FUNDAMENTAL TENETS OF MEMBERSHIP IN THE UNIVERSITY COMMUNITY

THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN

Adopted by Senate Assembly
June 18, 1990

The University of Michigan is a community devoted to learning. Members of our community advance, preserve, and transmit knowledge through study, teaching, artistic expression, research, and scholarship. As a public university, we have a special obligation to serve the public interest.

All who join the University community gain important rights and privileges and accept equally important responsibilities. We believe in free expression. free inquiry, intellectual honesty, and respect for the rights and dignity of others. We respect the autonomy of each person's conscience in matters of conviction, religious faith, and political belief. We affirm the importance of maintaining high standards of academic and professional integrity. In defining the rights we enjoy and the responsibilities we bear, we must keep those basic principles in mind.

All members of the University have civil rights guaranteed by the Bill of Rights. Because the search for knowledge is our most fundamental purpose, the University has an especially strong commitment to preserve and protect freedom of thought and expression. Reasoned dissent plays a vital role in the search for truth; and academic freedom, including, the right to express unpopular views. is a cherished tradition of universities everywhere. All members of the University have the right to express their own views and hear the views of others expressed, but they must also take responsibility for according the same rights to others. We seek a University whose members may express themselves vigorously while protecting and respecting the rights of others to learn, to do research, and to carry out the essential functions of the University free from interference or obstruction.

 

 

FUNDAMENTAL TENETS OF MEMBERSHIP IN THE
UNIVERSITY COMMUNITY
Updated:  November, 2004

 

Architecture and Urban Planning - Ratified April 17, 1991

Art - Ratified November, 1990

Business School - Ratified December 18, 1990

Dentistry - Ratified December 17, 1990

Education - Ratified March 21, 1991

Engineering - Ratified December 18, 1990

Information and Library Studies - Ratified December, 1990

Kinesiology - Ratified March, 1991

Law - Ratified May 7, 2002

Literature, Science and the Arts - Ratified December 3, 1990

Medicine - Ratified April 16, 1991

Music - Ratified December 13, 1990

Natural Resources - Ratified December 12, 1990

Nursing - Ratified November, 1990

Pharmacy - Ratified May 3, 1991

Public Health - Ratified January 28, 1991

Social Work - Ratified November 21, 1990

University of Michigan-Dearborn - Ratified November 8, 1990

University of Michigan-Flint - Ratified January 24, 1991

 

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