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New book co-edited by NIU political scientist explores impact of terrorism on academic freedom
DeKALB - A new book by Northern Illinois University political scientist Matthew Streb is bound to stir debate on campuses across America.
Newly released this month, “Academic Freedom at the Dawn of a New Century” (Stanford University Press) is a collection of original essays exploring the post-9/11 state of academic freedom in the United States and abroad. Leading experts examine the impact of the war on terrorism on free speech, access to information, government funding of the sciences and other cornerstones of freedom of inquiry at American universities.
Streb and co-editor Evan Gerstmann of Loyola Marymount University assembled the essays and also contribute to the collection. What follows is a Q&A with Streb.
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