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Identifying academic freedom as a major casualty of rapid and extensive to the governance and practices of academic institutions worldwide, this timely Handbook considers the meaning of academic freedom, the threats it faces, the consequ...
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Edited by Mitchell Brown, Shane Nordyke, Cameron G. Thies
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‘Nanni Moretti, the Italian film director, once said: “those who speak badly, think badly and live badly”. This masterly written book teaches us that this adage applies, and even more, to the written word. Academics have in their texts t...
Edited by Tim Vorley, Syahirah Abdul Rahman, Lauren Tuckerman, Phil Wallace
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