Policies on Academic Freedom, Dismissal for Cause, Financial Exigency, and Program Discontinuance
A central goal of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) is to protect academic freedom, tenure, and due process by assisting faculty governance bodies and AAUP chapters in their efforts to incorporate AAUP-recommended policies in faculty handbooks and collective bargaining agreeme...
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| Published in: | Academe 2020-07, Vol.106, p.50-65 |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | eng |
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| Summary: | A central goal of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) is to protect academic freedom, tenure, and due process by assisting faculty governance bodies and AAUP chapters in their efforts to incorporate AAUP-recommended policies in faculty handbooks and collective bargaining agreements. The AAUP achieves this goal in various ways, from directly assisting chapters and other faculty bodies in developing contract and handbook language to providing guidance on interpreting these policies. The enforcement of Association-recommended policies through the mechanism of investigation and censure plays a role in the adoption of such policies. Here, a statistical analysis is offered of the presence of AAUP-recommended policies on academic freedom, dismissal for cause, financial exigency, and program discontinuance in faculty handbooks and collective bargaining agreements. In the best of times, analysis of their prevalence could usefully inform the work of AAUP chapters, faculty governance bodies, and higher education unions, but given the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on campuses around the country, these data are now even more important to the advancement of the AAUP' principles and policies. |
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| ISSN: | 0190-2946 2162-5247 |