ACADEMIC FREEDOM AND THE PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHER: AN EXPLORATORY STUDY OF PERCEPTIONS, POLICY, AND THE LAW.

ACADEMIC freedom; COLLEGE teachers; HIGHER education; AMERICAN Association of University Professors

The article focuses on academic freedom among professors and teachers in the U.S. The principle of academic freedom in the U.S. originated in higher education. Universities were characterized by legal control exercised by non-academic trustees. Academic freedom of professor's employment emerged at a national level in 1951 when a committee of the American Association of University Professors issued a report on the subject.