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UC professors vote to speak more freely.(Newswatch)(Brief Article)
University of California professors voted to loosen rules on classroom discourse after weeks of controversy. The new policy replaces a nearly 70-year-old academic freedom statement that teaching ought to be "dispassionate" and concerned only with "the logic of facts."
The new policy recognizes that professors express opinions in class and aims to help students make informed, independent decisions. The policy also states that faculty members can be "urgently committed to a definite point of view."
Some parents are concerned that the policy makes it easier for professors to get away with indoctrinating students. "It is so loosely worded that it removes all classroom responsibilities from previous documents," ...
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