Overview

This page contains resources related to the idea of academic freedom, and the rights surrounding the pursuit of academic freedom.

Principles of Academic Freedom: Statements & Online Resources

• American Association of University Professors, 1940 Statement of Principles on Academic Freedom and Tenure with 1970 Interpretative Comments

• Middle Tennessee State University, The First Amendment Encyclopedia, Academic Freedom

• Middle Tennessee State University, The First Amendment Encyclopedia, American Association of University Professors

Articles

• David Barnhizer, Freedom to Do What? Institutional Neutrality, Academic Freedom, and Academic Responsibility, 43 Journal of Legal Education 346 (1993).

• Derrick A. Bell, Diversity and Academic Freedom, 43 Journal of Legal Education 371 (1993).

• J. Peter Byrne, Academic Freedom and Political Neutrality in Law Schools: An Essay on Structure and Ideology in Professional Education, 43 Journal of Legal Education 315 (1993).

• Ralph F. Fuchs, Academic Freedom--Its Basic Philosophy, Function, and History, 28 Law and Contemporary Problems 431 (1963).

• 53(3) Law and Contemporary Problems (1990)

  • Issue entitled Freedom and Tenure in the Academy: The Fiftieth Anniversary of the 1940 Statement of Principles.

Books

• Matthew W. Fink & Robert C. Post, For the Common Good: Principles of American Academic Freedom (2009).