Eastern Mennonite University’s mission is to equip students to think, serve, and lead in a global context. As a Christian university, EMU serves its denomination, the broader church, and the common good through the acquisition and dissemination of disciplined knowledge and reflective practice. In order to carry out its educational mission, EMU is committed to maintaining a community of learning where all members ‐‐ faculty, staff, and students alike ‐‐ are free to pursue truth in all disciplines and modes of inquiry, and are protected from internal or external influences that would restrict them from the responsible exercise of truth‐seeking.
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Our Christian university serves the church and the common good both by transmitting and by critically challenging received traditions of human knowledge. Because debates regarding traditional wisdom can be perceived as threatening and may often involve trial and error, community members shall exercise academic freedom responsibly in a spirit of civility, humility, respect, and care for the common good. Specifically, EMU expects that academic freedom be exercised within the context of the university’s Life Together Commitments, Non-Discrimination Policy, Bias Response Policy and Procedure, Relationship Violence and Sexual Misconduct Policy, and other policies related to workplace safety and campus community. When so exercised, academic freedom reflects and extends EMU’s core Christian values of discipleship, community, and service.
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Academic Freedom Task Force, March 15, 2016
Provost’s Council, March 16, 2016
Board of Trustees, June 25, 2016
Revised, Provost's Council, April 30, 2020
Academic Freedom Procedures
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- Counseling Center (http://www.emu.edu/studentlife/counseling/)
Faculty Senate Academic Subcommittee
Faculty policies: Hiring, Contract Reviews and Promotions
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Last Revised April 30, 2020, Provost's Council
Responsible party
The provost is responsible for this policy.
Policy Review
This policy is to be reviewed every three years.
Distribution
Employee Handbook, Student Handbooks
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