Table of Contents
Foreword by ReLeah Cossett Lent
Preface
PART ONE Liberty, Learning, and Academic Freedom
1. With Liberty for Whom?
Institutional Autonomy • Faculty Autonomy • Student Rights • Parental Authority • Education By and For the Community
Conclusion: Academic Freedom as Intellectual Freedom
A Legal Interlude
2. The Constitutionalization of Academic Freedom
West Virginia v. Barnette: Freedom from Indoctrination • Keyishian v. Board of Regents: Intellectual Freedom in Education
3. From Armbands to Bong Hits in the U.S. Supreme Court
Tinker v. Des Moines: Freedom of Expression • Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier: School Authority over Curriculum • Morse v. Frederick: Bong Hits 4 Jesus
Conclusion
4. Principles of Academic Freedom
Freedom of Belief and Identity • Freedom of Expression and Discussion • Freedom of Inquiry • Freedom from Indoctrination • Equality, Privacy, and Due Process
Conclusion
PART TWO Academic Freedom in Practice
5. Canon to the Right of Us, Canon to the Left: Literature, Selection, and Censorship
6. Apes and Evolutionists: Biology and Ideology
7. “Don’t Know Much About History”: Genocide, Denial, and Indoctrination
8. Tolerating the Intolerant: Bad Words and Worse
9. The Birds, the Bees, and the Censors: Sex Education and Its Discontents
10. Doing Right and Being Good: Morality, Values, and Character
11. Ultimate Questions: Religion and Beyond
Appendix: Principles of Academic Freedom
Book Study
References and Suggested Readings
Index