The Academic Ethic is a trenchant, comprehensive statement of the obligations of university and college teachers under conditions prevailing today in higher education and public life. While making no compromises on academic freedom, the book stresses academic obligations that have been too much neglected. It gives detailed attention to the obligations of academics to their students, their colleagues, their universities. The work offers an equally thorough teaching, research, public service, and political activities in support of or in opposition to governments.
The Academic Ethic is a product of the discussions of a study group of the International Council on the Future of the University and of the author’s long study of universities in many countries. A lucid and forceful discussion of a vital subject, this document should be read and pondered by university teachers, university administrators, government officials, and the educated public throughout the United States and Europe.