4.11 Rights and Responsibilities of Faculty Members

POLICY OVERVIEW

This policy, in accordance with Regents’ Rule 31004 - Rights and Responsibilities of Faculty Members, describes the rights and responsibilities of faculty members.

Faculty members have the following rights:

Full freedom in research and in the publication of research results;
Freedom in discussing his or her subject. Faculty members are expected not to introduce into their teaching controversial matter that has no relation to his or her subject; and
Freedom from institutional censorship or discipline when speaking or writing as private citizens.

Faculty members have the following responsibilities:

Teaching in the classroom, laboratory, seminar or clinical setting.
Making themselves available to students and other trainees to discuss questions, concerns or the progress of the student.
Studying, investigating, discovering, creating and developing professionally.
Performing curricular tasks auxiliary to teaching, research, and patient care, e.g., serving on faculty committees, attending to administrative and disciplinary tasks, fostering intellectual curiosity and integrity in the student body.
Using their professional expertise to benefit society.
When speaking or writing as a private citizen, the faculty member should make it plain that he/she is not a spokesperson for The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston.

For questions regarding this policy, contact the Office of Academic Affairs.

Updated 8/95, 08/07, 10/08