Professor Frank
ENC 1101
15 April 2016 Academic Freedom of Professors
Various constituencies make claims to academic freedom and freedom of speech in the academic community. Consequently, even professors, lawyers and judges "are not always clear whose academic freedom is at stake. The professional standard of academic freedom is defined by the 1940 Statement of Principles on Academic Freedom and Tenure which was developed by the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) and the Association of American Colleges and Universities. It is the fundamental statement on academic freedom for faculty in higher education. It has been endorsed by over 180 scholarly and professional organizations,