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Adoptions of an Official Position of Institutional Neutrality

Institutional Neutrality is the idea that colleges and universities should not, as institutions, take positions on social and political issues unless those issues “threaten the very mission of the university and its values of free inquiry.” Instead, these discussions should be left to students and faculty. 

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The following institutions have adopted an official position of institutional neutrality substantially similar to the principles set forth in the University of Chicago’s Kalven Report. 

  1. Claremont McKenna College

  2. The University of North Carolina System

  3. Vanderbilt University  

  4. The University of Wyoming

  5. Columbia University

  6. Utah State University

  7. College of the Holy Cross

  8. Harvard University

  9. Syracuse University

  10. Stanford University

  11. Purdue University

  12. Clark University

  13. Johns Hopkins University

  14. Emerson College

  15. University of Southern California

  16. The University of Texas System

  17. University of Colorado Boulder

  18. University of Alabama System

Read more about FIRE's stance on institutional neutrality and the Kalven Report

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