Academic freedom. – Pacifica Radio Archives

Eldridge Cleaver interview

Elsa Knight Thompson interviews Eldridge Cleaver at the offices of Ramparts magazine in September, 1968. Cleaver had recently been prohibited from teaching a course (class 139X) at the University of California, Berkeley about social change in America.

August 24, 2025

The Nature and the limits of academic freedom.

Debate over the bounds of academic freedom.

August 24, 2025

The Essence of academic freedom / Russell Kirk.

Speech defining the concept of academic freedom.

August 24, 2025

The New crisis in academic freedom : disruption and destruction of the university / Henry Steele Commager.

Talk on the growing threat to academic freedom in universities.

August 24, 2025

Open secrets: technological transfer, national security, and the First Amendment (Episode 5 of 13)

This is the fifth in the series of 13 episodes. This episode is an examination of the philosophical, legal, historical, and practical contexts of technology for nationalistic purposes. This program looks at the impact of government control on the spreading of knowledge, the implications for academic freedom, privacy, trade secrets, and export controls. Sponsored by…

August 24, 2025

Academic freedom, academic attack: women’s studies under siege at Cal State Long Beach

The women’s studies department at Cal State Long Beach is under siege by a group of “concerned citizens,” from the Christian Right who monitored a few classes and attacked the department for its openly pro-feminist and pro-lesbian syllabus. Eloise Klein Healy and Helene Rosenbluth talk with Sondra Hale, Sherna Gluck, and Betty Brooks of the…

August 24, 2025

Professorial privilege and the grand jury as a political tool / Samuel Popkin.

Discussion of professorial academic privilege and the grand jury as a political tool.

August 24, 2025

Attacks on academic freedom / Douglas Dowd.

Discussion of the survival of academic freedom.

August 24, 2025