Academic Freedom in an Age of Conformity Confronting the Fear of Knowledge /

• Main Author: Williams, Joanna (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2016.
• Series: Palgrave Critical University Studies
• Subjects: Education.; Political science.; School management and organization.; School administration.; Educational sociology.; Higher education.; Education and sociology.; Sociology, Educational.; Education and state.; Higher Education.; Education Policy.; Sociology of Education.; Administration, Organization and Leadership.; Political Science.

Academic freedom is increasingly being threatened by a stifling culture of conformity in higher education that is restricting individual academics, the freedom of academic thought and the progress of knowledge – the very foundations upon which academia and universities are built. Once, scholars dema...