Includes bibliographical references (pages 147-154) and index.
Part One: Liberty, learning, and academic freedom. -- 1. With liberty for whom? -- 2. The constitutionalization of academic freedom -- 3. From armbands to bong hits in the U.S. Supreme Court -- 4. Principles of academic freedom -- Part Two: Academic freedom in practice. -- 5. Canon to the right of us, canon to the left: literature, selection, and censorship -- 6. Apes and evolutionists: biology and idealogy -- 7. "Don't know much about history": genocide, denial, and indoctrination -- 8. Tolerating the intolerant: bad words and worse -- 9. The birds, the bees, and the censors: sex education and its discontents -- 10. Doing right and being good: morality, values, and character -- 11. Ultimate questions: religion and beyond -- Appendix. Principles of academic freedom