All AAUP Policies & Reports

This 2001 report concerns action taken by the administration of Charleston Southern University to dismiss a faculty member for cause in the middle of his eleventh year on the faculty in violation of his academic freedom, and the nonreappointment of another after six years of faculty service.

This 2000 statement addresses recent cases undermining tenure considered by Committee A involving proposals that prospective faculty members accept renewable term appointments and forgo consideration for tenure and/or that current faculty members renounce tenure in return for some advantage, such as a higher salary, accelerated leave, or other pecuniary consideration.

This 2000 report concerns the action taken by the administration of Miami-Dade Community College to abolish the existing system of academic government at the institution following a faculty vote in favor of collective bargaining and to replace it with a wholly new system of governance.

This 2000 report addresses the government’s rules for protecting human beings who are the subjects of social science research and how their implementation interacts with academic freedom. It offers suggestions for the improvement of IRB practices and recommendations.

This 2000 report addresses four issues at Albertus Magnus College: the procedures used by the administration to decide that Professor Michael J. Hartwig was not to be reappointed, his suspension, the reasons for the actions against Professor Hartwig, and the implications of these reasons for academic freedom.

This 1999 report discusses serious challenges faced by medical schools and why it is necessary to observe three basic principles of academic freedom: freedom to inquire and to publish, freedom to teach, and freedom to question and criticize.

This 1999 report discusses what post-tenure review should be and not be and its impact on academic freedom. It includes guidelines for deciding whether to establish a formal system and minimum standards for good practice.

This 1999 statement explains faculty members’ basic rights of ownership of their intellectual property, prevailing academic practice, and exceptions in which colleges and universities may fairly claim full or partial ownership of works created by faculty members.

This 1999 report addresses “state-mandated” assessment of higher education, including attempts to measure learning outcomes and includes recommendations on standards that should be observed when developing an assessment plan. It also incorporates relevant Association policy and highlights the issues involved.

This 1999 report addresses the decision of the Johnson & Wales University administration not to renew the appointments of Professors Stephen J. Nelson and Korynne Taylor-Dunlop and concerns issues of opportunity for review, adequacy of notice, and academic freedom.

This 1998 report concerning the actions by the administration of the University of the District of Columbia to terminate the appointments of 125 faculty members with six weeks of severance salary, without any attempt to demonstrate the need for massive terminations and disregarding AAUP governance standards.

This 1998 report concerns the actions taken by the administration of Lawrence Technological University regarding the appointment termination of Professor Ernest L. Maier following a decision to discontinue the undergraduate programs in business management.