91̽»¨

As required by Ohio Revised Code section 3345.0216:

91̽»¨ declares...

• That it will educate students by means of free, open and rigorous intellectual inquiry to seek the truth;
• That its duty is to equip students with the opportunity to develop the intellectual skills they need to reach their own, informed conclusions;
• Its commitment to not requiring, favoring, disfavoring or prohibiting speech or lawful assembly;
• It is committed to create a community dedicated to an ethic of civil and free inquiry, which respects the autonomy of each member, supports individual capacities for growth, and tolerates the differences in opinion that naturally occur in a public higher education community; and,
• That its duty is to treat all faculty, staff and students as individuals, to hold them to equal standards and to provide them equality of opportunity, without regard to those individuals' race, ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression.

SB 1 requires that the above statement of commitment is included alongside the University mission statement in any place in which the mission statement appears. It also must be included in any solicitations and offers of admission to students and any offers of employment to faculty.