ACADEMIC FREEDOM..
THE W.E.A. MOVEMENT. NO POLITICAL TAINT. - (By Telegraph—Press'. Association.). BUNEDIN, this day. Dr. Fisher, director of tlio W.E.A. movement in Otago, referring to Legislative -Councillors , criticism, stated: "It is'difficult to understand how anyone with a close knowledge of the work could believe that it is working in the. interests of any political party organisation. It is the fundamental principal of university education that? absolutely.-..-free expressions be permitted for the, views and outlooks of all kinds.. .TJio universities would certainly resist strongly any attempt on -the. ° political bocL to. of their teachers. -Jf^^ e principle of the university * e of academic treeao ro m ib]e and It & S»'*f^Sl controversial subjects, desiraWe to* , |ave .direct experience .of bnt-peopiO-V'y tllo W.E.A. classes know onions caressed by lecturer! t,m often "? ua "X distasteful.-,,t0 bUh-
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS19281006.2.55
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 237, 6 October 1928, Page 9
Word count
Tapeke kupu
132ACADEMIC FREEDOM.. Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 237, 6 October 1928, Page 9
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Auckland Star. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Acknowledgements
Ngā mihi
This newspaper was digitised in partnership with Auckland Libraries.
Log in