Academic freedom provides certain rights and privileges to faculty across all tracks, including tenure track, continuing track, career track, and adjunct faculty, to engage in open dialogue and inquiry, while also carrying certain responsibilities such as duties to our disciplines and respect for our colleagues and students. Academic freedom has been a cornerstone of academic inquiry since 1915 as evidenced in the Declaration of Principles endorsed by the American Association of University Professors. The definitions and boundaries of academic freedom have changed over the years with another key statement of principles in 1940, which clearly addresses research, teaching and service.
The University of Arizona has a longstanding commitment to freedom of expression, academic freedom, and collaborative inquiry with key statements adopted by the Faculty Senate’s Committee on Academic Freedom and Tenure in 2009 and in 2018 with the adoption of The Chicago Principles.
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Academic Freedom - Chronicle of Higher Education: News, opinion and advice about academic freedom in higher education.
Academic Freedom Alliance (AFA) The Academic Freedom Alliance is an alliance of college and university faculty members who are dedicated to upholding the principle of academic freedom. This principle is central to the mission of our institutions for the pursuit of truth and knowledge. Our members from across the political spectrum recognize that an attack on academic freedom anywhere is an attack on academic freedom everywhere. -AFA
American Association of University Professors (AAUP) The policies published in the AAUP’s Policy Documents and Reports, also known as the "Redbook," have been formulated by standing and special AAUP committees and governing bodies, and at times in cooperation with other organizations. -AAUP
American Council of Trustees and Alumni (ACTA) The American Council of Trustees and Alumni (ACTA) is an independent, nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting academic excellence, academic freedom, and accountability at America’s colleges and universities.-ACTA
Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC) Starting in 2002, the work of the National Commission on Energy Policy revealed a real eagerness within both parties to work together to secure shared legislative wins. A few years later, in 2007, the success of the NCEP evolved into plans for something bigger, grander, and authentically bipartisan. With bipartisan winds at their back, some of the most respected members of both parties, Senate leaders —Tom Daschle, Bob Dole, George Mitchell, and Howard Baker—founded the Bipartisan Policy Center. BPC quickly became America’s smartest, hardest-working advocate for bipartisanship in Washington DC. -BPC
Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE) Since its founding more than two decades ago as the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, FIRE has become the nation’s leading defender of fundamental rights on college campuses through our unique mix of programming, including student and faculty outreach, public education campaigns, individual case advocacy, and policy reform efforts. In 2022, FIRE changed its name to the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression and announced an expansion initiative into off-campus free speech advocacy and legal defense.
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