title: Academic freedom: history, constraints, and recommendations for nursing education.
abstract: Nurse faculty members may have a limited awareness of the rights and responsibilities inherent in academic freedom. The author explores the development of academic freedom and those practices in nursing education that have limited nurse educators' academic freedom. Rights and responsibilities of and for faculty and students and constraints to academic freedom are examined. The article closes with recommendations that will help ensure increased awareness of and adherence to the rights and responsibilities of academic freedom.
authors.forename: J B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Sheehe
mesh_terms: D003479:Curriculum; D004506:Education, Nursing; D005181:Faculty, Nursing; D005610:Freedom; D006801:Humans; D013338:Students, Nursing