§ 263C.3 — Functions of the center

Iowa § 263C.3

• Jurisdiction: Iowa
• Title VII: EDUCATION, HISTORY, AND CULTURE
• Ch. 263C: CENTER FOR INTELLECTUAL FREEDOM

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1. The center shall provide scholarship in all of the following subjects:
a. The texts and major debates that form the intellectual foundation of free societies,
especially that of the United States.
b. The principles, ideals, and institutions of the American constitutional order.
c. The foundations of responsible leadership and informed citizenship.
2. The center shall offer university-wide programming related to the values of free speech
and civil discourse.
3. The center shall work to do all of the following:
a. Expand the intellectual diversity of the university’s academic community.
b. Foster civic engagement among university students and faculty.
c. Coordinate with the center for cyclone civics at Iowa state university and the center for
civic education at the university of northern Iowa to enable academic offerings that may be
offered to students at any of the regents institutions either in person or online.
4. The center, in collaboration with any of the regents institutions, may offer courses;
develop certificate, minor, and major programs as well as graduate programs; and offer
degrees.
5. Thecentershallofferatleastonethree-semestercredithourcourseinAmericanhistory
and civil government. If a regents institution has established general education requirements
forundergraduatestudentsthatincludeanAmericanheritagecourserequirement, thecenter
shall ensure that the course satisfies that requirement. The center shall coordinate with the
center for cyclone civics at Iowa state university and the center for civic education at the
university of northern Iowa to ensure that the course is offered to students at each regents
institution either in person or online.