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WHEREAS, the Academic Bill of Restrictions is based on political strategy, not a devotion to academic freedom;
WHEREAS, the best way to protect free speech and academic freedom is not to restrict free speech and academic freedom;
WHEREAS, real academic freedom comes from a classroom free of restrictions;
WHEREAS, good faculty members ought to be judged on whether their scholarship is strong under the standards of their academic discipline and whether they are good teachers – not on whether the views they express or include meet specific guidelines established by state legislatures,
WHEREAS, passage of the Academic Bill of Restrictions would force professors to favor political sensitivity over rigorous scholarship;
WHEREAS, our campus community strives to create a climate that maximizes each individual's ability to receive a quality education, which requires an institution in which diversity is embraced, valued, and celebrated;
WHEREAS, Maryville College currently has a institutional grievance procedure;
WHEREAS, students of Maryville College fall into the constituency of Senator Raymond Finney;
LET IT BE RESOLVED that we, the community of Maryville College, are against the ‘Academic Bill of Restrictions,’ filled under Tennessee House Bill 432 and Senate Bill 1117, and believe that instead of weakening the educational environment through censorship, it is important to protect free speech, which is vital to the academic community. |
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The Maryville College Democrats and College Republicans |
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