Ball State University

http://www.bsu.edu/it/media/pdf/facprofhandbook.pdf
Page 48-49:

• 2.2. "Academic freedom in its teaching aspect is fundamental for the protection of the rights of the teacher in teaching and of the student to freedom in learning."
• 3.2. "The teacher is entitled to freedom in the classroom in discussing the appointed subject, but should be careful not to introduce a controversial matter which has no relation to the subject."

• 2. "...the University community is and must be dedicated to: the definition and transmission of our cultural heritage; the discovery, application, and advancement of knowledge; service to the best interests of society; and, above all, the development of its students."
• 3. "Mutual respect and reciprocal fairness should characterize the relationships among members of the University community."
• 4. "In the academic sphere of University life, the student is entitled to expect the following: competent teaching; courses which are adequately described and relevant, so choices may be made; fair, well-defined, and equitable evaluation practices; an effective voice in the evaluation of class content, structure, and instruction; adequate facilities; respect from teachers and other students; protection from exploitation and capricious actions by faculty and other students;..."
• 8. "It is expected that all members of the University community will have tolerance for the opinions and respect for rights of others. Therefore, it is essential for the student, as well as for other members of the community, to be fully aware of his or her rights and responsibilities."

Barnard College

http://www.barnard.columbia.edu/provost/code/codeb1.htm
Barnard's Code of Academic Freedom

• ""Academic Freedom means that all officers of instruction and all officers of administration while giving instruction are entitled to freedom in the classroom in discussing their subjects..."
• "As members of the learned professions and officers of an educational institution they should remember that they have a special obligation at all times to be accurate, to exercise appropriate restraint, to show respect for the opinions of others,..."

• "A Barnard education seeks to provide women with the tools and techniques needed to think critically ..."

Boston University

http://www.bu.edu/faculty/handbook/policies/policies-freedom.htm

• "The common good depends upon the free search for truth and its free exposition. It is that which justifies academic freedom, not the interest of the individual faculty member or even the interest of a particular university."
• "Academic freedom is ... to teach and to learn in an atmosphere of unfettered free inquiry and exposition."
• "The faculty member is likewise entitled to freedom in teaching and discussing the subject matter. Yet, as in research, the concomitant of this freedom must be a commitment to accuracy and integrity. Controversy is a normal aspect of free academic inquiry and teaching, and it is proper to incorporate both the knowledge and the beliefs of the faculty member into that which is taught; however, the freedom to teach must be joined by a constant effort to distinguish between knowledge and belief."

Bowdoin College

http://academic.bowdoin.edu/acadaffairs/forms/dissemination/f00handbook.pdf
Faculty Handbook
Freedom of Speech and Political Activity (page 15)

• "Free speech is a constitutional right in a democratic society and a cornerstone of intellectual life at Bowdoin. Members of the college community are encouraged to express their views on all matters including controversial, political issues in the public domain. Preservation of freedom of speech is a primary task of the College; the right to express both popular and unpopular views is to be protected. The College furthers this end best by serving as a forum where ideas may be debated and discussed."

• "Teachers are entitled to full freedom in discussing their subjects in the classroom,..."

• "The purpose of a Bowdoin education -- the mission of the College -- is therefore to assist a student to deepen and broaden intellectual capacities that are also attributes of maturity and wisdom: self-knowledge, intellectual honesty, clarity of thought, depth of knowledge, an independent capacity to learn, mental courage, self discipline, tolerance of and interest in differences of culture and belief, and a willingness to serve the common good and subordinate self to higher goals."

• "Moreover, a serious liberal arts education promotes independent learning, appreciation and respect for diversity of thought, intellectual breadth, and compassionate behavior."

Brown University

http://www.brown.edu/Administration/Research_Administration/nwww/ora-handbook/secvipol/conflictpro/univ-reg.html#RTFToC5
(See B. Statement on Academic Freedom for Faculty and Students)

• "...Brown University, mindful of its historic commitment to scholarship and to the free exchange of ideas, affirms that faculty members and students alike shall enjoy full freedom in their teaching, learning, and research."
• "Brown University also affirms that faculty and students shall have the freedom of religious belief, of speech, of press, of association and assembly, of political activity inside and outside the University, the right to petition the authorities, public and University, to invite speakers of their choice to the campus, ..."

• "We, as members of the Brown University community - faculty, undergraduates, graduate and medical students, and staff - are dedicated to supporting and maintaining a scholarly community in which all share together in the common enterprise of learning. As a central aim, Brown University promotes intellectual inquiry through vigorous discourse, both oral and written."

• "The rights and responsibilities that accompany academic freedom are at the heart of the intellectual purposes of the University. Our conduct as community members should protect and promote the University's pursuit of its academic mission. We are all, therefore, expected to conduct ourselves with integrity in our learning, teaching and research, and in the ways in which we support those endeavors."

• "We strive for a sense of community in which the individual growth of all members is advanced through the cultivation of mutual respect, tolerance, and understanding."