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Click HERE for the video of Steve Balch receiving the Jeane Jordan Kirkpatrick Academic Freedom Award
View the video on NAS's channel in YouTube HERE.
Click HERE to read the transcript of Dr. Balch's remarks.
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Dr. Balch may never know how many educators he has inspired to actively oppose the politicization of the contemporary academy; I believe they are in the thousands.
His acceptance speech upon receiving the Jeane Jordan Kirpatrick Academic Freedom Award is a powerful expression of what Academic Freedom ought to be, but regrettably no longer is in today's academy.
Thank you, Dr. Balch, for reminding the architects of the post-modern university, including, and especially, the AAUP, that "academic freedom is on loan." You, and the NAS, represent light and the power of reason during gloomy times in higher education.
Congratulations, Sir, on this latest honor bestowed upon you!
by ivorytowerreform Posted on 04/18/2009