An exchange of letters between the president of Temple University and the chairman of the AAUP committee on academic freedom and tenure is presented concerning the appropriateness of the association's censure of Temple on actions permitted under collective bargaining agreements. (MSE)

Accounts that illustrate the work of the American Association of University Professors in helping to bring cases to an appropriate resolution are presented. The volume of cases and complaints are published. Four statements of removal of censure are provided. (MLW)

Annual statistics reveal that calls upon the American Association of University Professors for mediative assistance increased sharply for the year ending May 1986. Judicial business, censure, and legislative business are discussed. (MLW)

The clause in the American Association of University Professors' 1940 statement on academic freedom and tenure requiring that limitations on faculty academic freedom for religious or other aims of the institution be specified in writing upon appointment is discussed in a Committee A subcommittee statement and in two other commentaries. (MSE)

To advocate replacement of traditional tenure arrangements by fixed-term contracts is a misreading of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act amendments, and may threaten academic freedom. (Author/MSE)

Complaints and cases handled by the American Association of University Professors from June 1, 1986-May 31, 1987 are described. Judicial business including case held over from the previous year, imposition of censure, deferred recommendations, and removal of censure are discussed. Open-meeting laws are reviewed. (MLW)

The American Association of University Professors' Committee A on Academic Freedom and Tenure reports on AAUP's priorities, imposition of censure, removal of censure, reports and authorization of subcommittees, institutional mergers and acquisitions, and judicially compelled disclosure. (MLW)

Three reports of the American Association of University Professors' Committee A on Academic Freedom and Tenure are presented. Actions taken against Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, Alabama State University, and Concordia Theological Seminary are described. (MLW)

The establishment of a regulation commission is proposed that would bolster the national character of the academic profession, assure administrators that valid administrative concerns can be accommodated, and allay faculty anxiety. (MLW)

Traces the debate over faculty tenure and academic freedom to a 1915 position statement, and examines six rhetorical techniques used consistently by tenure's critics. Concludes that the tenure debate is really about balance of power between administrators and faculty, and that the case for tenure rests on the belief that the permanent faculty is…

Proposed alternatives to the current tenure system are administratively, legally, and ethically unsatisfactory. If uncapping the retirement of faculty presents significant problems, which is not yet clear, the academic community would be better advised to explore voluntary early retirement programs and policies. (Author/MSE)

In response to a previous essay about problems with the tenure system, argues that while for many colleges and universities the tenure system is dysfunctional, arguments made against it based on educational history are mistaken, and the economic arguments are unsubstantiated. Also proposes that the arguments made against tenure exploit divisions…

Suggests that although the assault on tenure championed by the American Association for Higher Education's New Pathways Project has failed, there are more serious threats to tenure in the development of systems of "post-tenure review," and in the increased the use of "contingent," or part-time and non-tenure-track full-time,…