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UA F SCHOOL OF
management
March 10, 2017
School of Management University of Alaska Fairbanks 2 d Bunnell Building P.O, Box 756080 Fairbanks, Alaska 99775-6080
907 474-7461 FAX 9 0 ; 474-5-219 www.uaf.edu/sorn
Brian T. Hope Acting Director, U S EPA OR Scott Pruit The United States Environmental Protection Agency 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, N W Washington, DC 20460
Dear U S EPA Director or Designate
Thank you for retuning my book and letter with your explanation, all o f which are enclosed, o f why you had to return it back to me I appreciate your thoroughness in this matter However, I would like to disagree with your interpretation o f the law Please consider the following
According to my union contract, which is a federally enforceable contract under federal labor laws, there is stated on page 8. Article 6 under Academic Freedom and Responsibilitv the following:
6.1 The University and United Academics agree that academic freedom is essential to the mission of the University and that providing an environment of free and honest inquiry is essential to its functioning Nothing contained in this Agreement shall be construed to limit or abridge any individual's right to free speech or to infringe upon the academic freedom of any member of the l mversity community
And
6.3 The University of Alaska and United Academics endorse the " 1940 Statement of Principles on Academic Freedom and Tenure with 1970 Interpretive Comments," issued by the American Association of University Professors and the Association o f American Colleges, .
Furthermore, the American Association o f University Professors (AAUP) the " 1940 statement o f Principles on Academic Freedom and Tenure, is the following.
P 14, 1st column: Also there have been relevant developments in the law itself reflected a growing insistence by the courts on due process within the academic community which parallels the essential concepts o f the 1940 "Statement" particularly relevant is the identification o f the supreme court o f academic freedom as a right protected by the first amendment As the Supreme Court said in Keyishian v board o f regents, 385, U S 589 ( 1967), "Our nation is deeply committed to safeguarding academic freedom, which is o f transcendent value to all o f us and not merely to the teachers concerned That freedom is therefore a special concern o f the First Amendment, which does not tolerate I cast a pall o f orthodoxy over the classroom '
U N I V E R S I T Y OF A L A S K A F A I R B A N K S