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University autonomy and academic freedom: Contrasting Latin American and U.S. perspectives
Abstract
I compare the historical origins and current conceptions of university autonomy and academic freedom in Latin America and the U.S. I argue that the core distinction between the U.S. and Latin America is the locus of autonomy. In the U.S., university autonomy is a bottom-up consequence of the academic freedom of the professors. Autonomy is the academic freedom of the university as a community of scholars. In Latin America, conversely, academic freedom is understood top-down as a consequence of the institutional autonomy of the university. Academic freedom is vested in the university, and the freedom of the faculty derives from that of the university. I explore the historical origins of this variance and the shortcomings of the Latin American version of autonomy: its blurring of the unique knowledge-based service of universities to society and the lack of scholarship on academic freedom in the region it begets.
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Supporting Institution
Chile's Agencia Nacional de Investigación y Desarrollo-ANID
Project Number
ANID CIE-160007
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Details
Primary Language
English
Subjects
Other Fields of Education
Journal Section
Review Article
Authors
Publication Date
June 30, 2021
Submission Date
May 25, 2021
Acceptance Date
June 28, 2021
Published in Issue
Year 2021 Volume: 2 Number: 1
APA
Bernasconi, A. (2021). University autonomy and academic freedom: Contrasting Latin American and U.S. perspectives. Higher Education Governance and Policy, 2(1), 56-67. https://izlik.org/JA75HB85GZ
AMA
1.Bernasconi A. University autonomy and academic freedom: Contrasting Latin American and U.S. perspectives. HEGP. 2021;2(1):56-67. https://izlik.org/JA75HB85GZ
Chicago
Bernasconi, Andres. 2021. “University Autonomy and Academic Freedom: Contrasting Latin American and U.S. Perspectives”. Higher Education Governance and Policy 2 (1): 56-67. https://izlik.org/JA75HB85GZ.
EndNote
Bernasconi A (June 1, 2021) University autonomy and academic freedom: Contrasting Latin American and U.S. perspectives. Higher Education Governance and Policy 2 1 56–67.
IEEE
[1]A. Bernasconi, “University autonomy and academic freedom: Contrasting Latin American and U.S. perspectives”, HEGP, vol. 2, no. 1, pp. 56–67, June 2021, [Online]. Available: https://izlik.org/JA75HB85GZ
ISNAD
Bernasconi, Andres. “University Autonomy and Academic Freedom: Contrasting Latin American and U.S. Perspectives”. Higher Education Governance and Policy 2/1 (June 1, 2021): 56-67. https://izlik.org/JA75HB85GZ.
JAMA
1.Bernasconi A. University autonomy and academic freedom: Contrasting Latin American and U.S. perspectives. HEGP. 2021;2:56–67.
MLA
Bernasconi, Andres. “University Autonomy and Academic Freedom: Contrasting Latin American and U.S. Perspectives”. Higher Education Governance and Policy, vol. 2, no. 1, June 2021, pp. 56-67, https://izlik.org/JA75HB85GZ.
Vancouver
1.Andres Bernasconi. University autonomy and academic freedom: Contrasting Latin American and U.S. perspectives. HEGP [Internet]. 2021 Jun. 1;2(1):56-67. Available from: https://izlik.org/JA75HB85GZ