A cardinal rule of academic research with human participants is to protect their confidentiality. While there are limits to confidentiality, universities and researchers will make strenuous efforts to protect the identity of participants. This is especially important where they are at risk of serious harm if confidentiality is breached. Yet, some…

Applebaum acknowledges the importance of the questions that Jackson raises and also clarifies some claims that Jackson mistakenly attributes to her. Applebaum queries Jackson's identification of "unreasonableness" with ignorance and cautions that a concern for students becoming "reasonable" must not preclude the possible costs to those who must…

Purpose: The slogan "Practice what you preach" denotes that people should behave in accordance with the values that they preach. For universities that teach sustainable development (SD), it implies that these institutes should apply major SD principles themselves for example by campus greening, green purchasing, etc. But is not…

The climate of moral panic that pertains around child abuse is such that any research that touches on children and sex is almost seen in itself to be abusive, with identity and career consequences for those who engage in it. In November 2005, an article that I had written some years earlier, "Scandalous Stories and Dangerous Liaisons: When Female…

A librarian's reaction to the U. S. Senate's rejection of the report of the Commission on Obscenity and Pornography. (Author)

Describes the position of the American Library Association's Office for Intellectual Freedom in their struggle against censorship attempts. (GB)

Librarians of our time have unilaterally broken the covenant that existed between the community and the library. In the name of intellectual freedom we defend materials that perpetuate attitudes that hinder the growth of individuals who are intellectually free. (14 references) (Author)

Committee A's responsibilities regarding academic freedom and tenure are reviewed. Its activities have involved both expressing judgments concerning the imposition and removal of censure and recommendations concerning policy issues. (LBH)

Reviews latest developments in censorship efforts, including tactics and approaches used by those who would prevent children from reading certain books because of profanity or what they perceive to be negative moral implications in the books. Explains the reasons for the attempt at censorship and a list of the books most often targeted. (TB)

The quiet, but determined, censorship crisis in Virginia is a good example of the attitudes that produce censorship protests and of the damage that can be done. Although the criticisms have been sincere, they are based on total misinterpretations of the works involved. As may be seen from the excerpts taken from five books under fire, the…

Author feels that educators should work to oppose censorship or at the very least work to assure that any textbooks or curriculum changes are, as much as possible, in accord with sound learning theory and teaching method. (GB)

The 75 books and articles listed in this bibliography are divided into six categories: "Freedom and Censorship,""Histories of Censorship,""General Comments on Censorship,""Teaching and Censorship,""Sex and Censorship," and "A Brief and Basic Booklist for Readers Who Hate Long Bibliographies." The publication dates of the entries range from 1913…

This article discusses six approaches that English departments might use before censorship problems arise. Two reactions to the article are also included. (RC)

Censorship, a sensitive and complex issue, has recently been discussed with greater frequency, as reactions to changed attitudes and values have prompted protests and book burnings, stricter controls on theaters and pornographic bookstores, and criticism of school discussions of controversial subjects. This book focuses on understanding…