Bill Murphy and the Hidden Inner Layer of Academic Freedom

Muller, Eric

doi:10.2139/ssrn.1111381

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Bill Murphy and the Hidden Inner Layer of Academic Freedom

Eric L. Muller

University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill - School of Law

UNC Legal Studies Research Paper No. 1111381

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This essay, which relates the dramatic story of Professor William P. Murphy's repudiation by, and departure from, the University of Missouri amidst the campus protests of 1970, illustrates the importance of faculty governance to a robust and healthy academic institution.

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Date posted: March 20, 2008

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Muller, Eric L., Bill Murphy and the Hidden Inner Layer of Academic Freedom. UNC Legal Studies Research Paper No. 1111381. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1111381 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1111381

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