This article presents three recent American Association of University Professors (AAUP) cases that involved the dismissal of a senior non-tenure-track member of the faculty. The most recent case resulted in the investigating committee's report on Nicholls State University, a regional public institution in Louisiana. Preceding Nicholls was an…

This article presents the address delivered by Roger Bowen, American Association of University Professors' (AAUP) general secretary, last fall to the Coalition of Faculty Associations of Western New York. The AAUP's history could be rendered in a series of biographies about academic dissenters who dared to speak truth to power. His address centers…

A federal judge and former college faculty member discusses issues and precedents in present court receptivity, or lack of it, to litigation by faculty against their institutions, primarily in employment discrimination and tenure cases. Recommendations are made for faculty to create a more favorable case if litigation is unavoidable. (MSE)

The actions of Clark College in terminating, for reasons of financial exigency, two faculty members previously granted indefinite tenure are reviewed according to the AAUP statement of principles and recommended institutional regulations on academic freedom and tenure, and procedural standards, and found to be in violation. (MSE)

A collection of anecdotes and ideas about tenure includes such topics as competition, faculty dismissal, job security, use of part-time faculty, governance, and the role of higher education. It ends with a call for a major task force effort to address the problem comprehensively. (MSE)

The American Association of State Colleges and Universities' recently revised policy concerning the termination of faculty in conditions of institutional financial exigency is criticized in the context of AAUP's stated guidelines and standards. (MSE)

The 1979 dismissals of three art department members, one tenured, are chronicled and examined. At issue were procedures for providing reasons upon request and opportunity for appropriate review, and breech of academic freedom in a professional dispute. Lack of a meaningful role for faculty in academic government is also discussed. (MSE)

The events and conditions surrounding the loss of tenure of a priest-faculty member who resigned the priesthood upon reassignment but wished to remain on the university faculty are outlined, and the results of the AAUP investigation of the situation are presented. (MSE)

An AAUP investigation of the dismissal, of three faculty members, who subsequently charged that their academic freedom had been violated and due process had been denied, is reported. (MSE)

When a large group of nontenured part-time English department faculty were summarily dismissed, a significant segment of the English curriculum was left largely unattended, and other problems arose throughout the institution. (MSE)

The trend toward extending nontenured faculty members' probationary periods beyond the traditional 6 years, is discussed, along with problems faced by faculty at the time of nonrenewal, implications for academic careers, and the issue of multiple standards for faculty evaluation within an institution. (MSE)

The case of a music faculty member's dismissal after 10 years of continuous full-time employment is chronicled, and these issues are discussed: probation, evaluation, and tenure; failure to reach a timely decision on tenure; action tantamount to dismissal for cause; other similar cases; and sex discrimination. (MSE)

The report of an American Association of University Professors' Committee A on Academic Freedom and Tenure concerning dismissal of a woman faculty member from a Catholic theological seminary based on an incident of activism finds that the school violated the woman's academic freedom and due process. The context and evolution of the case are…

The American Association of University Professors' committee investigations of faculty personnel matters at four colleges and universities and developments relating to censure of other institutions by the association are presented. (MSE)

The report of an AAUP committee's investigation of the termination of four tenured Temple University faculty members following an administration declaration of retrenchment is presented. (MSE)