Report: Academic freedom and tenure: Johnson & Wales University (Rhode Island)

Academe, May/Jun 1999 by Yellowitz, Irwin, Breines, Winifred

1. The text of this report was written in the first instance by the members of the investigating committee. In accordance with Association practice, the text was then edited by the Association's staff, and, as revised, with the concurrence of the investigating committee, was submitted to Committee A on Academic Freedom and Tenure. With the approval of Committee A, the report was subsequently sent to the faculty members at whose request the investigation was conducted, to the administration of the university, and to other persons directly concerned in the report. In light of the responses received and with the editorial assistance of the Association's staff, this final report has been prepared for publication.

IRWIN YELLOWITZ (History) City College, City University of New York, Chair

WINIFRED BREINES (Sociology and Anthropology) Northeastern University

Investigating Committee

Committee A on Academic Freedom and Tenure has by vote authorized publication of this report in Academe: Bulletin of the AAUP.

ROBERT M. O'NEIL (Law), University of Virginia, Chair

Members: ANITA L. ALLEN (Law), University of Pennsylvania; JEFFREY HALPERN (Anthropology), Rider University; CANDACE C. KANT (Social Sciences), Community College of Southern Nevada; IRWIN H. POLISHOOK (History), Herbert H. Lehman College, CUNY; ROBERT C. POST (Law), University of California, Berkeley; LINDA RAY PRATT (English), University of Nebraska-Lincoln; WENDY W. ROWORTH (Art), University of Rhode Island; JOAN WALLACH SCOTT (History), Institute for Advanced Study; GERALD TORRES (Law), University of Texas at Austin; DONALD R. WAGNER (Political Science), State University of West Georgia; MARY A. BURGAN (English), AAUP Washington Office, ex off cio; JORDAN E. KURLAND (History and Russian), AAUP Washington Office, ex officio; JAMES T. RICHARDSON (Sociology and Judicial Studies), University of Nevada at Reno, ex officio; BERTRAM H. DAVIS (English), Florida State University, consultant; MATTHEW W. FINKIN (Law), University of Illinois, consultant; ROBERT A. GORMAN (Law), University of Pennsylvania, consultant;- LAWRENCE S. POSTON (English), University of Illinois at Chicago, consultant, WALTER P. METZGER (History), Columbia University, senior consultant BEULAH M. WOODFIN (Biochemistry), University of New Mexico, liaison from Assembly of State Conferences.