14 Institutional Policies

ISU’s Land Acknowledgement Statement

This course, offered by ISU, is being held within the traditional lands of the Shoshone-Bannock and Paiute Peoples. It is important that we pay our respects to the Fort Hall Shoshone and Bannock peoples, their elders past and present, their future generations, and all Indigenous peoples, including those upon whose land the University is located.

ISU’s Academic Freedom and Responsibility Syllabus Statement

In carrying out its educational mission, Idaho State University is committed to adhering to the values articulated in Idaho State Board of Education Policy III.B. Membership in the academic community imposes on administrators, faculty members, other institutional employees, and students an obligation to respect the dignity of others, to acknowledge the right of others to express differing opinions, and to foster and defend intellectual honesty, freedom of inquiry and instruction, and free expression on and off the campus of an institution.