- We're committed to the freedom for our faculty to pursue knowledge without fear of censorship or punishment.

And that hasn't changed, and it won't change.

Now, what has changed, of course, is the political climate that we live in.

And people being very critical of any teaching or research that they might not agree with.

Or people using teaching and research in such a way to promote a particular agenda, which is unfortunate.

But again, we live in this social media, politically polarized age.

And things are going to be taken out of context and for particular means.

But our commitment to academic freedom is not diminished.