ABSTRACT
There has never been so much commotion over the freedom of the scholar or the educator as there is in this country. In the past there has indeed been less, much less, academic freedom—for in the ages of authority it was at best a very limited affair. Academic freedom means the freedom of the educator to do his proper work, to fulfill his function, to render to his society the special service that he has to offer. His work is to learn and to teach, and this is what every genuine scholar wants all to do. Academic freedom is at the same time a high responsibility. It is not a privilege possessed by an academic guild. It is not a concession granted by a government or by a community to an enclave of scholars. Attacks on academic freedom have increased on the specious ground that faculties need protection from Communist infiltration.
