Table of Contents

Section 1: Mission, History, and General Organization

Section 2: Governance

Section 3: Faculty Contracts, Ranks, Search Procedures, and Benefits

Section 4: Faculty Rights, Responsibilities, and Policies

Section 5: Faculty Evaluation Procedures

Section 6: Promotion and Tenure Procedures

Section 7: Faculty Titles, Awards, and Other Policies and Services of Interest to the Faculty

Appendices

Section 4: Faculty Rights, Responsibilities, and Policies

4.1  Academic Freedom

4.1.1  AAUP Statements of Faculty Rights    The University subscribes to the Statement on Academic Freedom adopted by the Association of American Colleges in 1941, and to the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) November 1970 statement on Freedom and Responsibility.  Both of these statements are included in Appendix D of this Faculty Handbook.           

4.1.2  Political Activities of Faculty    Involvement in political activity is considered an individual matter, with the under­standing that the faculty member in such cases does not represent the University.  The statement by the AAUP Sub-Committee on Political Activity of Professors is contained in Appendix D.                                            

4.1.3  First Amendment Rights    The Policy on Academic Freedom, contained in Appendix D, defines rights under the policy, specifies who is covered by the policy, outlines specific grievance procedures, and provides for the impanelment, when needed, of a committee on academic freedom.