Academic freedom in higher education within a conservative sociopolitical culture

Innovative Higher Education

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 5-25

  Williams, Robert L ^a,b  

^a Department of Educational Psychology ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic freedom; Information sources; Political conservatism; Political liberalism

Indexed keywords

EID: 33744947279     PISSN: 07425627     EISSN: 15731758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10755-006-9005-9     Document Type: Article

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