Academic rights and Freedoms of Students

The University of Hawai'i, like all state universities, embraces those aspects of academic freedom that guarantee the freedom to teach and the freedom to learn. Free inquiry and free expression for both students and faculty are indispensable and inseparable. Students, whether from the United States or from foreign countries, as members of the academic community are encouraged to develop a capacity for critical judgment and to engage in a sustained and independent search for truth.

For its part, the University guarantees all students the freedom of silence. No student is required to engage in research on any topic or to make statements of any kind, unless it is the student's wish to do so.