SR 14-01 - Support of AS 3197-14 on Academic Freedom

Approve Date: April 14, 2015
Senate Resolution File:
SR 14-01 Support of AS 3197-14 on Academic Freedom

Drafted By: Senate Executive Committee: Jeanne Grier, Stephen Clark, Cindy Wyels, Jim Meriwether, Simone Aloiso, John Yudelson, Colleen Delaney, Colleen Harris Keith, Antonio Jiménez Jiménez, Nancy Deans, Vanessa Bahena, Gayle Hutchinson, Genevieve Evans Taylor
Purpose: To support ASCSU’s position on a comprehensive CSU policy on academic freedom.

Senate Resolution

Resolution in Support of AS-3197-14
The Need for a Comprehensive California State University Policy on Academic Freedom

Whereas the last formal statement on academic freedom for the California State University was formulated in 1971; and
Whereas the Academic Senate CSU, in a resolution “The Need for a Comprehensive California State University Policy on Academic Freedom” (AS-3197-14/FA), approved on January 23, 2015, urged the Chancellor’s Office and the Board of Trustees to “draft a comprehensive California State University (CSU) policy on academic freedom”; therefore, be it
Resolved the Channel Islands Academic Senate endorse AS-3197-14; and be it finally
Resolved that this resolution be forwarded to the CSU Board of Trustees, Chancellor White, the CSU Academic Senate Chair, CI President Richard R. Rush, and each CSU Campus Senate Chair.