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Article: FACULTY SENATE DEFINES 'ACADEMIC FREEDOM'
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- September 19, 2009
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TUCSON, Ariz., Sept. 16 -- The University of Arizona issued the following press release:
Members of the University of Arizona Faculty Senate on Monday approved a formal definition of academic freedom, a concept often referred to in UA documents, but previously undefined.
Under the concept of academic freedom, faculty members have the right to express their personal views and opinions, including those that might be critical of campus institutions and leadership, without fear of reprisal.
Patricia Hoyer, chairwoman of the University's Committee on Academic Freedom and Tenure, which hears cases in which faculty members feel their academic freedom has been violated, told the senate most of the ...