The following document is handed out to my classes each semester as part of my course packet. It was created with the help of a group of students that I taught in a special section of CSC101. The most important people at a university are the students. They are the reason for the university's existence, and should be the focus of the university's efforts.
Research is essential to a university education.
Students receive the best, most current education in an active and enthusiastic research environment. Whenever research is given a higher priority than education however, the university has lost sight of its purpose and its goal. Students have rights granted to them because they have paid tuition to receive an education. Students have the right to be taught in an understandable manner. The purpose of the teacher in a classroom is to help students to understand the course material, not to cause confusion.