Word: freedom
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...operations on which these charges are based. It is in the interest of all members of the Harvard community, regardless of political opinion or field of study, to condemn and to discourage what, under the noble pretense of fighting imperialism, amounts to nothing but an ominous attack on academic freedom...
...sure, such freedom has often been abused, or used to shelter misdeeds. There is an urgent need to reexamine the responsibility of social scientists and to revise the relations of universities or university agencies with public policy. But it is not up to a fanaticized band of vigilantes of any persuasion to decide which activities are allowed to continue and which places must be shut down. Should one be indifferent in this instance, who knows who will be struck next? Tactics such as those of the NAC can-only delay necessary change, and whatever worthy aims they have can never...
That the choice is a personal one and that it does have political effects are the central points. Radical attacks on faculty research have been met with firm replies about the sanctity of "academic freedom." Professors steadfastly resist the notion that there should be political tests for scholarly work, or that students should have any influence on the direction of that scholarship...
...assumes that there are objective standards for measuring scholarly research, and that these standards are non-political. Whether this belief is true. whether the nature of political science and the activities of political scientists are political, is of fundamental importance in considering the argument in favor of absolute academic freedom...
...exist. Their precise form may vary. Some departments may prefer a joint student-faculty committee, with the faculty component provided by the departmental committee on Undergraduate Instruction, where such a committee exists. Others may prefer separate faculty and student committees, which meet jointly at regular intervals but retain their freedom to meet independently and frame their own recommendations. We also anticipate that arrangements for choosing student members of such committees will vary among departments. Our consultations with students revealed a strong preference for the election of student representatives rather than nomination by the faculty. In the case of departments with...