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Virginia Tech board must protect faculty members' academic freedom
This afternoon, ACTA dispatched an important letter to the Virginia Tech Board of Visitors. It said, in pertinent part:
The Board of Visitors has plenary authority for the university's promotion and tenure policies. The board is also responsible for safeguarding academic freedom and intellectual pluralism on campus -- the central tenets of the American university and the values underscored by Thomas Jefferson when he outlined the academic's duty to "follow truth wherever it may lead." Given these fiduciary responsibilities, and the well-documented concern that Virginia Tech's current and proposed policies constitute a significant departure from key principles of academic freedom and place the free exchange of ideas at risk, we ask that you call for a full and immediate review -- at the board level -- of all policies relating to tenure, promotion, and diversity.
For details about the policies, see the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education's letter to Virginia Tech's president, which we enclosed with our note to the board. We'll have more about this next week.
Posted by Charles Mitchell on March 27, 2009 at March 27, 2009 06:33 PM
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