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Set against the backdrop of contemporary US economic history,
Puerto Rico Is in the Heart examines the emigration, labor, and
political experiences of documentary photographer, human rights
activist, and Puerto Rican community leader Frank Espada. The
first-ever chronicle of Frank Espada's life and work, this book
also considers the socioeconomic and cultural impact of neoliberal
programs directed at Puerto Rico and Puerto Ricans - early
"proto-neoliberal" policies and reforms that would have broad
implications for Latinos generally and would become the economic
and political templates for Chile, Central America, and other
free-trade zones. Edward J. Carvalho draws on interview testimony
from Frank Espada, historical and cultural data from his Puerto
Rican Diaspora Project, and the writing of Frank Espada's son, the
renowned poet Martin Espada, to present Frank's story of struggle,
survival, and human dignity.
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.
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