Academic Freedom Quotes

Academic Freedom Quote of the day

Can a geology teacher blithely tell his students that the earth is flat, or a European history professor that the Holocaust didn't happen? That's not academic freedom, but dereliction of duty.

In Britain the power of authority was weakened. There was much more individual freedom and there was great academic freedom.

Academic freedom is being lost by a great many people who dare to challenge Darwinism. That's a terrifying situation. That's contrary to the principles of science.

MIT is governed by a second, even higher rule: the inalienable right of academic freedom.

I want you to have all the academic freedom you want as long as you wind up saying the bible account (of creation) is true and all others are not.

When a profession is protected by academic freedom and tenure, it tends to turn inward. To a large extent that's good.