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ERIC TITLE NUMBER: ED094112 AUTHOR: Clifford, Earle W.
TITLE: On the Freedom to be Accountable.
YEAR PUBLISHED: 1974
NOTE: 11 p.; Papers prepared for the Adult Student
Personnel
Meeting (Fort Mitchell, Kentucky, March 1974)
ABSTRACT: Freedom and accountability are not antithetical;
they are equal elements and complementary principles in the
educational equation to protect the productive pluralism of
the student, the teacher, the administrator, and the
institution. Pluralism is a critical value to be preserved
and promoted through public policy decisions which
emphasize freedom and independence. Educational
institutions must receive the financial support necessary
to maintain viable programs and to assure diversity,
difference, and competition. The public has a right to know
how public funds are being used to educate and to demand
that the monies be spent wisely, but it does not have the
right to interfere with basic principles of academic
freedom and professional judgment. There must be
educational accountability but business must not be the
model. Educators' self-imposed model of accountability
should focus on the outcome of the learning process as a
developed value, the development of individual persons. The
model might come from religion--an understanding of human
relationships and performance of covenants. (Author/AG)
KEY DESCRIPTORS: Educational-Finance; Educational-Policy;
Educational-Principles; Educational-Programs; Financial
Policy; Speeches-
KEY DESCRIPTORS: *Academic-Freedom; *Accountability-;
*Democratic-Values; *Educational-Objectives
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