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The university subscribes to the following 1940 statement on academic freedom
of the American Association of University Professors, which has been endorsed
by all important national organizations of higher education. Teachers are entitled to full freedom in research and in the publication
of the results, subject to the adequate performance of their other academic
duties; but research for pecuniary return should be based upon an understanding
with the authorities of the institution.
Teachers are entitled to freedom in the classroom in discussing their
subject, but they should be careful not to introduce into their teaching
controversial matter which has no relation to their subject. Limitations
of academic freedom because of religious or other aims of the institution
should be clearly stated in writing at the time of the appointment.
College and university teachers are citizens, members of a learned profession,
and officers of an educational institution. When they speak or write as citizens,
they should be free from institutional censorship or discipline, but their
special position in the community imposes special obligations. As scholars
and educational officers, they should remember that the public may judge
their profession and their institution by their utterances. Hence they 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 they are not speaking for the institution.
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