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POLICY OF THE FACULTY
On Faculty Rights and Responsibilities
[Adopted on June 5, 1969]
Wesleyan University subscribes to the "Statement
of Principles: Academic Freedom and Tenure" (1940) and the "Joint
Statement on Rights and Freedoms of Students" (1967), issued by the
American Association of University Professors. Wesleyan, moreover, regards the
proposition in the latter document that "the facilities and services of a
college should be open to all of its enrolled students" as vital to its
being and preeminently applicable to its academic courses and programs.
This assertion is not meant to trench on the
prerogative of an instructor to set academically relevant criteria of
eligibility for the courses that he/she offers, or to determine which students
have met them. No course or program shall be eligible for academic credit,
however, unless access thereto conforms with the aforesaid principle.
Any member of the University who feels that a
violation of this principle has taken place shall have the right of appeal to
the Faculty Committee on Rights and
Responsibilities as appropriate.
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