STATEMENT ON ACADEMIC FREEDOM. Concepts of academic freedom are based on the current AAUP Statement of Principles and Interpretive Comments on Academic Freedom and Tenure ("Statement"). The Statement, however, is not incorporated herein by reference.
STATEMENT ON ACADEMIC FREEDOM. Academic freedom and its attendant responsibilities are essential to the fulfillment of the purposes of the College. Consistent with this statement:
STATEMENT ON ACADEMIC FREEDOM. Academic freedom is a special freedom, necessary to the mission of professors in a university. Professional responsibility is its logical correlative. As individuals, professors have the responsibility to conduct themselves in ways that will promote the achievement of the purposes for which academic freedom exists. And as members of a profession possessed of certain rights of self- government, university professors as a group have an obligation to keep their house in order and to take such steps as may be necessary to the fulfillment of their professional mission. The responsibilities of a faculty member fall into the following four main areas:
STATEMENT ON ACADEMIC FREEDOM. Prologue A member of the learned profession shares the full protection afforded to all individuals by the Constitution of the United States of America, including the Bill of Rights, and as scholar and teacher he or she enjoys the rights and obligations inherent in the traditional concept of academic freedom. As a scholar, he or she is entitled to freedom (except as hereinafter provided) to select and undertake research projects and to publish the findings thereof. As a teacher, he or she is entitled to freedom (except as hereinafter provided) to teach within his special competence in accordance with his or her informed opinions and convictions. In return for these guarantees, the scholar and the teacher owe unlimited allegiance to the pursuit of truth and understanding. In modern practice, academic freedom also accords to fully qualified teachers, subject to few exceptions, full and final discretion in determining the teaching methods and subject matter of the courses they are assigned to teach. The distinction between the fully qualified teacher and other teachers is generally indicated by probationary or permanent status, which is in turn related to professional rank. It is important to note that academic freedom applies equally to all members of the learned profession except that, normally, only “fully qualified” teachers have full and final discretion in determining the teaching methods and subject matter of the courses they are assigned to teach. The entire faculty of the College has the responsibility for determining what courses shall be offered in accordance with the College’s general educational plans and objectives as fixed by the trustees. ● Academic freedom relates to the right of society to the fruits of scholarship and teaching and the right of the scholar and teacher to search for truth and understanding without interference and to disseminate his findings without intimidation. Commitments of any kind that interfere with an individual’s free and unbiased pursuit of truth and understanding are incompatible with the objectives of academic freedom, and no person so committed may, therefore, enjoy its rights. Nevertheless, association with or membership in any group or organization shall not in itself constitute prima facie disqualification from participation in a free and unbiased pursuit of truth and understanding and shall not in itself constitute sufficient grounds for disqualification from participation in a free and unbiased pursuit of tru...
STATEMENT ON ACADEMIC FREEDOM. Academic freedom is based on the current AAUP Statement of Principles and Interpretive Comments on Academic Freedom and Tenure and is incorporated herein by reference. A copy of this statement shall be kept on file in each college library.
