Word: statements
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...statement, the dean said he had"encountered...a number of misunderstandings aboutthe role of the Advisory Committee [on RaceRelations], the Dean of the Faculty and others inmatters such as this...
...written statement released yesterday, Dean of the Faculty A. Michael Spence elaborated on his earlier comments that administrators have no right to infringe on the academic freedom of the classroom...
...Spence's statement addresses student charges that Winthrop Professor of History Stephan A. Thernstrom displayed racial insensitivity in some of his course lectures last semester. Spence first made his remarks at Tuesday's Faculty meeting, but did not allow the text to be quoted directly until yesterday afternoon...
...relevant aspects of academic freedom...is that within their area of professional expertise, instructors exercise full discretion over the content of lectures and the conduct of classroom discussion," the statement reads. "This implies that the deans and other members of a Faculty are not empowered to take actions that qualify or abridge the freedom of faculty members to teach their courses...
...Spence's statement says that Thernstrom hasbeen placed in "a difficult position" by thepublic nature of the charges and the lack of astatement to which he can respond. "At the moment,I am hoping that the students will write directlyto the faculty member," he said...