Academic Freedom and Tenure: Philander Smith College (Arkansas).

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ERIC Number: EJ225684

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Publication Date: 1980-May

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Academic Freedom and Tenure: Philander Smith College (Arkansas).

Academe: Bulletin of the AAUP, v66 n4 p198-206 May 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, Due Process, Higher Education, School Responsibility, Small Colleges, Teacher Discipline, Teacher Dismissal, Tenure

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive; Opinion Papers

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Language: English

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