The New Southern University: Academic Freedom and Liberalism at Unc - Hardcover

by Charles J. Holden (Author)

The creation of the "modern university" dates back to the early 1900s when American professors fashioned for their institutions a mission of social service and defined themselves as truth-seekers whose expertise would bring social benefits. These academics also introduced a new idea to the American public: academic freedom. In 1925, University of North Carolina President Harry Woodburn Chase proclaimed, "What the university believes with all its heart, is that a teacher has a right to state the

Author Biography

Charles J. Holden, professor of history at St. Mary's College of Maryland, is the author of In the Great Maelstrom: Conservatives in Post--Civil War South Carolina. He lives in Solomons, Maryland.