The Regents of the University of Minnesota reaffirm the principles of Academic Freedom and Responsibility. These are rooted in the belief that the mind is ennobled by the pursuit of understanding and the search for truth, and the state well served when Instruction is available to all at an institution dedicated to the advancement of learning. These principles are also refreshed by the recollection that there is COMMUNE VINCULUM OMNIBUS ARTIBUS--a common bond through all the arts.

Academic Freedom is the freedom to discuss all relevant matters in the classroom, to explore all avenues of scholarship, research and creative expression and to speak or write as a public citizen without institutional discipline or restraint. Academic Responsibility implies the faithful performance of academic duties and obligations, the recognition of the demands of the scholarly enterprise and the candor to make it clear that the individual is not speaking for the institution in matters of public Interest.

[Questions regarding academic freedom or academic responsibility shall be resolved in accordance with the "Regulations Concerning Faculty Tenure" or other applicable University procedures.]