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DR. BARD: You said 1 could shoot at you.

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DR. KUHN: Shoot away.

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DR. BARD: On just one aspect of your state-

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ment, I was very much impressed, Dr. Kuhn, with your

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statement in regard to the necessity for clarifying the

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issue of academic freedom and the great importance in

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this connection. I am so glad that you made it. What

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I have in mind is this. It would certainly hold true,

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the whole matter of academic freedom would hold true

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equally for other higher educational institutions, as

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well as the University of Maryland and it would seem to

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me perhaps a statement of academic freedom at this level

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that would be broader than just applying it to the

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University of Maryland, but would apply broadly to the

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higher education that might have great value and then

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move on from there and make it plear that the bodies

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that are responsible for ths various segments of higher

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education have the kind of autonomy which you have set

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forth.

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What do you think of that?

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DR. KUHN: Let me restate it again. I would