Understanding Academic Freedom

＂This book mounts a defense of academic freedom by probing its role in multiple contexts, thereby offering readers an introduction to and exploration of the concept. It strives to elucidate the term’s sometimes complicated meanings and uses for faculty members, administrators, trustees, journalists, politicians, and anyone with an interest in higher education’s future＂--

Henry Reichman is Professor Emeritus of history at California State University, East Bay. The author of The Future of Academic Freedom and Censorship and Selection: Issues and Answers for Schools, he chaired the Association of American University Professors’ Committee A on Academic Freedom and Tenure from 2012 to 2021.