Academic Freedom

 Policy Category: Academic Affairs

Policy Number: 1.001

Policy Issued: 9/1/2011

Policy Revised: 1/10/2020

Policy Reviewed: 1/10/2020; 12/8/2025

Policy Title: Academic Freedom

Policy Board

Approved: 10/22/2020

Pages: 1

Hocking College is committed to Academic Freedom. Academic Freedom is the particular freedom of scholars, teachers, and students within the College to pursue knowledge, speak, write, and follow the life of the mind without unreasonable restriction. It is the freedom to be judged as scholar, teacher, or student, when such judgment is necessary, on the basis of legitimate intellectual and professional criteria, not personal beliefs, political views, or religious or other individual preferences, except as these may demonstrably affect intellectual and professional achievement.