USAutonomy – az egykor hasznos legenda. Az akadémiai szabadság veszélyeztetettsége a szabadság földjén
Usautonomy – the once useful legend. The threat to academic freedom in the land of the free

Summary/Abstract: The American tradition of academic freedom has been shaped by the establishment of institutions to ensure the financial independence of universities and by legal/political references to the First Amendment (freedom of speech). It is therefore the changes in these two factors that can be seen in the trends that threaten it today. On the one hand, the push for independence of funding from government sources has led to the growing influence of the business-economic world, and in addition, foreign, formally private donations (oil monarchies) have led to political exposure. On the other hand, in addition to the excesses of political correctness, left and right-wing identity politics are increasingly dominant in universities, not only as a political movement but also as a factor seeking to directly influence education and academic freedom. Partly for this reason, too, the social authority of academia and the acceptance of its values have been weakened.

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