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Academic freedom has been a principle that undergirds the
university since 1915. Beyond this, it also protects a spirit of
free inquiry essential to a democratic society. But in the
post-9/11 present, the basic principles of academic freedom have
been deeply challenged. There have been many startling instances
where the rhetoric of national security and terror, corporate
interests, and privatization have cast a pall over the terrain of
academic freedom. In the post-9/11 university, professors face job
loss or tenure denial for speaking against state power, while their
students pay more tuition and fall deeper in debt. This timely
collection features an impressive assembly of the nation s leading
intellectuals, addressing some of the most urgent issues facing
higher education in the United States today. Spanning a wide array
of disciplinary fields, Academic Freedom in the Post-9/11 Era seeks
to intervene on the economic and political crises that are
compromising the future of our educational institutions.
Academic freedom has been a principle that undergirds the
university since 1915. Beyond this, it also protects a spirit of
free inquiry essential to a democratic society. But in the
post-9/11 present, the basic principles of academic freedom have
been deeply challenged. There have been many startling instances
where the rhetoric of national security and terror, corporate
interests, and privatization have cast a pall over the terrain of
academic freedom. In the post-9/11 university, professors face job
loss or tenure denial for speaking against state power, while their
students pay more tuition and fall deeper in debt. This timely
collection features an impressive assembly of the nation's leading
intellectuals, addressing some of the most urgent issues facing
higher education in the United States today. Spanning a wide array
of disciplinary fields, "Academic Freedom in the Post-9/11 Era"
seeks to intervene on the economic and political crises that are
compromising the future of our educational institutions.
Since the attacks of September 11th, 2001, there has been a great
deal of attention given to understanding the inner workings of
terrorist organizations in order for the United States to be
successful in the Global War on Terrorism. Group dynamics has been
one area of interest pursued to gain more insight into a
terrorist's cognitive battlespace. Until a few years ago, most
research on individual commitment and organizational cohesion has
been based primarily on questionnaires and open observations on
groups that desire to be understood. However, terrorist
organizations are clandestine; they constantly employ operations
security (OPSEC) to ensure protection and mission accomplishment.
This thesis uses Decision Analysis principles, specifically a
Value-Focused Thinking-like approach, to develop an initial
hierarchical model of significant factors influencing an
individual's commitment to a terrorist organization, or any
clandestine group of violent extremists. Individuals are evaluated
and scored according to the model to identify exploitable
vulnerabilities in their commitment level.
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