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Action:  Support Academic Freedom at all our Learning Institutions

 

 

One group, Students for Academic Freedom, is moving forward to get an Academic Bill of Rights passed in states. 

From their site, they define:

I. The Mission of the University. The central purposes of a University are the pursuit of truth, the discovery of new knowledge through scholarship and research, the study and reasoned criticism of intellectual and cultural traditions, the teaching and general development of students to help them become creative individuals and productive citizens of a pluralistic democracy, and the transmission of knowledge and learning to a society at large. Free inquiry and free speech within the academic community are indispensable to the achievement of these goals. The freedom to teach and to learn depend upon the creation of appropriate conditions and opportunities on the campus as a whole as well as in the classrooms and lecture halls. These purposes reflect the values -- pluralism, diversity, opportunity, critical intelligence, openness and fairness -- that are the cornerstones of American society. Academic freedom is sorely tested at many American universities where the staffs are traditionally liberal and left-wing rather than moderate or conservative.

Go to:the website and  check under "Studies on Faculty Diversity"