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JOINT STATEMENT ON RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS OF STUDENTS 

The Joint Statement on Rights and Freedoms of Students was drafted as a cooperative project among national educational associations representing faculty members, students, and administrators. This effort began in the fall of 1966, and various interim drafts were published in educational journals and discussed by relevant groups from time to time. The University of Iowa recognized the value of this effort at an early date and approved the underlying principles before the final draft was ratified by the participating organizations in the fall of 1967. While the specific rules and procedures which govern the University, e.g. the Code of Student Life, the disciplinary procedures, and the Student Bill of Rights, are controlling, ever effort has been made to make them consistent with the Joint Statement. Inconsistencies among the specific rules and procedures are to be resolved in light of the fundamental principles enunciated in the Joint Statement. The text of the Joint Statement reads as follows:

PREAMBLE
Academic institutions exist for the transmission of knowledge, the pursuit of truth, the development of students and the general well-being of society. Free injury and free expression are indispensable to the attainment of these goals. As members of the academic community. students should be encouraged to develop the capacity for critical judgment and to engage in a sustained and independent search for truth. Institutional procedures for achieving these purposes may vary from campus to campus, but the minimal standards of academic freedom or students outlined below are essential to any community of scholars. 
Freedom to teach and freedom to learn are inseparable facets of academic freedom. The freedom to learn depends upon appropriate opportunities and conditions in the classroom, on the campus, and in the larger community. Students should exercise their freedom with responsibility. 
The responsibility to secure and to respect general conditions conductive to the freedom to learn is shared by all members of the academic community. Each college and university has a duty to develop policies and procedures should be developed at each institution within the framework of general standards and with the broadest possible participation of the members of the academic community. The purpose of this statement is to enumerate the essential provisions for student freedom to learn. 

I. FREEDOM OF ACCESS TO HIGHER EDUCATION
The admissions policies of each college and university are a matter of institutional choice provided that each college and university makes clear the characteristics and expectations of students which it considers relevant to success in the institution's program. While church related institutions may give admission preference to students of their own persuasion, such a preference should be clearly and publicly stated. Under no circumstances should a student be barred from admission to a particular institution on the basis of race. Thus, within the limits of its facilities, each college and university should be open to all students who are qualified according to its admission standards. The facilities are services of a college should be open to all of its enrolled students, and institutions should use their influence to secure equal access for all students to public facilities in the local community. 

II. IN THE CLASSROOM
The professor in the classroom and in conference should encourage free discussion, inquiry, and expression. Student performance should be evaluated solely on an academic basis. not on opinions or conduct in matters unrelated to academic standards. 

A. Protection of Freedom of Expression
Students should be free to take reasoned exception to the data or views offered in any course of study and to reserve judgment about matters of opinion, but they are responsible for learning the content of any course of study for which they are enrolled. 

B. Protection Against Improper Academic Evaluation
Students should have protection through orderly procedures against prejudiced or capricious academic evaluation. At the same time, they are responsible for maintaining standards of academic performance established for each course in which they are enrolled. 

C. Protection Against Improper Disclosure
Information about student views, beliefs, and political associations which professors acquire in the course of their work as instructors, advisers, and counselors should be considered confidential. Protection against improper disclosure is a serious professional obligation. Judgments of ability and character may be provided under appropriate circumstances, normally with the knowledge or consent of the student. 

III. STUDENT RECORDS
Institutions should have a carefully considered policy as to the information which should be part of a student's permanent educational record and as to the conditions of its disclosure. To minimize the risk of improper disclosure, academic and disciplinary records should be separate, and the conditions of access to each should be set forth in an explicit policy statement. Transcripts of academic records should contain only information about academic status. Information from disciplinary or counseling files should not be available to unauthorized persons on campus, or to any person off campus without the express consent of the student involved except under legal compulsion or in cases where the safety of persons or property is involved. No records should be kept which reflect the political activities or beliefs of students. Provisions should also be made for periodic routine destruction of noncurrent disciplinary records. Administrative staff and faculty members should respect confidential information about students which they acquire in the course of their work. 

IV. STUDENT AFFAIRS
In student affairs, certain standards must be maintained if the freedom of students is to be preserved. 

A. Freedom of Association
Students bring to the campus a variety of interests previously acquired and develop many new interests as members of the academic community. They should be free to organize and join associations to promote their common interests. 
1. The membership, policies, and actions of a student organization usually will be determined by vote of only those persons who hold bona fide membership in the college or university community. 
2. Affiliation with an extramural organization of itself disqualify a student organization from institutional recognition
3. If campus advisers are required, each organization should be free to choose its own adviser, and institutional recognition should not be withheld or withdrawn solely because of the inability of a student organization in the exercise of responsibility, but they should not have the authority to control the

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JOINT STATEMENT ON RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS OF STUDENTS The Joint Statement on Rights and Freedoms of Students was drafted as a cooperative project among national educational associations representing faculty members, students, and administrators. This effort began in the fall of 1966, and various interim drafts were published in educational journals and discussed by relevant groups from time to time. The University of Iowa recognized the value of this effort at an early date and approved the underlying principles before the final draft was ratified by the participating organizations in the fall of 1967. While the specific rules and procedures which govern the University, e.g. the Code of Student Life, the disciplinary procedures, and the Student Bill of Rights, are controlling, ever effort has been made to make them consistent with the Joint Statement. Inconsistencies among the specific rules and procedures are to be resolved in light of the fundamental principles enunciated in the Joint Statement. The text of the Joint Statement reads as follows: PREAMBLE Academic institutions exist for the transmission of knowledge, the pursuit of truth, the development of students and the general well-being of society. Free injury and free expression are indispensable to the attainment of these goals. As members of the academic community. students should be encouraged to develop the capacity for critical judgment and to engage in a sustained and independent search for truth. Institutional procedures for achieving these purposes may vary from campus to campus, but the minimal standards of academic freedom or students outlined below are essential to any community of scholars. Freedom to teach and freedom to learn are inseparable facets of academic freedom. The freedom to learn depends upon appropriate opportunities and conditions in the classroom, on the campus, and in the larger community. Students should exercise their freedom with responsibility. The responsibility to secure and to respect general conditions conductive to the freedom to learn is shared by all members of the academic community. Each college and university has a duty to develop policies and procedures should be developed at each institution within the framework of general standards and with the broadest possible participation of the members of the academic community. The purpose of this statement is to enumerate the essential provisions for student freedom to learn. I. FREEDOM OF ACCESS TO HIGHER EDUCATION The admissions policies of each college and university are a matter of institutional choice provided that each college and university makes clear the characteristics and expectations of students which it considers relevant to success in the institution's program. While church related institutions may give admission preference to students of their own persuasion, such a preference should be clearly and publicly stated. Under no circumstances should a student be barred from admission to a particular institution on the basis of race. Thus, within the limits of its facilities, each college and university should be open to all students who are qualified according to its admission standards. The facilities are services of a college should be open to all of its enrolled students, and institutions should use their influence to secure equal access for all students to public facilities in the local community. II. IN THE CLASSROOM The professor in the classroom and in conference should encourage free discussion, inquiry, and expression. Student performance should be evaluated solely on an academic basis. not on opinions or conduct in matters unrelated to academic standards. A. Protection of Freedom of Expression Students should be free to take reasoned exception to the data or views offered in any course of study and to reserve judgment about matters of opinion, but they are responsible for learning the content of any course of study for which they are enrolled. B. Protection Against Improper Academic Evaluation Students should have protection through orderly procedures against prejudiced or capricious academic evaluation. At the same time, they are responsible for maintaining standards of academic performance established for each course in which they are enrolled. C. Protection Against Improper Disclosure Information about student views, beliefs, and political associations which professors acquire in the course of their work as instructors, advisers, and counselors should be considered confidential. Protection against improper disclosure is a serious professional obligation. Judgments of ability and character may be provided under appropriate circumstances, normally with the knowledge or consent of the student. III. STUDENT RECORDS Institutions should have a carefully considered policy as to the information which should be part of a student's permanent educational record and as to the conditions of its disclosure. To minimize the risk of improper disclosure, academic and disciplinary records should be separate, and the conditions of access to each should be set forth in an explicit policy statement. Transcripts of academic records should contain only information about academic status. Information from disciplinary or counseling files should not be available to unauthorized persons on campus, or to any person off campus without the express consent of the student involved except under legal compulsion or in cases where the safety of persons or property is involved. No records should be kept which reflect the political activities or beliefs of students. Provisions should also be made for periodic routine destruction of noncurrent disciplinary records. Administrative staff and faculty members should respect confidential information about students which they acquire in the course of their work. IV. STUDENT AFFAIRS In student affairs, certain standards must be maintained if the freedom of students is to be preserved. A. Freedom of Association Students bring to the campus a variety of interests previously acquired and develop many new interests as members of the academic community. They should be free to organize and join associations to promote their common interests. 1. The membership, policies, and actions of a student organization usually will be determined by vote of only those persons who hold bona fide membership in the college or university community. 2. Affiliation with an extramural organization of itself disqualify a student organization from institutional recognition 3. If campus advisers are required, each organization should be free to choose its own adviser, and institutional recognition should not be withheld or withdrawn solely because of the inability of a student organization in the exercise of responsibility, but they should not have the authority to control the 27