Five Lessons for Campus Leaders: Academic Freedom, Shared Governance, and Tenure at an Historically Black University

Autor/in	Gasman, Marybeth
Titel	Five Lessons for Campus Leaders: Academic Freedom, Shared Governance, and Tenure at an Historically Black University
Quelle	In: Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning, 42 (2010) 6, S.54-57 (4 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0009-1383
Schlagwörter	Civil Rights; Tenure; Academic Freedom; African American Institutions; Governance; College Faculty; Black Colleges; Critical Incidents Method; Job Layoff; College Presidents; College Administration; Personnel Policy; Personnel Management; Labor Relations; Georgia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Bürgerrechte; Grundrechte; Zivilrecht; Amtszeit; Beschäftigungsdauer; Akademische Freiheit; Education; Educational policy; Financing; Steuerung; Bildung; Erziehung; Bildungspolitik; Finanzierung; Fakultät; Beurlaubung; College president; Hochschulpräsident; College administrators; Hochschulverwaltung; Personalpolitik; Personalmanagement; Arbeitsbeziehung
Abstract	On February 6, 2009, the president of Clark Atlanta University, an historically black institution in Atlanta, Georgia, terminated 55 full-time faculty members without notice. Many of these faculty members had tenure. These individuals, some of whom had worked at the university for over 15 years while making $45,000 a year as associate professors with tenure, were told to leave the institution immediately. As a result of President Carlton E. Brown's actions and at the request of Clark Atlanta University's current and fired faculty, the AAUP investigated the situation, eventually placing the Atlanta-based university on the organization's censure list. Since participating in the investigation last summer, the author has had time to reflect on the situation at Clark Atlanta University. She thinks there are some lessons to be learned from the institution's actions--lessons both for other HBCU leaders and for colleges and universities in general. In this article, the author discusses five lessons to be learned that might be helpful to other campus leaders. These include: (1) tell the truth; (2) respect tenure; (3) respect due process; (4) respect shared governance; and (5) foster a culture of debate and discussion. (Contains 6 resources.) (ERIC).
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Update	2017/4/10