The Cloth of Protection

This episode features a discussion of academic freedom with David Rabban, the Dahr Jamail, Randall Hage Jamail, and Robert Lee Jamail Regents Chair in Law, and Distinguished Teaching Professor in the University of Texas at Austin School of Law. Previously, he served as counsel, and then general counsel, to the AAUP (American Association of University Professors), and he has chaired its committee on academic freedom and tenure. In his teaching and research, he focuses on free speech, academic freedom, higher education and the law, and American legal history. His most recent book (published in 2024) is Academic Freedom: From Professional Norm to First Amendment Right.

OTHER LINKS
--CBS News interview with MIT professor Alan Lightman
--Homepage for the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) website
--AAUP's 1915 Declaration of Principles on Academic Freedom and Academic Tenure
--AAUP's 1940 Statement of Principles on Academic Freedom and Tenure
--Wikipedia entry on Brandenburg v. Ohio

MUSIC CREDITS (all songs from Free Music Archive, and each song carries the "cc by" license)
--"The Trail," by Unheard Music Concepts
--"Pleasure," by Haunted Me
--"Breath," by Kirk Osamayo
--"Caress me to sleep," by rui