Academic freedom statement
Academic freedom is fundamental to the mission common to higher education of fostering inquiry and increasing the sum of human knowledge and understanding.
Academic freedom is the freedom to discuss and present scholarly opinions and conclusions regarding all relevant matters in the classroom, to explore all avenues of scholarship, research, and creative expression, and to reach conclusions according to one's scholarly discernment. It also includes the right to speak or write - as a private citizen or within the context of one's activities as an employee of the university - without institutional discipline or restraint on matters of public concern as well as on matters related to professional duties, the functioning of the university, and university positions and policies.
Academic responsibility implies the faithful performance of professional duties and obligations, the recognition of the demands of the scholarly enterprise, and the candor to make it clear that when one is speaking on matters of public interest or concern, one is speaking on behalf of oneself, not the institution.
Adopted by the faculty senate and incorporated into faculty senate policies on 1/28/16.
Reports
April 19, 2018 Faculty Representative Report
May 18, 2018 Faculty Representative Report
September 20, 2018 Faculty Representative Report
October 4, 2018 Faculty Representative Report
November 29, 2018 Faculty Representative Report
February 14, 2019 Faculty Representative Report
March 14, 2019 Faculty Representative Report
April 11, 2019 Faculty Representative Report
July 23, 2019 Faculty Representative Report
September 26, 2019 Faculty Representative Report
January 30, 2020 Faculty Representative Report
February 4, 2020 Special Faculty Representative Report
February 13, 2020 Addendum to Faculty Representative Report
April 2, 2020 Faculty Representative Report
April 17, 2020 Faculty Representative Report
April 24, 2020 Faculty Representative Report
June 4, 2020 Faculty Representative Report
November 1, 2020 Faculty Representative Report
January 28, 2021 Faculty Representative Report
March 19, 2021 Faculty Representative Report