Investigations

Academic Freedom and Tenure: Dean Junior College

Report concerning the actions of the administration of Dean Junior College in terminating the services of two faculty members without academic due process.  This action was based significantly on the administration's displeasure with their college activities, involving dissent against the administration, that warranted protection under principles of academic freedom.

Academic Freedom and Tenure: Catholic University of America

Report discussing due process and tenure and academic freedom at a Catholic institution with a unique governance structure.

Academic Freedom and Tenure: Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary

Report regarding the administration of the Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary's elimination of the appropriate faculty role in making new appointments and has placed academic freedom in peril at the institution by restricting further faculty appointments to those holding a particular and narrowly construed ideological stance.

College and University Government: Lindenwood College

Report concluding that conditions for academic governance at Lindenwood College are truly deplorable.

College and University Government: Elmira College

Report dealing primarily with conditions of academic government at Elmira College, particularly relations among the faculty, the chief academic officers, and the governing board.

Academic Freedom and Tenure: Hillsdale College

Report dealing with the denial of due process and lack of protections of academic freedom at Hillsdale College.

Academic Freedom and Tenure: Husson University

Report concerning Husson College's policies on tenure failing to set a maximum period for probationary service and its neglect of the safe guards of academic freedom..

Academic Freedom and Tenure: Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico

Report regarding the lack of due process in the suspension and termination of a tenured faculty member and the lack of academic freedom at a religiously affiliated institution.

Academic Freedom and Tenure: Talladega College

Report dealing with actions taken by the administration of Talladega College in late May 1985 to terminate the services of three professors without affording them the protections of due process

Academic Freedom and Tenure: Metropolitan Community Colleges

Report concerning the claims of financial exigency, the administration of the Metropolitan Community Colleges sought to layoff 21 tenured faculty members, while retaining part-time faculty and suspending two academic programs.

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