"Academic freedom is important because it is the freedom to challenge the status quo, the existing power structure in society and in traditional fields of study," Alger says. "The scholars who bring up these types of arguments and publish these articles, they are the ones who suffer when it comes to getting tenure. If you don't have the possibility of getting tenure, then there is a lack of willingness of folks to take risks and that discourages a lot of the creativity that has been the lifeblood of the academy for generations."
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