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Academic Freedom Post 9/11

Academic Freedom Post 9/11. SUGGESTIONS FROM DISCUSSION GROUPS. 1. Work more closely with other groups – exploring common interests

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Academic Freedom Post 9/11

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  1. Academic FreedomPost 9/11 SUGGESTIONS FROM DISCUSSION GROUPS

  2. 1. Work more closely with other groups – exploring common interests • the conference in 2003 – Disciplining Dissent in which CAUT and major journalists unions discussed their common challenges in exercising freedom of expression as a result of the corporatization of the university and the concentration of corporate ownership of the media (b) Close work with the coalitions such as International Civil Liberties Monitoring Group – CAUT, lawyer groups, faith groups, unions, civil liberties groups etc.

  3. (c) Joint work with Education International which brings together CAUT’s counterparts around the world.

  4. 2. Provide assistance to academic staff association in collective bargaining (a) Assist each association to review its language on academic freedom (b) Provide assistance in developing language regarding electronic monitoring; how to handle police/security visits to campuses; privacy of email

  5. 3. Be more vigorous in defence of academic freedom (a) Set up listserv to allow academic staff to share experiences and CAUT to issue Action Alerts (b) Aggressively defend individual cases

  6. (b) Respond in relation to threats at an institutional level e.g., (1) police access to library records (2) visa restrictions that prevent entry of foreign scholars and students (3) politicization of scientific work as is happening on climate change, evolution, medical research, etc.

  7. 4. Produce resources • (a) Brochure for students on academic freedom in the university and its importance • (b) Advisory for academic staff on rights if approached by police/security officials in relation to campus/academic activities

  8. (c) Brochure – what is academic freedom and what threatens academic freedom • (d) Advisory on how to deal with controversial material in the classroom • (e) Guide for librarians faced with demands for borrower records

  9. 5. Public and campus promotion of academic freedom • (a) Speakers’ Bureau – for on or off campus events • (b) Events, e.g., National Academic Freedom Day

  10. (c) Annual conference on academic freedom • (d) Award for defenders of academic freedom (including university administrators or members of the public) • (e) Academic staff associations establish “Academic Freedom Awareness and Education Committees”

  11. 6. Empirical research • (a) academic freedom threats perceived/experienced by academic staff

  12. Difficult Challenges • (a) How to protect academic freedom for the growing number of academic staff who are not tenured or tenure track

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