Censured Administrations

Academe, Mar/Apr 2006

Investigations by the American Association of University Professors of the administrations of the institutions listed below show that, as evidenced by a past violation, they are not observing the generally recognized principles of academic freedom and tenure endorsed by this Association, the Association of American Colleges and Universities, and over 180 other professional and educational organizations. The 1940 Statement of Principles on Academic Freedom and Tenure can be found on the AAUP Web site at www.aaup.org.

This list is published for the purpose of informing Association members, the profession at large, and the public that unsatisfactory conditions of academic freedom and tenure have been found to prevail at these institutions. Names are placed on or removed from this censure list by vote of the Association's annual meeting.

Placing the name of an institution on this list does not mean that censure is visited either upon the whole of the institution or upon the faculty, but specifically upon its present administration. The term "administration" includes the administrative officers and the governing board of the institution. This censure does not affect the eligibility of nonmembers for membership in the Association, nor does it afreet the individual rights of members at the institution in question.

Members of the Association have often considered it to be their duty, in order to indicate their support of the principles violated, to refrain from accepting appointment to an institution so long as it remains on the censure list. Since circumstances differ widely from case to case, the Association does not assert that such an unqualified obligation exists for its members; it does urge that, before accepting appointments, they seek information on present conditions of academic freedom and tenure from the Association's Washington office and prospective departmental colleagues. The Association leaves it to the discretion of the individual, possessed of the facts, to make the proper decision.

The censured administrations, with dates of censuring, are listed below. Reports were published as indicated by the Bulletin or Academe citations in parentheses following each listing. Reference should also be made to "Developments Relating to Censure by the Association" and to the "Report of Committee A," each of which appears annually in Academe.

Grove City College (Pennsylvania) (March 1963, 15-24).......... 1963

Frank Phillips College (Texas) (December 1968, 433-38) ......... 1969

Concordia Seminary (Missouri) (April 1975, 49-59) ............. 1975

Murray State University (Kentucky) (December 1975, 322-28). .... 1976

Des Moines University-Osteopathie Medical Center (Iowa) (April 1977, 82-87) ..................................... 1977

State University of New York (August 1977, 237-60) ........... 1978

Phillips Community College of the University of Arkansas (May 1978, 93-98)...................................... 1978

Nichols College (Massachusetts) (May 1980, 207-12)............. 1980

Yeshiva University (New York) (August 1981, 186-95). .......... 1982

American International College (Massachusetts) (May-June 1983, 42-46). .............................................. 1983

Metropolitan Community Colleges (Missouri) (March-April 1984, 23a-32a). ........................................ 1984

Westminster College (Utah) (November-December 1984, Ia-IOa). ......................................... 1985

Talladega College (Alabama) (May-June 1986, 6a-14a) ........... 1986

Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico (May-June 1987, 33-38)............................................... 1987

Husson College (Maine) (May-June 1987, 45-50) ............... 1987

Hillsdale College (Michigan) (May-June 1988, 29-33). ........... 1988

Maryland Institute, College of Art (May-June 1988, 49-54) ...... 1988

Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary (North Carolina) (May-June 1989, 35-45) ................................. 1989

The Catholic University of America (September-October 1989, 27-40). .............................................. 1990

Dean College (Massachusetts) (May-June 1991, 27-32) ........... 1992

Baltimore City Community College (May-June 1992, 37-41) .... 1992

Loma Linda University (California) (May-June 1992, 42-49) ...... 1992

Clarkson College (Nebraska) (May-June 1993, 46-53). ........... 1993

North Greenville College (South Carolina) (May-June 1993, 54-64). .............................................. 1993

Savannah College of Art and Design (May-June 1993, 65-70) .... 1993

University of Bridgeport (November-December 1993, 37-45)..... 1994

Benedict College (South Carolina) (May-June 1994, 37-46) ....... 1994

Nyack College (New York) (September-October 1994, 73-79) ..... 1995

Bennington College (March-April 1995, 91-103) ............... 1995

Alaska Pacific University (May-June 1995, 32-39) ............. 1995

Community College of Baltimore County-Essex (Maryland) (May-June 1995, 40-50) ................................. 1995

St. Bonaventure University (New York) (July-August 1995, 65-73). .............................................. 1996