Academic freedom

According to BBC News, an incident broke out where national security and the freedom of the press conflicted when Edward Snowden released sensitive NSA information about government operations. BBC News describes the incident by saying, “The scandal broke in early June 2013 when the Guardian newspaper reported that the US National Security Agency (NSA) was collecting the telephone records of tens of millions of Americans. The paper published the secret court order directing telecommunications company

Some students of Chicago University may think that their school is in need of these concepts in order to protect themselves however the University has rejected the idea in a letter they sent, on the basis that it could prove harmful to their academic freedom. The University of

A Comparison of Two Authors In a world where freedom of speech is protected by our governing law, where exactly do you draw the line on what is acceptable to say in public? This has become an very important topic in classrooms all over the United States as many universities and other educational institutions across the country have begun to implement speech codes in an effort to suppress language deemed inappropriate for a scholastic setting. This has become the trend as many colleges have outlawed

with you, it is a major issue of free speech and academic freedom as this event presents itself as an attack on the First Amendment and academic freedom. By shutting down the event with violence, it is forcefully cutting off and blocking the differing opinion and ultimately isolating students, including those of which who want to hear different opinions, within a bubble of the ideas you hold. Does that not sound like an attack on academic freedom and free speech to

countries, governments, and leaders support it for this reason. Internet Censorship in the United States in comparison to different nations brings to light the global and ethical issue regarding the basic human rights of education, communication, and freedom. The Internet is the key to development. In the United States, the Internet has a positive effect on education. It has broadened the amount and kind of resources accessible for research, provided students successful techniques for collaboration (discourse

individuals to free speech as well as to promote intellectual freedom – the rights protected by the First Amendment.” They are basically explaining how arguments of book banning connect to the idea of intellectual freedom and protecting individual rights, which are implied in the First Amendment. Censorship of books can be expressed as violating the rights and freedom of the individuals. Boyd and Bailey support this idea of intellectual freedom by presenting how banning books in schools with the quote

Freedom to Offend: Intellectual Freedom and the Classroom Judy Blume, a children’s author who has had four books on the Top 100 Banned/Challenged books list for the past two decades, once stated, “In this age of censorship, …, I mourn the voices that will be silenced-…, teachers' voices, students' voices-and all because of fear. How many have resorted to self-censorship? How many are saying to themselves, ‘Nope…Can’t teach that book. Can’t have that book in our collection” (Blume). When challenges

The freedom of speech in a classroom should also be limited when it comes to E-learning tools provided by the schools. This should be monitored for the safety and well-being while they are using a tool meant for learning in a school environment. The E-learning tools are also being provided by the schools, which should give them the right to be able to monitor what students are using their tools for, on or off the school grounds. This is why freedom of speech should be limited

Freedom Writers Diary “Don't let the actions of a few determine the way you feel about an entire group. Remember, not all German's were Nazis.” ― Erin Gruwell, The Freedom Writers Diary Erin Gruwell is the author of the book The Freedom Writers Diary, it was published by Random House in 1999. The book described Erin Gruwells first year as an English school teacher at Woodrow Wilson High School in Long Beach, California. It featured her trials and difficulties within her “unteachable” class. Gruwell

Benjamin Franklin once said, “Without freedom of thought, there can be no such thing as wisdom; and no such thing as public liberty, without freedom of speech.” Indeed, free speech is a large block upon which this nation was first constructed, and remains a hard staple of America today; and in few places is that freedom more often utilized than on a college campus. However, there are limitations to our constitutional liberties on campus and they, most frequently, manifest themselves in the form