SENATE
Report of the 1999-2000 Senate Committee on Academic Freedom and Responsibility
May 26, 2000
The Committee met twice, once in June, and once in October. Both meetings were concerned with the election of the chair, and expressions of appreciation of the continuing excellent service of the secretary, Professor Jere Behrman.
The Committee reviewed its relationship to the school Committees and decided not to hold an informal meeting with CAFR chairs. Instead, the Committee distributed informational letters to members of the faculty, the deans, and CAFR chairs.
The Committee received no inquires or appeals of actions relating to issues of academic freedom; no inquiries were forwarded to the Committee from the Faculty Senate.
The Committee did not receive a response from the Senate Executive Committee in response to its report on Post-Tenure Review. A follow-up inquiry is planned.
--Oscar H. Gandy, Jr., Chair
Report of the 1998-1999 Senate Committee on Academic Freedom and Responsibility
May 10, 1999
The 1998-1999 Senate Committee on Academic Freedom and Responsibility (SCAFR) considered the following issues:
- The continuation of an academic freedom complaint from a member of the Medical School faculty. SCAFR wrote to the provost regarding this issue.
- Post-tenure review: a draft report on this was sent to the chair of the Senate Executive Committee.
- Two faculty members inquired of the chair about possible SCAFR involvement, but decided not to proceed to ask SCAFR to intervene.
--Susan Watkins, Chair
Almanac, Vol. 47, No. 3, September 12, 2000