Academic Freedom and Tenure: Emporia State University (Kansas)
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| Title: | Academic Freedom and Tenure: Emporia State University (Kansas) |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | American Association of University Professors (AAUP) |
| Source: | American Association of University Professors. 2023. |
| Availability: | American Association of University Professors. 1012 Fourteenth Street NW Suite 500, Washington, DC 20005. Tel: 800-424-2973; Tel: 202-737-5900; Fax: 202-737-5526; e-mail: academe@aaup.org; Web site: http://www.aaup.org |
| Peer Reviewed: | N |
| Page Count: | 16 |
| Publication Date: | 2023 |
| Document Type: | Reports - Descriptive |
| Education Level: | Higher Education Postsecondary Education |
| Descriptors: | Tenure, Academic Freedom, State Universities, College Faculty, COVID-19, Pandemics, Governing Boards, Teacher Dismissal, Standards, Universities, Compliance (Legal), Teacher Attitudes, College Admission, Financial Exigency, College Presidents, Civil Rights, Professional Associations, Human Resources |
| Geographic Terms: | Kansas |
| Abstract: | This report concerns the action taken on September 15, 2022, by the administration of Emporia State University to terminate the appointments of thirty tenured and tenure-track faculty members under a temporary "COVID-related workforce management policy" adopted by the Kansas Board of Regents (KBOR) in January 2021. The investigating committee concluded that the mass dismissal "is a signal event in American higher education" and in violation of several AAUP-recommended standards concerning academic freedom and tenure, such as the 1940 Statement of Principles on Academic Freedom and Tenure and Regulation 4 of the derivative Recommended Institutional Regulations on Academic Freedom and Tenure. Additionally, the report concludes that the Kansas Board of Regents actively enabled the administration of Emporia State University in these violations, and "initiated the process that assaulted tenure and imperiled academic freedom at Emporia State University." [The text of this report was written in the first instance by the investigating committee.] |
| Abstractor: | ERIC |
| Entry Date: | 2023 |
| Access URL: | https://www.aaup.org/file/Emporia_State_University_0.pdf |
| Accession Number: | ED629266 |
| Database: | ERIC |
| Abstract: | This report concerns the action taken on September 15, 2022, by the administration of Emporia State University to terminate the appointments of thirty tenured and tenure-track faculty members under a temporary "COVID-related workforce management policy" adopted by the Kansas Board of Regents (KBOR) in January 2021. The investigating committee concluded that the mass dismissal "is a signal event in American higher education" and in violation of several AAUP-recommended standards concerning academic freedom and tenure, such as the 1940 Statement of Principles on Academic Freedom and Tenure and Regulation 4 of the derivative Recommended Institutional Regulations on Academic Freedom and Tenure. Additionally, the report concludes that the Kansas Board of Regents actively enabled the administration of Emporia State University in these violations, and "initiated the process that assaulted tenure and imperiled academic freedom at Emporia State University." [The text of this report was written in the first instance by the investigating committee.] |
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