Sterling College

We, the faculty of Sterling College, recognizing that the education profession must accept responsibility for the conduct of its members, agrees to judge our colleagues and be judged by them in accordance with this Code.

We adopt the following three statements edited from the Council of the American Association of University Professors as premises for our Code:

1. The faculty's responsibility to defend its freedoms cannot be separated from its responsibility to uphold those freedoms by its own actions.
2. Membership in the academic community imposes on students, faculty members, administrators and trustees the following obligations:
   a. to respect the dignity of others;
   b. to acknowledge the right of others to express differing opinions; and
   c. to foster and defend intellectual honesty. freedom of inquiry and instruction, and free expression on and off campus.
3. Students are entitled to an atmosphere conducive to learning and to evenhanded treatment in all aspects of the teacher-student relationship.
   We affirm that the spirit of this Code is grounded in the Christian ethic of love for all persons and in individual responsibility to God and people. To this end, the aim of the Code is to encourage responsible actions, sensitivity, and mutual support among all members of the academic community.