Kirsten Roberts Lyer, Ilyas Saliba, Janika Spannagel

University Autonomy Decline (eBook, PDF)

Causes, Responses, and Implications for Academic Freedom

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This book provides empirically grounded insights into the causes, trajectories, and effects of a severe decline in university autonomy and the relationship to other dimensions of academic freedom by comparing in-depth country studies and evidence from a new global timeseries dataset.

Drawing attention to ongoing discussions on standards for monitoring and assessment of academic freedom at regional and international organizations, this book identifies a need for clearer standards on academic freedom and a human rights-based definition of university autonomy. Further, the book calls for accompanying international oversight and the inclusion of criteria related to academic freedom in international university rankings. Five expert-authored case studies on academic freedom from diverse nations (Bangladesh, Mozambique, India, Poland, and Turkey) are included in the volume.

Drawing on both qualitative and quantitative evidence, the book offers a unique and timely contribution to the field and will be of great interest to scholars, researchers, and students in the fields of higher education, human rights, political science and public policy.

This Open Access book is available at www.taylorfrancis.com, and has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 226
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. November 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000814088
• Artikelnr.: 66415619

Autorenporträt

Kirsten Roberts Lyer is Associate Professor at Central European University, Vienna, Austria.

Ilyas Saliba is a Research Fellow at WZB Berlin Social Science Center, Germany.

Janika Spannagel is a Postdoctoral fellow at Freie Universität Berlin, Germany.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction: University Autonomy Part I: University Autonomy in the
World Today 2. University Autonomy and Academic Freedom Part II: Academic
Freedom Case Studies 3. Introduction to the Case Studies 4. Academic
Freedom in Bangladesh Mubashar Hasan and Nazmul Ahasan 5. Academic Freedom
in India Niraja Gopal Jayal 6. Academic Freedom in Mozambique Nelson
Casimiro Zavale 7. Academic Freedom in Poland Marta Bucholc 8. Academic
Freedom in Turkey Olga Selin Hünler Part III: Understanding Autonomy 9.
Hypotheses on Institutional Autonomy Decline 10. Conclusions: Learning
Lessons and Moving Forward

Rezensionen

"Academic freedom is more important and more under threat than ever. Autonomy is the first line of defense, but little understood and poorly guarded. The authors meet this gap with data and case examples that inform and support further research and calls for action."

Robert Quinn, Executive Director, Scholars at Risk Network

"Academic Freedom is a good proxy for democracy, and institutional autonomy a good indicator of academic freedom. By focusing on the decline in institutional autonomy across states, this valuable book fills a critical gap in the literature. Keeping universities free matters not just for students and teachers, but for the wider public and future generations."

Nandini Sundar, Delhi University, India