PSU reworks ‘academic freedom’
Source: centredaily.com Posted By: tesee11 5065 days ago
Penn State’s academic freedom policy, which covers the sometimes sensitive issues of university governance and what is OK to discuss in class, recently received an update from the Faculty Senate and is headed to the university president for review.
The revisions to the policy, which was last updated in 1987, caught national attention and, in some cases, criticism.
The policy describes what academic freedom is and how it applies to faculty members’ work at the university, while doing research,....