Faculty at the Xavier University are assured of academic freedom – the right to freely study, discuss, investigate, teach, and publish – given the constraints of accepted standards of professional responsibility and within the constraints of the content- coordinated curriculum of the University. Professionally responsible behaviors include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Faculty members have the latitude to discuss and present their subjects in the classroom in their own style. Faculty must carefully present various scholarly views relating to their subjects and avoid presenting substantially unrelated material.
- Given their unique position of influence, faculty must ensure the accuracy of the information they convey and show respect for others’ opinions. When necessary, faculty must ensure that students are aware that their personal views are not necessarily the opinion of the University.
- Faculty must function with the understanding that:
- their actions and speech reflect on the University as an institution and thus can harm the reputation of the University and its affiliates; and
- they work as part of a multidisciplinary team with a goal of teaching within a content-coordinated curriculum. As such, faculty must conform their teaching to fit within the overall curriculum that has been established and work in conjunction with other faculty in this endeavor.