The Commitment to Academic Freedom and Tolerance

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 A Statement of Academic Values

We affirm that our primary purpose as an institution of higher learning is to foster the pursuit of truth by means of free, open, and rigorous intellectual inquiry.

We affirm our duty to equip students with the intellectual skills and diversity of perspectives they need to reach their own, informed conclusions on matters of social and political importance.

We affirm our commitment to create a community dedicated to an ethic of civil and free inquiry, which:

• respects the autonomy and freedom of conscience of each member,

• supports individual capacities for growth, and

• tolerates the differences in opinion that shall naturally manifest in a university community.

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