Download This PaperWhy is Academic Freedom Important for New Zealand?
In Rob Crozier (ed) Troubled Times: Academic Freedom in New Zealand (Dunmore Press, Wellington, 1998) 247
13 Pages Posted: 15 May 2013 Last revised: 15 Mar 2014
Date Written: 1998
Abstract
Sir Kenneth Keith considers five questions in this article on academic freedom. First, what are the purposes of universities, and what are their related characteristics? Second, what is meant by academic freedom, and what are its purposes? Third, what is meant by institutional autonomy, and what is its purpose? Fourth, what powers are required to support institutional autonomy? Fifth, how is academic freedom to be matched by responsibility and accountability? The article highlights the importance of the constructive as well as critical role of academics; aided by their opportunity to see the big picture and how it is changing, they can and should point the way forward.
Abstract by Juliet Bull
Keywords: Academic freedom, academics, legal education, universities, freedom of expression, freedom of speech, tertiary education
JEL Classification: K10, K40
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Kenneth J. Keith (Contact Author)
Victoria University of Wellington, Te Herenga Waka - Faculty of Law ( email )
PO Box 600
Wellington, 6140
New Zealand