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 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 arising from the termination of the appointments of eighteen tenured faculty members, on grounds of financial exigency, at St. Bonaventure University.

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