The right to learn resisting the right-wing attack on academic freedom / Valerie C. Johnson, Jennifer Ruth, Ellen Schrecker.
| Other author | Johnson, Valerie C. |
| Other author | Ruth, Jennifer. |
| Other author | Schrecker, Ellen. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Boston : Beacon Press, [2024] |
| Description | vi, 225 pages ; 24 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from eBooks on EBSCOhost |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Foreword / by Irene Mulvey -- Introduction: A time for faculty to act / Valerie C. Johnson, Jennifer Ruth, and Ellen Schrecker -- Academic freedom and political repression from McCarthyism to Trump / Ellen Schrecker -- A Koch-funded racial backlash : understanding the Critical Race Theory moral panic / Isaac Kamola -- The rise of educational gag orders / Jonathan Friedman, Jeremy C. Young, and James Tager -- The epistemology of ignorance and its impact on democracy and higher education / Valerie C. Johnson -- Knowledge and good community organizing can counter the "Divisive Concepts" campaign / Kevin McGruder -- Subverting the intent of the fourteenth amendment / Dennis Parker -- "Don't Say gay" and Can't be trans : behind the anti-LGBTQ+ schooling agenda / Sonnet Gabbard, Anne Mitchell, and Heather Montes Ireland -- The resolutions : mobilizing faculty senates to defend academic freedom / Jennifer Ruth -- Silence gets us nowhere : faculty responses to anti-CRT and divisive cncepts legislation / Sarah Sklaw -- Academic freedom : it's a question of job security / Helena Worthen and Joe Berry -- My battle to preserve academic freedom at the University of Florida / Sharon D. Wright Austin -- Florida faculty unions and the struggle for public education / Katie Rainwater -- Schools of education under fire / Marvin Lynn, Michael E. Dantley, and Lynn M. Gangone. |
| Abstract | "From leaders on the frontlines of the battle for academic freedom, a first-of-its-kind response to the far right's insidious attacks on the right to learn"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2023036733 |
| ISBN | 9780807045152 (paperback) |
| ISBN | (ebook) |
Availability
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |