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President Wente and Provost Gillespie announced today that the Board of Trustees has adopted the Statement on Freedom of Expression and Academic Freedom. As their announcement notes, this is important not only because of the substance of the statement, but also because of the campus process that culminated in this approval. This was an innovative cross-campus effort that modeled priorities of the Strategic Framework.
This moment reflects not simply the conclusion of a careful drafting process, but a profound collective affirmation that freedom of expression and academic freedom are indispensable to who we are and aspire to be as a University.