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The constraints of academic politics are not violations of academic freedom

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 February 2007

Emanuel Donchin*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL33647http://www.cas.usf.edu/psychology/fac_donchin.htm

Abstract:

Tenure is designed to protect the academic freedom of faculty members by insulating them from arbitrary dismissal by administrative authorities external to their community of scholars. Therefore, the target article's focus on constraints that derive from peer pressures and academic politics is misplaced, rendering the results of the survey irrelevant to the issue of the value of tenure.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2007

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