Academic Freedom

Publication: Faculty Handbook

Policy Statement

The faculty member has full freedom in research and in the publication of that research subject to an adequate performance of all other academic duties. Any research for monetary income should be undertaken only after an understanding with the Administration has been reached.

Policy Procedures

The teacher has freedom in the classroom in discussing his/her subject, but care should be exercised not to introduce into the teaching unrelated, controversial matters. It is expected that all teaching is consistent with the basic doctrinal and ecclesiastical position of Carolina University.

Each faculty member is a citizen, a member of a learned profession, and a representative of an educational institution. When the faculty member speaks or writes as a citizen, he/she is free from institutional censorship or discipline, but his/her relationship to the University imposes special obligations. As a person of learning and an educational representative of this University, it should be remembered that the public may judge his/her profession and this institution by those utterances.

Hence, the faculty member should at all times be accurate, exercise appropriate restraint, show respect for the opinions of others, and make every effort to indicate that his/her communication is not being made as an institutional spokesperson.

Compliance

TRACS

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