AAUP National
October 25, 2018
Today the AAUP released an investigating committee report on the dismissals of two tenured faculty members and the nonrenewal of a tenure-track faculty member at St. Edward’s University (SEU) in Austin, Texas. The AAUP investigating committee found credible the claims of all three faculty members that their criticism of administrative decisions led to actions against them.
The investigating committee concluded that, in its action against the three professors, the SEU administration violated basic tenets of the joint 1940 Statement of Principles on Academic Freedom and Tenure and derivative procedural standards set forth in the Recommended Institutional Regulations on Academic Freedom and Tenure. The committee also concluded that current conditions for both academic freedom and shared governance at St. Edward’s University are abysmal and that the administration’s heavy-handedness has created widespread fear and demoralization among the faculty.
Read the full article here.