The goal of the dissertation is to study the needs and perceptions of academics in Palestine and the conditions that affect their ability to change and improve the education of a rapidly growing generation of learners. The few studies that have examined the Palestinian professor…
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Libyan society has known only totalitarian governments throughout its existence. Historically, academic leadership had little or no impact on curriculum and research. But amidst current political and social upheaval, Libyan society is shifting. The problem addressed in this qual…
This foundational qualitative study examined the history, meanings and practices of academic freedom at Arab universities. Eight professors who had experience teaching at Arab universities and one university president were interviewed. Results indicated that Arab higher educatio…
This study explores Islamism's interplay with higher education as the movement advances an agenda for worldwide reformation. Over an eighty-year period, Islamism has appropriated higher education institutions, professional associations, on- and off-campus organizations, and publ…
Présentation de l'éditeur : "Free speech is under attack at colleges and universities today, with critics on and off campus challenging the value of open inquiry and freewheeling intellectual debate. Too often speakers are shouted down, professors are threatened, and classes are…
"Free speech is under attack at colleges and universities today, with critics on and off campus challenging the value of open inquiry and freewheeling intellectual debate. Too often speakers are shouted down, professors are threatened, and classes are disrupted. In [this book] K…
Examining such hot-button issues as trigger warnings, safe spaces, hate speech, disruptive protests, speaker disinvitations, the use of social media by faculty, and academic politics, Speak Freely describes the dangers of empowering campus censors to limit speech and enforce ort…
"Free speech is under attack at colleges and universities today, with critics on and off campus challenging the value of open inquiry and freewheeling intellectual debate. Too often speakers are shouted down, professors are threatened, and classes are disrupted. In [this book] K…
"Free speech is under attack at colleges and universities today, with critics on and off campus challenging the value of open inquiry and freewheeling intellectual debate. Too often speakers are shouted down, professors are threatened, and classes are disrupted. In Speak Freely,…
Responds to the critics who see the teaching of religion and values as a hindrance to institutions of higher learning: "No university is truly a university unless it is catholic, or universal" in the sense that it "moves every scholar to look beyond his immediate field of vision…