Information about student views, beliefs, and political associations which professors acquire in the course of their work as instructors, advisers, and counselors should be considered confidential. Protection against improper disclosure is a serious professional obligation. Judgments of ability and character may be provided under appropriate circumstances, normally with the knowledge and consent of the student. In student affairs at Connecticut College certain standards must be maintained if the freedom of the students is to be preserved. A. Freedom of Association.
Students are free to organize and join associations to promote their common interests.
B. Freedom of Inquiry and Expression. They are always free to support causes by orderly means which do not disrupt the regular and essential operation of the college. In their public expressions or demonstrations, students or student organizations speak only for themselves. Students are allowed to invite and to hear any person of their own choosing. Those routine procedures required before a guest speaker is invited to appear are designed only to insure that there is orderly scheduling of facilities and adequate preparation for the next event, and that the occasion is conducted in a manner appropriate to an academic community.