STATEMENT ON ACADEMIC FREEDOM
Academic freedom is basic to the institutional mission of
the American University of Armenia. As an institution committed
to academic freedom, AUA subscribes to the following principles:
- the right to pursue knowledge for its own sake and to
follow wherever the search for truth may lead
- the tolerance of divergent opinion and freedom from political
interference
- the obligation, as a social institution, to promote,
through teaching and research, the principles of freedom
and justice, of human dignity and solidarity. 1
In accordance with those principles, members
of the AUA community shall enjoy freedom to inquire, study,
publish, teach, and learn. Attendant to that freedom are certain
responsibilities that pertain to all members of the AUA community,
and to faculty members in particular, namely, the obligation
to be bound by professional standards, to be accurate, to
exercise restraint, to show respect for the opinions of others,
and to indicate that they do not speak for the institution.
2
No AUA faculty member or student shall be subject
to any penalty or threat for exercising his or her academic
freedom.
This Statement on Academic Freedom shall be
implemented in accordance with the appended guidelines.
IMPLEMENTING GUIDELINES FOR STATEMENT
ON ACADEMIC FREEDOM
Oversight
The Faculty Council shall have the responsibility for monitoring
and evaluating the status of academic freedom at AUA. The
Council shall submit to the Dean of Faculty and the President
an annual report on the status of academic freedom at the
American University of Armenia. That report shall identify
any relevant issues and recommend specific actions as needed.
Based on the annual report of the Faculty Council, the President
shall make an annual report to the Board of Trustees on the
status of academic freedom at the American University of Armenia.
Grievance Procedure
Any AUA faculty member or student who believes that his or
her academic freedom has been infringed shall have the right
to file a grievance in accordance with the established institutional
grievance procedure.
1) International Association of Universities.
Statement on Academic Freedom, University Autonomy, and Social
Responsibility, 1950. Preamble.
2) American Association of University Professors.
Academic Freedom, 1940
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