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INVESTIGATIONS by the American Association of University Professors of the administrations of the institutions listed to the right 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 210 other professional and educational organizations. The 1940 Statement of Principles on Academic Freedom and Tenure can be found on the AAUP website 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 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.
Members of the Association have often shown their support of the principles violated by not accepting appointment to an institution 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 to make the proper decision.
The censured administrations, with dates of censuring, are listed to the right. Reports through 2009 were published as indicated by the AAUP Bulletin or Academe citations in parentheses following each listing. Beginning in 2010, reports were published online on the AAUP website in the indicated month and year, with printed publication following in the annual Bulletin of the AAUP. Reference should...