ADDENDUM

Academe, May/Jun 2006

The Greenville College administration's response to the draft copy of the report included a detailed critique of the text that was taken into account by the investigating committee in preparing the final version. The response also conveyed welcome news regarding actions to address what the administration saw as the Association's "two major concerns": Professor Eichhoefer's "substantive or due process rights" and a problem involving faculty rights generally through the lack of a hearing process preceding a dismissal for cause.

Regarding the first of these concerns, the administration reported (and Professor Eichhoefer's attorney has confirmed) that it "entered into a settlement with Dr. Eichhoefer dated March 15, 2006, so all of the issues relating to his personal legal and procedural rights are no longer in dispute."

Regarding the second concern. President Mannoia is "favorably disposed toward adopting procedures that align closely with those set forth in the AAUP's 1940 Statement of Principles on Academic Freedom and Tenure and the complementary 1958 Statement on Procedural Standards in Faculty Dismissal Proceedings. He has already invited the Faculty Review Committee to formulate suitable provisions and to bring a proposal to the Faculty Assembly for approval."