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Göttingen University, in Germany, advocates for an early form of "academic freedom."
Justification
Academic freedom is a key value in how research is conducted in modern universities.
Unformed Thoughts
The concept of academic freedom is relatively modern. Its spirit can be traced back to the University of Göttingen (Anderson, 2004: 58), established in 1734, where “scientific research was freed from censorship by the church […], and […] academic teaching was given high priority” (Böhme, n.d.; see also Meetzger, 1955).
Legacy Stories are stories that were conceptualised in September 2021, before the timeline was on Tiki-Toki, let alone GitHub. The story in its current form lives here. And you are very welcome to share any thoughts you have on how this story can be improved by commenting below!
Title
Legacy story: Göttingen University
Date or Period 📅
1734 as per their site.
Elevator Pitch
Göttingen University, in Germany, advocates for an early form of "academic freedom."
Justification
Academic freedom is a key value in how research is conducted in modern universities.
Unformed Thoughts
The concept of academic freedom is relatively modern. Its spirit can be traced back to the University of Göttingen (Anderson, 2004: 58), established in 1734, where “scientific research was freed from censorship by the church […], and […] academic teaching was given high priority” (Böhme, n.d.; see also Meetzger, 1955).