Academic Freedom for the University as an Intellectual and Creative Organization

Abstract

The article reveals the essence of the “academic freedom” concept and phenomenon, develops the directions for the development of universities as an intellectual and creative organizations based on the implementation of the academic freedoms’ principle, and offers a matrix for the realization of academic freedoms and autonomy of the university. The practice-oriented matrix presents the infrastructural components, the development of which creates the transformational basis of the university, the principle of academic freedom autonomy. The author considers the features of the university as an intellectual and creative organization, determining the specifics of its management based on the implementation of the principle of academic freedom. This approach involves the transformation of the marketing paradigm of the university as a management tool that activates the intellectual and creative potential of its employees based on the implementation of the principle of academic freedoms in the context of the digitalization of the scientific and educational process. The main function of the “academic freedom” concept is revealed, which consists in the formation of a theoretical and ideological paradigm, which serves as the basis for creating sociocultural, economic and managerial mechanisms to counter the most powerful negative impact vector on the university environment, which has a destructive effect on the essence of university science and education. The specifics of the concept’s contents and the essence of the managerial tool “academic freedom” are studied in relation to the current stage of the university as a social institution development, which allows them to be used as the basis for transformational processes aimed at de-bureaucratizing the university and building a future university self-government system.

Child Freedom Awareness Education as a Model for Strengthening Independent Curriculum for Children During the Covid-19 Pandemic: Case Study at Sanggar Anak Alam (SALAM) Yogyakarta

“…The reason is that education is only a means to develop children's capabilities which should be to the needs of the times and the passions of the children themselves. Educational institutions are required to initiate and become ideological examples in developing education that is aware of freedom and based on life [6]. For this reason, schools need to prepare a curriculum that is to these needs.…”