Academic freedom on trial : 100 years of sifting and winnowing at the University of Wisconsin--Madison / edited by W. Lee Hansen.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Contributor:

Hansen, W. Lee.

Conference Name:

Academic Freedom Conference (1994 : Madison, Wis.)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Academic freedom--Wisconsin--Madison--History--Congresses.

Academic freedom.

Wisconsin--Madison.

History.

University of Wisconsin--Madison--History--Congresses.

University of Wisconsin--Madison.

Ely, Richard Thomas, 1854-1943--Congresses.

Ely, Richard Thomas.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

352 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Madison, Wis. : Office of University Publications, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1998.

Summary:

"The University of Wisconsin should ever encourage that continual and fearless sifting and winnowing by which alone the truth can be found". This book commemorates and sets in current context the famous statement defending academic freedom issued by the University's Board of Regents in 1894.

Thirty contributors -- faculty, students, alumni, university officials, and citizens -- examine the origins of the statement and its meaning today, including issues of free speech, hate speech codes, due process, and intellectual property rights.

Notes:

Papers presented at the Academic Freedom Conference, held Sept. 16-17, 1994 in Madison.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0965883418

OCLC:

37890376