Members of the AAUP's staff, acting on behalf of Committee A on Academic Freedom and Tenure, communicate during the course of each year with administrations under censure. A summary of developments at institutions on the list of Censured Administrations is presented. (Author/MLW)

When institutional mergers or absorptions occur, the American Association of University Professors is concerned that: (1) the faculty participate in decisions affecting academic programs and faculty status, and (2) the principles of academic freedom and tenure be safeguarded and the terms of faculty appointment be honored as fully as possible.…

Forty-six institutions whose administrations have been censured by the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) for failure to observe generally recognized principles of academic freedom and tenure endorsed by AAUP are listed. (JMF)

An AAUP investigating committee report is presented concerning the dismissal of Professor Erwin D. Harris from his position as a tenured member of the faculty at Bridgewater State College. (MLW)

The members of an ad hoc investigating committee visited Yeshiva University to interview three faculty members whose appointments were terminated, two former deans, the faculty members' departmental chairmen, and other faculty colleagues. The issues involved in the termination of the three appointments are discussed. (MLW)

On June 2, 1978, four faculty members at Florida Memorial College were informed that their appointments were not renewed. The standards for notice of nonreappointment at the college were changed but the action was not reported to the faculty. An investigation by the American Association of University Professors is reported. (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)

Issues in disclosure of faculty positions in nonrenewal of faculty appointments are addressed. It is concluded that disclosure is a faculty right; institutions should be free of external constraints in making decisions; and courts should only investigate procedures, statistical and anecdotal evidence of discrimination, and reasons in defense of…

A revamping of the operation of the current academic labor market by drawing upon the system found in professional sports is suggested. To stimulate thought, it is proposed that rules governing free agency, professor reservation, first refusal, trading, and salary arbitration be applied to higher education to replace current, outdated procedures.…

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)

On July 1, 1979, Harris-Stowe College in St. Louis, was transferred from city to state control, becoming Harris-Stowe State College. Resulting issues are discussed, including the lack of retention of two faculty members, Bob Harold Leftwich and Jo Beth Creighton, who requested assistance from the American Association of University Professors.…

The question of faculty being evaluated by students remains central to the well-being of academia for one reason: such evaluations dictate behavior. The threat that these evaluations will be used to deny promotion or tenure leads one to assume some will yield to the temptation of pleasing their judges. (MLW)

The activities of AAUP's Committee A during 1978-79 centered on the problems of financing and tenure, including a statement on academic freedom and due process for faculty members forced into early retirement. The disposition of specific cases handled by the committee are outlined. (JMF)

The dismissal of six faculty members (all of whom had served beyond the seven-year maximum probationary period) are examined by AAUP's Committee A in terms of tenure, academic due process, adequacy of notice, and conditions for academic freedom. Wingate's president termed the action a decision not to renew one-year contracts. (AF)

The sequence of events and implications of the disciplinary dismissal of three faculty members of Philander Smith College are discussed with relation to the AAUP's 1940 Statement of Principles. It is concluded that faculty rights were violated by the administration and governing board. (MSE)