Fully committed to the values of freedom of inquiry in support of its educational mission, Brooks Institute subscribes to the following statement representing its view of academic freedom and responsibility:

Academic Freedom is the freedom for all 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. Academic Responsibility implies the faithful performance of academic duties and obligations, the recognition of the demands of the teaching profession and scholarly enterprise and the candor to make it clear that the individual is not speaking for the institution in matters of public interest particularly in areas of politics and commercial endorsements.

Faculty members, as teachers, are entitled to full freedom in research and in the publication of the results, subject to the adequate performance of their other academic duties. Thus, teachers are entitled to freedom in the classroom in discussing and in inviting discussion of their subject, but they should be careful not to introduce into their teaching any controversial matter, which has no relation to their subject. Faculty members are responsible to faithfully present course content that meets the requirements and learning objectives of syllabi that are approved by [the respective departments and the Academic Affairs Committee of the Faculty Senate].

Faculty members are citizens, members of a learned profession, and professional employees of our educational institutions. When they speak or write as citizens, they should be free from institutional censorship or discipline, but their special position in the community imposes special obligations. As scholars and educational professionals, they should remember that the public might judge their profession and their institution by their utterances. Hence they should at all times be accurate, exercise appropriate restraint, show respect for the opinions of others, and make every effort to indicate that they are not speaking for the institution.