Academics For Academic Freedom

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Statement of Academic Freedom

 

'We, the undersigned, believe the following two principles to be the foundation of academic freedom: 

      

(1) that academics, both inside and outside the classroom, have unrestricted liberty to question and test received wisdom and to put forward controversial and unpopular opinions, whether or not these are deemed offensive, and

 

(2) that academic institutions have no right to curb the exercise of this freedom by members of their staff, or to use it as grounds for disciplinary action or dismissal.'

 

 

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