Committee A on Academic Freedom and Tenure

Report concerning academic freedom at Brigham Young University, a religiously affiliated university, and the denial of tenure.

Report regarding action taken by the administration of the Minneapolis College of Art and Design to dismiss five senior members of the faculty without cause and without hearings.

Report concerning the dismissal of a faculty member from the Saint Meinrad School of Theology for having signed an open letter to Pope John Paul II asking that continued discussion be permitted concerning the question of ordaining women to the priesthood.

Report regarding tenure and the lack of due process in dismissal proceedings at Garland County Community College, now National Park College.

Report addressing the applicability of the Standards for Notice of Nonreappointment to all full-time faculty members on renewable term appointments.

Report discussing the issues of financial exigency, due process, relocation, and program discontinuance at Alaska Pacific University

Report dealing with a declaration of financial exigency as justification for terminating the appointments of presumptively tenured faculty.

Report discussing the protections of academic due process in sexual harassment cases

Statement addressing campus speech codes and advises consideration of means more compatible with the mission of an academic institution by which to deal with incivility, intolerance, offensive speech, and harassing behavior.

Report discussing termination, claims of financial exigency, and academic governance and the climate for academic freedom at Benedict College.