Bits and pieces of academic freedom this week
Three academic-freedom controversies floating in the blogosphere:
- Allegations that Merck threatened academic researchers …
- Human Rights Watch’s report on Egypt’s assault on academic freedom…
- Allegations by intelligent-design proponents that the delay in Bryan Leonard’s “intelligent design” science education dissertation defense at OSU constituted an attack on academic freedom…
Ideally, the interaction between a student and her or his advisor (and committee) should be a dialogue, with the student getting the benefit of expert perspectives in the area the student is working in. But life is not always ideal. …