Academic Freedom is valued and protected by the ASA. The links below support this position and may be useful.

Academic Freedom: What it is, What it Isn't and How to Tell the Difference (339K) Adobe Acrobat Document

Academic Freedom in the 21st Century (3,501K) Adobe Acrobat Document

Academic Freedom In Canadian Higher Education (348K) Adobe Acrobat Document

Academic Freedom, Individual versus Institutional? (3,423K) Adobe Acrobat Document

Academic Freedom Of Individual Professors and Higher Education Insitutions (339K) Adobe Acrobat Document

Academic Freedom, First Amendment and Competing Stakeholders (447K) Adobe Acrobat Document

Academic Freedom and Tenure (874K) Adobe Acrobat Document

Academic Freedom, achievment standards and Professional Identity (105K) Adobe Acrobat Document

University Oversight of Professors' Teaching Activities (183K) Adobe Acrobat Document

Academic Freedom as Insubordination (84K) Adobe Acrobat Document

Is Academic Freedom under Threat in UK and US (52K) Microsoft Word Document

 

News stories 

Student's Academic Freedom to Learn? 

York University student's refusal to work with women.

Trinity Western

Tom Flanagan - comments on child pornography

Tom Flanagan and the Decline of Academic Freedom in Canada

Doug Short (ACIFA president) Presentation on Academic Freedom from ACIFA 2013 conference

Doug Short - ACIFA Presentation on Academic Freedom (4,427K) Microsoft Powerpoint Presentation

 

Important organizations 

American Association of University Professors

Canadian Association of University Teachers

 

Bibliographies on issues relevant to Academic Freedom

Academic Freedom, Academic Tenure, University Autonomy, and University Governance in Canada: A Bibliography (775K) Adobe Acrobat Document