Senior Administrators

Senior Administrators

Senior administrator offices can play a coordinated role in supporting a faculty member targeted in relation to academic freedom. By working together, these offices reinforce a consistent, principled response that safeguards both the faculty member and the integrity of the academic community.

 

Circumstances can and do vary, and there is not a one size fits all solution. The information below offers general guidance that can be adapted to fit the situation.

Actions

Offer support, guidance and resources to individuals targeted on the basis of protected class (e.g., race, color, national origin, pregnancy, sex, age, disability, creed, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, veteran or military service status, marital status, political affiliation or political philosophy) and sexual misconduct.

Get a sense of the threat from the dean and provide support to the targeted individual and the targeted individual’s community (e.g., department/unit, lab/institute or college/school).

Provide leadership in messaging the centrality of academic freedom to the university’s mission and CU Boulder’s commitment to supporting the targeted individuals.

Inform the chancellor, if appropriate.

Provide legal advice to university administration, such as the provost’s office, the chancellor’s office, supervisors and deans, related to matters that may arise because of harassment.

Provide a sense of the threat and provide support to the targeted individual and the targeted individual’s community (e.g., department/unit, lab/institute or college/school).

Provide leadership in messaging the centrality of academic freedom to the university’s mission and CU Boulder’s commitment to supporting the targeted individuals.

Inform the president, if appropriate, who would then inform the regents.