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Academe: Bulletin of the AAUP, 1980
The sequence of events and implications of the disciplinary dismissal of three faculty members of Philander Smith College are discussed with relation to the AAUP's 1940 Statement of Principles. It is concluded that faculty rights were violated by the administration and governing board. (MSE)
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, Administrative Policy, Case Studies, College Faculty

Sedgwick, Alexander; Lowery, Barbara – Academe, 1983
The course of enrollments, events, and decision-making leading up to the 1980 dismissal of five faculty at Goucher College is outlined in terms of: financial exigency, termination of tenured appointments, ruptures in due process and faculty participation, and absence of a decision for program discontinuance. (MSE)
Descriptors: Case Studies, College Administration, College Faculty, Contracts

Sedgwick, Alexander; Houska, Mary – Academe: Bulletin of the AAUP, 1979
On April 12, 1978 the president of Lynchburg College informed Professor Landphair that her domestic situation made it impossible for the college administration to renew her appointment. A report from the AAUP's Committee A on Academic Freedom and Tenure is provided including procedural and substantive issues, and conclusions. (MLW)
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, Case Studies, Church Related Colleges, College Faculty
Habecker, Eugene B. – 1980
Issues related to reevaluation of tenure at "Exeter College," a fictitious small, private college, are examined. Based on analysis of financial resources, students and faculty ratios, and systematic effects of tenure at Exeter, a mandate for tenure reevaluation was established. The following areas were reviewed: the relationship between tenure and…
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, Affirmative Action, Case Studies, Change Strategies