Academic FreedomFrom the Sage Encyclopedia of Higher Education:
"Academic freedom is mostly discussed when it is under perceived threats, both external and internal, and when freedom within education is perceived to have gone too far. In Academic Freedom, first published in 1974, Anthony Arblaster opens with this sentence: ‘Academic freedom—which is rather a pompous term for freedom of, and within education—is today under threat from several quarters, and urgently needs to be defended’ (p. 9). Arblaster’s statement that academic freedom is ‘under threat from several quarters’ has been repeated many times before and since."