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Censured Administrations

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 more than 150 other professional and educational organizations. The 1940 Statement of Principles on Academic Freedom and Tenure may be found in the May-June 1990 issue of Academe.

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 affect 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.

Developments Relating to Censure
 
Institution Name Academe Citation Year Censured
Grove City College (Pennsylvania) (March 1963, 15-24) 1963
Amarillo College (Texas) (September 1967, 292-302) 1968
Frank Phillips College (Texas) (December 1968, 433-38) 1969
Virginia Community College System (April 1975, 30-38) 1975
Concordia Seminary (Missouri) (April 1975, 49-59) 1975
Houston Baptist University (April 1975, 60-64) 1975
Murray State University (Kentucky) (December 1975, 322-28) 1976
Blinn College (Texas) (April 1976, 78-82) 1976
University of Osteopathic Medicine 
and Health Sciences (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
Wingate College (North Carolina) (May 1979, 251-56) 1979
Olivet College (Michigan) (April 1980, 140-50) 1980
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
Illinois College of Optometry (November-December 1982, 17a-23a) 1984
Metropolitan Community Colleges (Missouri) (March-April 1984, 23a-32a) 1984
Westminster College of Salt Lake City (November-December 1984, 1a-10a) 1985
Southwestern Adventist College (Texas) (January-February 1985, 1a-9a) 1985
Talladega College (Alabama) (May-June 1986, 6a-14a) 1986
Southern Nazarene University (Oklahoma) (November-December 1986, 7a-11a) 1987
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
New York University  (May-June 1990, 49-56) 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
Supplementary Report
(March-April 1995, 91-103) 1995
January-February 1998, 70-75 
Alaska Pacific University (May-June 1995, 32-39) 1995
Essex Community College (Maryland)  (May-June 1995, 40-50) 1995
St. Bonaventure University (New York) (July-August 1995, 65-73) 1996
Garland County Community College (Arkansas)  (May-June 1996, 41-46) 1996
Saint Meinrad School of Theology (Indiana) (July-August 1996, 51-60) 1997
Minneapolis College of Art and Design (May-June 1997, 53-58) 1997
Brigham Young University (Sept.-Oct 1997, 52-71) 1998
University of the District of Columbia (May-June 1998, 46-55) 1998
Lawrence Technological University (May-June 1998, 56-62) 1998
Mount Marty College (South Dakota) (May-June
1999, 51-59) 
1999
Johnson & Wales (Rhode Island) (May-June
1999, 46-50)
1999