Rights and Rebellion: The Faculty Role, Revisited
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Jan 6, 2018
Keywords:
higher education activism workplace activism academic freedom tenure
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By the time he sat down to reflect on the question in a scholarly way, Dr. Marshall Jones had already grappled with “the role of the faculty in student rebellion” in directly practical and personal terms. As faculty advisor to the University of Florida’s Student Group for Equal Rights in the early 1960s, he had protested, picketed, defied unjust laws, and been arrested more than once. Ultimately, his political commitments cost him his job.
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Doing What We Can from Where We Are: Personal Histories and Case Studies
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