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Is academic freedom a license to provoke without consequences?

  • Written by: The Conversation
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Does academic freedom entitle university professors to be as provocative as they wish when expressing their views on issues of the day?

This question has come alive with three recent cases involving professors making politically charged – some would say incendiary – statements on...

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