ACADEMIC FREEDOM

Is a freedom to pursue the truth through open enquiry, exploration and experimentation
Russell Kirk describe academic freedom as transcendent and permanent or a natural right
In oder for the scholars to discover the truth they need to investigate freely or
Academic freedom is important so that when scholars discuss hot-button subjects they are not punish in
doing so. Unfortunately, in some cases, academic can loose their jobs or not even hired because maybe
their research deals with controversial and unpopular topics
academic freedom is for everyone that includes teachers, students, adminnistrators, trustees, alumni
purpose id to preserve the spirit of inquiry
academic freedom is not limitless it comes with obligations as well as rights
professors donot have the right to teac only what they want for their students
when the teachers teach his opinion as a fact he violates the academic freedom of the students who have
the right to be taught knowledge not personal theories
there is also an important distinction between academic freedom and free speech
free speech is a legal matter as stated on the amendment “ the government shall not make no law
abridging the freedom of speech a professor id free to shout from a street corner that the moon is made of
green cheese and not face legal sanction but academic freedom is a matter of employment a professor
does not have a constitutional right to say anything he wants in the classroom as an employee of the
university, the professor is bound by its rules, norms and standards od academic integrity, outside of the
classroom professors can mostly say whatever they want even engaging in terrible idea like holocoust
denial should not automatically disqualify a professor from teaching a course on some say mathematics
of course there are exemptions if the
in research scientiests and scholars need freedom to explore wherever the facts take them, freedom is
necessary in order to uncover new knowledge and knowledge existing theories but classroom teaching
doesn’t need nearly as much freedom since the focus should be on current knowledge and methodology
in other words, a professor, can investigate the contents of the moon which might include a breeze
without taking his hypothesis as if it were a fact in his Monday morning astronomy class

SOGIE BILL SEXUAL ORIENTATION AND GENDER IDENTITY AND EXPRESSION BILL

1. Academic freedom means that both faculty members and students can engage in
intellectual debate without fear of censorship or retaliation.
2. Academic freedom establishes a faculty member’s right to remain true to his or her
pedagogical philosophy and intellectual commitments. It preserves the intellectual
integrity of our educational system and thus serves the public good.
3. Academic freedom in teaching means that both faculty members and students can
make comparisons and contrasts between subjects taught in a course and any field of
human knowledge or period of history.
4. Academic freedom gives both students and faculty the right to express their views
— in speech, writing, and through electronic communication, both on and off campus
— without fear of sanction, unless the manner of expression substantially impairs the
rights of others or, in the case of faculty members, those views demonstrate that they
are professionally ignorant, incompetent, or dishonest with regard to their discipline
or fields of expertise.
5. Academic freedom gives both students and faculty the right to study and do
research on the topics they choose and to draw what conclusions they find consistent
with their research, though it does not prevent others from judging whether their work
is valuable and their conclusions sound. To protect academic freedom, universities
should oppose efforts by corporate or government sponsors to block dissemination of
any research findings.
6. Academic freedom means that the political, religious, or philosophical beliefs of
politicians, administrators, and members of the public cannot be imposed on students
or faculty.
7. Academic freedom gives faculty members and students the right to seek redress or
request a hearing if they believe their rights have been violated.
8. Academic freedom protects faculty members and students from reprisals for
disagreeing with administrative policies or proposals.
9. Academic freedom gives faculty members and students the right to challenge one
another’s views, but not to penalize them for holding them.
10. Academic freedom protects a faculty member’s authority to assign grades to
students, so long as the grades are not capricious or unjustly punitive. More broadly,
academic freedom encompasses both the individual and institutional right to maintain
academic standards.
11. Academic freedom gives faculty members substantial latitude in deciding how to
teach the courses for which they are responsible.
12. Academic freedom guarantees that serious charges against a faculty member will
be heard before a committee of his or her peers. It provides faculty members the right
to due process, including the assumption that the burden of proof lies with those who
brought the charges, that faculty have the right to present counter-evidence and
confront their accusers, and be assisted by an attorney in serious cases if they choose.
 
PART 2: What It Doesn’t Do
1. Academic freedom does not mean a faculty member can harass, threaten,
intimidate, ridicule, or impose his or her views on students.
2. Student academic freedom does not deny faculty members the right to require
students to master course material and the fundamentals of the disciplines that faculty
teach.
3. Neither academic freedom nor tenure protects an incompetent teacher from losing
his or her job. Academic freedom thus does not grant an unqualified guarantee of
lifetime employment.
4. Academic freedom does not protect faculty members from colleague or student
challenges to or disagreement with their educational philosophy and practices.
5. Academic freedom does not protect faculty members from non-university penalties
if they break the law.
6. Academic freedom does not give students or faculty the right to ignore college or
university regulations, though it does give faculty and students the right to criticize
regulations they believe are unfair.
7. Academic freedom does not protect students or faculty from disciplinary action, but
it does require that they receive fair treatment and due process.
8. Academic freedom does not protect faculty members from sanctions for
professional misconduct, though sanctions require clear proof established through due
process.
9. Neither academic freedom nor tenure protects a faculty member from various
sanctions — from denial of merit raises, to denial of sabbatical requests, to the loss of
desirable teaching and committee assignments — for poor performance, though such
sanctions are regulated by local agreements and by faculty handbooks. If minor,
sanctions should be grievable; if major, they must be preceded by an appropriate
hearing.
10. Neither academic freedom nor tenure protects a faculty member who repeatedly
skips class or refuses to teach the classes or subject matter assigned.
11. Though briefly interrupting an invited speaker may be compatible with academic
freedom, actually preventing a talk or a performance from continuing is not.
12. Academic freedom does not protect a faculty member from investigations into
allegations of scientific misconduct or violations of sound university policies, nor
from appropriate penalties should such charges be sustained in a hearing of record
before an elected faculty body.
These points are mostly adapted from nearly 100 years of American Association of
University Professors policy documents and reports. Since its 1915 founding, the
AAUP has been the primary source of the documents outlining the basic principles of
faculty rights and responsibilities. It is also the source of perhaps the single best
statement of student rights. Putting the principles above into practice, of course,
requires a goodly amount of additional detail, information the AAUP continues to
provide and update.