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RIGHTS OF OTHERS BASED ON THE NATURE OF THE EDUCATIONAL PROCESS
All members of the University community have responsibilities and rights based upon the nature of the educational process and the requirements of the search for truth and its free presentation. These rights and responsibilities include:

  • Obligation to respect the freedom to teach, to learn, and to conduct research and publish findings in the spirit of free inquiry. Institutional censorship and individual or group intol- erance of the opinions of others are inconsistent with this freedom;
  • Obligation not to interfere with the freedom of members of the University to pursue normal academic and administrative activities;
  • Obligation not to infringe upon the right of all members of the campus to privacy in offices, laboratories, and residence hall rooms, and in the keeping of personal papers, confidential records, and effects, subject only to the general law and University regulations;
  • Obligation not to interfere with the right to hear and study unpopular and controversial views on intellectual and public issues;
  • Right to identify oneself as a member of the University com- munity and a concurrent obligation not to speak or act on behalf of the institution without authorization;
  • Right to recourse if another member of the University com- munity is negligent or irresponsible in performance of his/her responsibilities, or if another member of the campus represents the work of others as his/her own;
  • Right to be heard and considered at appropriate levels of the decision-making process about basic policy matters of direct concern.

Members of the University community who have a continuing association with the institution have an especially strong obligation to maintain an environment conducive to respect for the rights of others and fulfillment of academic responsibilities. The Administration has a particular responsibility to protect the integrity of the academic process from external and internal attacks and to prevent the political or financial exploitation of the University by any individual or group.

RIGHTS OF THE INSTITUTION
The institution, and any division or agency that exercises direct or delegated authority for the institution, has rights and responsibilities of its own. The rights and responsibilities of the institution include:

  • Right and obligation to provide an open forum for members of the University community to present and debate public issues;
  • Right to prohibit individuals and groups who are not mem- bers of the University community from using its name, its finances, and its physical and operating facilities for com- mercial or political activities;
  • Right to prohibit members of the University community from using its name, its finances, or its physical and operating faci- lities for commercial activities;
  • Right and obligation to provide, for members of the University community, the use of meeting rooms under the rules of the University, including use for political purposes such as meet- ings of political clubs; to prohibit use of its rooms by individual members or groups of members on a regular or prolonged basis as free headquarters for political campaigns; and to prohibit use of its name, its finances, and its office equipment and supplies for any partisan political purpose at any time;
  • Right to require that persons on University property identify themselves by name and address, and state what connec - tion, if any, they have with the University;
  • Right to set reasonable standards of conduct in order to safeguard the educational process and to provide for the safety of members of the University community and the insti- tution's property.

 

 
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