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6 Academic Freedom

UNG affirms its support of full freedom of expression by members of the academic community. Academic freedom ensures that faculty members and students have the rights and freedom to engage in discussion, debate, and peaceful and non-disruptive protest and dissent.

UNG agrees with the tenets listed in the 1940 Statement of Principles on Academic Freedom jointly developed by the American Association of University Professors and the Association of American Colleges.

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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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