Academic Freedom Dying Because Profs Too Scared to Use It: Report

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  1. decimon

    decimon Well-Known Member

    Academic freedom in the UK will wither and die thanks to a generation of lecturers too scared to challenge the status quo, a major new book claims today.

    Universities are trapped “worshipping at the altar of progressive opinion”, and individual scholars self-censor to avoid the wrath of their peers, according to the publication by Civitas, an independent think tank.

    Academic Freedom Dying Because Profs Too Scared to Use It: Report | Heat Street
     

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