The document discusses academic freedom, which refers to the freedom of teachers and students to teach, study, and pursue knowledge without unreasonable restrictions. It defines academic freedom and notes it is loosely guaranteed by the First Amendment in the US. While institutions can determine aspects of teaching, a conflict can arise between individual and institutional academic freedoms. The importance of academic freedom is that without its protection, academic communities are repressed in their ability to shape knowledge. Two quotes emphasize that freedom of inquiry is essential for civilization and imposing restrictions on intellectual leaders imperils a nation's future.

1. ACADEMIC
FREEDOM
THE
SQUADRON

2. TEAM MEMBERS
•1. JOE RICKISH
•2. KAMAL NATH
•3. PREETHIKA
•4. SOWMIYA

3. INTRODUCTION
• Academic freedom is a moral and legal concept
expressing the conviction that the freedom of
inquiry by faculty members is essential to the
mission of the academy as well as the principles
of academia, and that scholars should have
freedom to teach or communicate ideas or facts
(including those that are inconvenient to external
political groups or to authorities) without being
fear of repression, job loss, or imprisonment

4. DEFINE -ACADEMIC FREEDOM
• Academic Freedom, is the freedom
of teachers and students to teach,
study, and pursue knowledge and
research without unreasonable
interference or restriction from law,
institutional regulations, or public
pressure.

6. ACADEMIC FREEDOM IN THE USA
• Loosely guaranteed through the first
amendment in the United States
• Defined by the 1940 Statement of
Principles on Academic Freedom and
Tenure, authored by the American
Association of University Professors
(AAUP) and the Association of American
Colleges and Universities

7. CONFLICT WITH INSTITUTIONAL
ACADEMIC FREEDOM
• Institutions reserve the right to determine
• 1. Who may teach
• 2. Who may be taught
• 3. How it shall be taught
• 4. Who many be admitted to study
• Piarowski (1985) shows a conflict between individual and
institutional academic freedom in a
• 1. Faculty member was asked to move his sexually explicit art
display from a gallery heavily traveled area to a less
traveled area
• 2. Court ruled that a college can regulate the display of explicit

8. IMPORTANCE OF ACADEMIC
FREEDOM
• Essential to the mission of the academy
• Without protection, academic communities are
repressed for their ability to shape knowledge
• According to a reflection by Robert Quinn, historically,
the power to
• shape knowledge is a source of power. Authorities have
sought to
• control societies by controlling scholars
• We should care about increasing the quality and flow

9. QUOTES
• “Teachers and students must always remain free to
inquire, to study and to evaluate, to gain new
maturity and understanding; otherwise our
civilization stagnate and die.”
•
• “To impose any strait jacket upon the intellectual
leaders in our colleges and universities would
imperil the future of our Nation.”
• -Chief Justice Earl Warren