PREAMBLE
PREAMBLE
Temple and TAUP endorse the following:
This Agreement, which is between Temple and TAUP, representing faculty, academic professionals and librarians, seeks to further academic excellence, assure fair and reasonable conditions of employment, and promote procedures for peaceful solution of disputes.
The teacher is entitled to full freedom in research and in the publication of the results, subject to the adequate performance of their other academic duties; but research for pecuniary return should be based upon an understanding with the authorities of the institution.
The teacher is entitled to freedom in the classroom in discussing their subject, but they should be careful not to introduce into their teaching controversial matter which has no relation to their subject. Limitations of academic freedom because of religious or other aims of the institution should be clearly stated in writing at the time of the appointment.
The college or university teacher is a citizen, a member of a learned profession and an academic leader in an educational institution. When they speak or write as a citizen, they should be free from institutional censorship or discipline; but their special position in the community imposes special obligations. As a scholar and an academic leader, they should remember that the public may judge their profession and their institution by their utterances. Hence, they should at all times be accurate, should exercise appropriate restraint, should show respect for the opinions of others, and should make every effort to indicate that they are not speaking for the institution.
The parties agree that Academic Freedom as described in the Preamble shall apply to the adjunct faculty only in performance of their assigned duties at Temple University as explicitly stated in the terms of their current appointment. In speaking and writing outside the university, a faculty member shall not attribute their personal views as those of the university unless expressly authorized in writing by the university to do so.
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