University of Chicago Free Speech Alliance
About UChicago Free Speech
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Our Mission
The University of Chicago has long been a staunch advocate for free expression and open inquiry in the academic setting. The University’s dedication derives from its understanding of the purpose of a university. As the influential Kalven Report to the University in 1967 states, “The mission of the university is the discovery, improvement, and dissemination of knowledge. ” The report further declares, “A university, if it is to be true to its faith in intellectual inquiry, must embrace, be hospitable to, and encourage the widest diversity of views within its own community. ”
The University adopted the Kalven Report, which prohibits the University or its official units from taking political or social positions that might quell intellectual diversity within its community.