University of Colorado Adopts Policy Protecting Students’ Academic Freedom By Sara Dogan

The University of Colorado, until recently the academic home of infamous professor Ward Churchill, last month adopted the American Council on Education’s statement on Academic Rights and Responsibilities. This document was adopted as direct response to the Academic Bill of Rights which it echoes in specifically protecting the rights of students not to be indoctrinated by their professors and granting them access to grievance procedures to protest classroom mistreatment.

The American Council on Education (ACE) represents more than 1,600 college and university presidents and more than 200 related associations in the United States. Twenty-seven separate educational organizations, including the American Association of University Professors, signed on to the Statement on Academic Rights and Responsibilities when it was first adopted in June, 2005.

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