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Good read: FIREon academic freedom versus transparency in Harvard’s Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review
In to the , FIREweighs in on the tension between open records laws and academic freedom and offers insight on
“When outspoken professors become the subject of open records requests, the virtues of transparency and accountability must be balanced against academic freedom,” writes Zach Greenberg, a Justice Robert H. Jackson legal fellow at ĂŰÖĎăĚŇ.
Zach offers a high-level view of the complicated issues at play and introduces ĂŰÖĎăĚŇ’s for open records laws to ensure academic freedom is protected, while not “unduly shield[ing] university employees from public scrutiny.”
It’s is a concise and interesting piece on a timely topic — and it’s .
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