finkin & Robert C. Post, For the Common Good: Principles of Academic Freedom (Yale University Press 2009), I examine Finkin & Post's study of academic freedom in U.S. higher education institutions and link the issues surrounding academic freedom to the issues surrounding shared governance. I argue that the problems with shared governance can create a race to the bottom in academic units.