FREEDOM. 22.1 Every employee is entitled to exercise Academic Freedom in the performance of their duties. However, it is recognized Academic Freedom must be exercised responsibly and act within pertinent legislation. 22.2 People benefit from the search for knowledge and its free exposition. Academic freedom is essential to both these purposes in the teaching function of the College as well as in its scholarship and research. There shall be no infringement or abridgement of the academic freedom of any faculty member. 22.3 Academic freedom is the freedom to examine, question, teach, and learn, and it involves the right to investigate, speculate, and comment without regard to prescribed doctrine. Academic freedom ensures: (a) Freedom in the conduct of teaching and the performance of duties; (b) Freedom in undertaking research and publishing or making public the results thereof; and (c) Freedom from institutional censorship. 22.4 Academic Freedom carries with it the duty to use that freedom in a responsible way and in a manner consistent with the scholarly obligation to base teaching and research on an honest search for knowledge, and on the prescribed learning outcomes of the course outlines.
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