Sentences with phrase «understanding of academic freedom»

1) As citizens engaged in a profession that depends upon freedom for its health and integrity, professors have an articular obligation to promote conditions of free inquiry and to further public understanding of academic freedom.

In addition, I am mindful that adopting the type of freedom I am proposing would most likely bring Notre Dame into conflict with the American Association of University Professors» understanding of academic freedom.

I find it incredible that a commitment to Christianity is supposed to be irrelevant to an understanding of academic freedom.

Curran is a dissident Catholic moral theologian who was effectively checked by Cardinal James Hickey of Washington when he tried to impose his understanding of academic freedom on Catholic University.

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Because there is only a small amount of academic literature on religious freedom (including virtually no mention of it in the four major academic human rights journals) the State Department should make a short - term commitment to provide seed funds to better understand the linkages between religious freedom, national economics, political development, and other fundamental liberties.

It is reassuring that many of our current religious organizations understand that our nondiscrimination policy poses no threat to their religious freedom,» Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Richard McCarty said in a press release.

Yet Notre Dame's description of «academic freedom and associated responsibilities» in its Faculty Handbook offers no indication that it is shaped by a distinctively Christian understanding of freedom.

Leaders should fiercely defend academic freedom and free speech, and honor diverse forms of scholarship — but they should also help everyone understand that such freedoms are coupled with deep responsibility and, when used as «cover» for manifestly hateful speech, will be met with equally strong speech representing other opinions (and sanctions, when appropriate).

During the award presentation, CIC President Richard Ekman noted that Chait «is a popular and gifted teacher... [and] an imaginative researcher who has created fresh understandings of critical campus issues, ranging from shared governance, to faculty employment and evaluation, to academic freedom.»