Common use of Professional Rights Clause in Contracts

Professional Rights. Graduate student employees shall have reasonable latitude to exercise their professional judgment within their area of expertise in deciding how best to accomplish their assignments within the scope of the directions given by the individual's supervisor as well as fiscal and time constraints. In addition, graduate student employees shall receive appropriate acknowledgment of their projects or contributions to projects in such instances in which acknowledgment is customarily and publicly given by the University. Within the provisions of applicable laws and University policies and subject to paragraph one above, graduate student employees are entitled to freely express in their work environment their political beliefs and/or affiliations. However, they should be careful not to introduce matter unrelated to their subject persistently into their teaching. Nothing in this Article should be understood to abridge whatever rights of academic freedom the Trustees may allow to graduate student employees. The University shall compile and provide to GEO an annual report on the use of undergraduate teaching assistants. The first such report shall cover the 2000-01 academic year and shall be issued within six months of the signing of this Agreement.

Professional Rights. ‌ Graduate student employees shall have reasonable latitude to exercise their professional judgment within their area of expertise in deciding how best to accomplish their assignments within the scope of the directions given by the individual's supervisor as well as fiscal and time constraints. In addition, graduate student employees shall receive appropriate acknowledgment of their projects or contributions to projects in such instances in which acknowledgment is customarily and publicly given by the University. Within the provisions of applicable laws and University policies and subject to paragraph one above, graduate student employees are entitled to freely express in their work environment their political beliefs and/or affiliations. However, they should be careful not to introduce matter unrelated to their subject persistently into their teaching. Nothing in this Article should be understood to abridge whatever rights of academic freedom the Trustees may allow to graduate student employees. The University shall compile and provide to GEO an annual report on the use of undergraduate teaching assistants. The first such report shall cover the 2000-01 academic year and shall be issued within six months of the signing of this Agreement.