TY - JOUR N2 - The author of the article is aimed at reconstructing the concept of academic freedom as a base of university existence, regarding both its didactic and research function. The author takes into account various definitions of academic freedom and analyzes areas and dimensions, especially its institutional (university) and individual (professor) level. He reconstructs also controversies which are exposed in discussions on academic freedom and arguments regarding its limitations. He considers the phenomenon of actuarial policy and various forms of academic competition. He puts question: does the concept of academic freedom can be still vivid in the time of growing commercialization of didactits and research functions of contemporary university as well as its growing dependance on economy and politics? L1 - http://journals.pan.pl/Content/109805/PDF-MASTER/04%20Melosik.pdf L2 - http://journals.pan.pl/Content/109805 PY - 2017 EP - 36 KW - academic freedom KW - university KW - commercialization KW - auctuarial policy KW - competition A1 - Melosik, Zbyszko PB - Komitet Nauk Pedagogicznych PAN i Wydział Pedagogiki i Psychologii Uniwersytetu w Białymstoku VL - tom LXX DA - 2017 T1 - Contemporary university and reconstruction of academic freedom SP - 23 UR - http://journals.pan.pl/dlibra/publication/edition/109805 T2 - Studia Pedagogiczne ER -