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Article 5. Promotions. In determining promotions in the faculty, careful
consideration shall be given to the following factors:

a) the teaching ability of a candidate;

b) his research competence and productivity;

c) scholarly performance;

d) dedication to service;

e) evidence of educational interest and marked academic
growth;

f) community extension service;

g) moral integrity, and

h) meet the required number of points required for the
position per latest NBC on faculty reclassification.

In addition to the foregoing criteria, no person may be appointed
or promoted to professorship unless his record shows outstanding
achievement.

Article 6. Academic Freedom of Teachers. Members of the teaching staff
shall enjoy academic freedom. Academic freedom is the right of the
teacher to teach the subject of his specialization according to his best
lights; such ideas as he believes sincerely to be right; and to express his
opinions on public question in a manner that shall not interfere with his
duties as a member of the faculty or jeopardize his loyalty to the
University. Within this specific framework, the following principles are
hereby declared:

a) The University shall not impose any limitation upon a teacher’s
freedom in the exposition of his own subject in the classroom, in
addresses or in publications.

b) The University shall not place any restraint upon the teacher’s
freedom in the choice of subjects for research and investigation
undertaken on his own initiative.

c) Furthermore, the University shall recognize that the teacher, in
speaking or writing outside of the University upon subjects beyond
the scope of his own field of study, is entitled to the same freedom

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