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Academic Freedom: A Quiz

Academic freedom gives me the right to publish verified information even if efforts of the Advancement Office might be negatively impacted.

1940 AAUP STATEMENT OF PRINCIPLES ON ACADEMIC FREEDOM AND TENURE

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.

Academic freedom means the AAUP will defend me if I voice a controversial opinion in a public debate, and people listen to what I have to say because of my academic credentials and university affiliation.

Academic freedom is a Constitutional right.

Academic freedom gives the Faculty body a role in university governance.

TRUE OR FALSE

1940 AAUP STATEMENT OF PRINCIPLES ON ACADEMIC FREEDOM AND TENURE

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.

Academic freedom gives me room to explore

topics related to the course subject matter as I

see fit.

 Academic freedom

invites me to stimulate class discussion with

controversial material.

TRUE OR FALSE

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.

1940 AAUP STATEMENT OF PRINCIPLES ON ACADEMIC FREEDOM AND TENURE

I decide what I’ll teach and how I’ll teach it because the

university gives me academic freedom.If I want to cancel class, that’s my academic

freedom.Academic freedom means I don’t have to be

“p.c.” if I don’t want to be. 

Thanks to academic freedom, I don’t have to put my name on this quiz if I don’t want to … or complete my Annual Self-Reflective Profile, for that matter.

TRUE OR FALSE

1940 AAUP STATEMENT OF PRINCIPLES ON ACADEMIC FREEDOM AND TENURE

Institutions of higher education are conducted for the common good and not to further the interest of either the individual teacher or the institution as a whole. The common good depends upon the free search for truth and its free exposition.

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• Support learning• Model receptivity and fair-

mindedness• Avoid intimidation• Keep learning outcomes in

the forefront• Portray yourself as part of

the university community dedicated to students’ learning

• Build credibility and rapport with students

• Cultivate students’ critical judgment

• Praise students for exploring