Academic Freedom, Tenure, and Due Process

This 1983 report concerns the administration of American International College's dismissal of a faculty member after thirteen years of service without setting forth specific cause for its action and without offering him a hearing and other safeguards of academic due process.

This 1980 report concerns the administration of Nichols College's dismissal of a faculty member prior to the expiration of his term of appointment, without providing him with the basic safeguards of academic due process.

This 1977 report concerns retrenchments at the State University of New York that were initiated by the University administration without appropriate consultation with the faculty and without any showing of a financial exigency. They were overseen by the administration with disregard for the rights of tenure, for due notice, and for the role of the faculty in institutional government.

This 1975 report concerns the administration of Murray State University's 1975 termination of the services of nine faculty members who had attained tenure without due process and in disregard of the role of faculty in reaching decisions of faculty status.

This 1975 report regards the administration of Concordia Seminary's 1972 termination of a faculty member based on outside ecclesiastical authorities' displeasure with his views on matters that fell within his academic competence, despite the recommendations of his colleagues and inadequate notice of the termination of his services.

This 1973 report discusses why tenure quotas are generally unwise. The report includes reasons for this opposition to quotas and identifies situations in which there is small prospect for significant growth of the faculty and other considerations may merit attention.

This 1968 report concerns the administration of Frank Phillips College's 1965 dismissal of a faculty member without providing cause, without academic due process, and without providing for any payment of salary beyond the date of notification of dismissal.

This 1964 statement clarifies those sections of the 1940 Statement of Principles on Academic Freedom and Tenure relating to the faculty member’s exercise of freedom of speech as a citizen. It concludes by emphasizing that in a democratic society, freedom of speech is an indispensable right of the citizen.

This 1957 set of regulations outlines recommended institutional processes that enable institutions to protect academic freedom, tenure, and to ensure academic due process. Revised and expanded periodically, last in 2023, the rules are set forth in language suitable for use by an institution of higher education.