Academic Freedom, Impartiality, and Faculty Governance

1986 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 263
Author(s):  
Michael Davis
Keyword(s):  
Academic Freedom ◽  
Faculty Governance

Why American Indian Studies Should Be Important to Palestine Solidarity

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steven Salaita
Keyword(s):  
American Indian ◽  
Academic Freedom ◽  
Indigenous Studies ◽  
Faculty Governance ◽  
American Indian Studies ◽  
Global Concern ◽  
Points Of View ◽  
Donor Influence

The fifth chapter argues that American Indian and Indigenous Studies should be more central to Palestine solidarity based on the presence of Palestine as an issue of global concern. In particular, the author examines recent debates about academic freedom, faculty governance, donor influence, and the suppression of radical points of view in the context of the colonial logic by which universities are animated.

Disenchanted Professionals: The Politics of Faculty Governance in the Neoliberal Academy

2017 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 100-115 ◽  
Author(s):  
Timothy Kaufman-Osborn
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
Academic Freedom ◽  
Shared Governance ◽  
Current Situation ◽  
Faculty Governance ◽  
Institutional Governance ◽  
Modern Conception ◽  
Academic Workforce

The “corporatization” of the academy is often cited as a cause of the “de-professionalization” of the professoriate, and that in turn is cited as a cause of the faculty’s current disempowerment. The specifically modern conception of professionalism presupposed by these arguments occludes the deep implication of the academy in the generation and legitimation of specific configurations of power. This essay begins, accordingly, by elaborating this early conception of professionalism and showing how it informs twentieth century arguments on behalf of tenure, academic freedom, and the participation of faculty in institutional governance. The explicitly political reading of professionalism I offer as an alternative better explains how the academic workforce in recent decades has been thoroughly reconfigured in accordance with neoliberal imperatives. The downside of this reading, however, is that it deprives us of the justification for tenure, academic freedom, and shared governance that rested on an apolitical representation of the professoriate. I close, therefore, by asking what we stand to lose if we relinquish this ideal, but I then ask what costs we are likely to incur if we cling to a notion that compromises our ability to grasp the faculty’s current situation.

scholarly journals Revitalizing your library faculty governance: Five tips to increase involvement

2020 ◽  
Vol 81 (5) ◽  
pp. 236
Author(s):  
Ashley T. Hoffman
Keyword(s):  
Academic Freedom ◽  
State University ◽  
Faculty Governance ◽  
Academic Librarian ◽  
Faculty Status

If you’re an academic librarian with faculty status, you know that this status comes with an equal portion of benefit and burden. Some of the benefits are academic freedom, support for scholarship, and elevated status on campus (though not necessarily higher pay). Some library faculty are even eligible for tenure (though at my institution, Kennesaw State University, we are not). On the flipside of these benefits are a few things I would consider burdens, such as tedious annual reviews and extensive service requirements. Library faculty governance, I would argue, falls somewhere in between a benefit and a burden.

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