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Academic Freedom
In institutions of higher
education, like International Lordland University, the
principle of Academic Freedom is essential to the search
for truth and its exposition. Freedom in research is
fundamental to the advancement of knowledge. The right
to Academic Freedom in teaching is fundamental for the
protection of the rights of the faculty and of the
students in the educational process. These concepts
of Academic Freedom are promoted at International Lordland University and are elaborated as follows: •
The teacher is entitled to full freedom in research and
in publication of the results; subject to the
adequate performance of the teacher’s other academic
duties. The faculty member may take on
additional employment, including research for pecuniary
return, without the approval of the university’s officer or President of the university, provided it does
not interfere with his/her duties at the university. Teachers are entitled to freedom in the classroom to
discuss their subject, but should exercise this freedom in a responsible manner. Faculty
members may exercise their rights as citizens when
speaking or writing as citizens and
should be free from institutional censorship or
discipline, but the faculty member’s special position
in the community imposes special
obligations. As a member of the teaching profession, and
as a representative of an
educational institution, the faculty member should
remember that the public may judge his/her profession and his/her institution by
his/her utterances. Hence, the faculty member should at all times be accurate, exercise appropriate
restraint, show respect for
the opinion of others, and make every effort to indicate that (s)he is not
speaking for the university Any faculty
member who believes that his/her rights have been
abridged or ignored by an
administrative officer or employees of International Lordland University and who is unable to obtain redress which is satisfactory to the faculty member within
his/her own department, shall have the right to appeal to the President of the university.
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