Is higher education a friend or foe of academic freedom and free speech.

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A new book raises this important question.
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2014/10/03/new-books-warn-expanding-notions-academic-freedom-and-checks-free-speech-are-hurting

I raised it myself a dozen years ago in CHANGE Magazine:
http://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ635340

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