The unanimous vote by the board, reaffirming its commitment to academic freedom at the state's institutions of higher education, comes after the BOG was widely criticized for failing to pass a similar resolution Aug. 9.
BOG Chairman Brad Wilson blamed the failure of the original resolution on procedural fine print.
"I think we all realize that last (month's) meeting was not our finest procedural hour," he said.
Wilson said that in the future BOG code will be consulted before any resolutions are considered, issues will be adequately researched and members will have written documents in front of them before a vote is taken.
"After we had taken action (on the original resolution), there was information that came to light," he said.
Wilson said the board's meeting in November will feature a supplemental session on parliamentary proceedings that all committee chairmen will be required to attend.
Academic freedom on UNC-system campuses first became an issue because of the controversy over UNC-Chapel Hill's summer reading of Michael Sells' "Approaching to Qur'
