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Academic Freedom and the Obligation to Earn It
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I. INTRODUCTION
The typical faculty justification for academic freedom is utilitarian, and suggests a variant of the "trickle-down" economics not otherwise in fashion on most campuses. If faculty are left to their own curricular, pedagogic and scholarly devices, it is suggested, everyone-students, faculty, staff and indeed all of society-will be better off because of the ideas, energies and freedoms that result. Like many businesses, many faculty want more subsidy and less regulation. A related notion is that faculty votes should determine major policy decisions within the university, including decisions about faculty appointments, retention, discipline and …
