Common use of FREEDOM Clause in Contracts

FREEDOM. Section 1. A faculty member is entitled to full freedom in research and in the publication of the results, subject to the adequate performance of his/her other academic or administrative duties. Section 2. A faculty member is entitled to freedom in the classroom in discussing his/her academic/vocational-technical discipline, but he/she should be careful not to introduce into his/her teaching controversial matter which has no relation to his/her academic/vocational-technical discipline. Section 3. A faculty member is a citizen and a member of a learned profession. When he/she speaks or writes as a citizen, he/she should be free from school censorship or discipline, but his/her special position in the community imposes special obligations. As a person of learning, he/she should remember that the public may judge his/her profession and his/her institution. Hence, he/she should at all times be accurate, should exercise appropriate restraint, should show respect for the opinions of others, and should make every effort to indicate that he/she is not a spokesperson of the institution. Acts which interfere with the activities of the institution, acts which interfere with the freedom of movement on the campus, or acts which interfere with the freedom of all members of the academic community to pursue their rightful goals, are the antithesis of academic freedom and responsibility. So also are such acts which, in effect, deny freedom to speak, to be heard, to study, to teach, to administer and to pursue research. Section 4. a. Faculty members are entitled to freedom in the selection of textbooks, audio- visual aids and other teaching aids. However, where faculty teaching the same subject have agreed on a common textbook or teaching materials those materials shall prevail.