Editor's Note: The following is reprinted from AAUP's July 2004 issue of Academe with the permission of the AAUP. A more detailed history of the censure list can be found on the AAUP web site, <www.aaup.org>.

Investigations by the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) of the administrations of the institutions listed below show that, as evidenced by a past violation, they are not observing the generally recognized principles of academic freedom and tenure endorsed by the AAUP, the Association of American Colleges and Universities, and more than 180 other professional and educational organizations. The 1940 Statement of Principles on Academic Freedom and Tenure may be found at <www.aaup.org>.

This list is published for the purpose of informing AAUP members, the profession at large, and the public that unsatisfactory conditions of academic freedom and tenure have been found to prevail at these institutions. Names are placed on or removed from this censure list by vote of the AAUP's annual meeting.

Placing the name of an institution on this list does not mean that censure is visited either upon the whole of the institution or upon the faculty, but specifically upon its present administration. The term “administration” includes the administrative officers and the governing board of the institution. This censure does not affect the eligibility of nonmembers for membership in the AAUP, nor does it affect the individual rights of members at the institution in question.

Members of the AAUP have often considered it to be their duty, in order to indicate their support of the principles violated, to refrain from accepting appointment to an institution so long as it remains on the censure list. Since circumstances differ widely from case to case, the AAUP does not assert that such an unqualified obligation exists for its members; it does urge that, before accepting appointments, they seek information on present conditions of academic freedom and tenure from the AAUP's Washington office and prospective departmental colleagues. The AAUP leaves it to the discretion of the individual, possessed of the facts, to make the proper decision.

Grove City College (Pennsylvania) (March 1963, 15-24) 1963

Frank Phillips College (Texas) (Dec. 1968, 433-38) 1969

Concordia Seminary (Missouri) (April 1975, 49-59) 1975

Murray State University (Kentucky) (Dec. 1975, 322-28) 1976

University of Osteopathic Medicine and Health Sciences (Iowa) (April 1977, 82-87) 1977

State University of New York (Aug. 1977, 237-60) 1978

Phillips Community College of the University of Arkansas (May 1978, 93-98) 1978

Wingate College (North Carolina) (May 1979, 251-56) 1979

Nichols College (Massachusetts) (May 1980, 207-12) 1980

Yeshiva University (New York) (Aug. 1981, 186-95) 1982

American International College (Massachusetts) (May-June 1983, 42-46) 1983

Metropolitan Community Colleges (Missouri) (March-April 1984, 23a-32a) 1984

Westminster College of Salt Lake City (Nov.-Dec. 1984, 1a-10a) 1985

Talladega College (Alabama) (May-June 1986, 6a-14a) 1986

Southern Nazarene University (Oklahoma) (Nov.-Dec. 1986, 7a-11a) 1987

Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico (May-June 1987, 33-38) 1987

Husson College (Maine) (May-June 1987, 45-50) 1987

Hillsdale College (Michigan) (May-June 1988, 29-33) 1988

Maryland Institute College of Art (May-June 1988, 49-54) 1988

Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary (North Carolina) (May-June 1989, 35-45) 1989

The Catholic University of America (Sept.-Oct. 1989, 27-40) 1990

Dean College (Massachusetts) (May-June 1991, 27-32) 1992

Baltimore City Community College (May-June 1992, 37-41) 1992

Loma Linda University (California) (May-June 1992, 42-49) 1992

Clarkson College (Nebraska) (May-June 1993, 46-53) 1993

North Greenville College (South Carolina) (May-June 1993, 54-64) 1993

Savannah College of Art and Design (May-June 1993, 65-70) 1993

University of Bridgeport (Nov.-Dec. 1993, 37-45) 1994

Benedict College (South Carolina) (May-June 1994, 37-46) 1994

Nyack College (New York) (Sept.-Oct. 1994, 73-79) 1995

Bennington College (March-April 1995, 91-103) 1995 Jan.-Feb. 1998, 70-75

Alaska Pacific University (May-June 1995, 32-39) 1995

Essex Community College (Maryland) (May-June 1995, 40-50) 1995

St. Bonaventure University (New York) (July-Aug. 1995, 65-73) 1996

National Park Community College (Arkansas) (May-June 1996, 41-46) 1996

Saint Meinrad School of Theology (Indiana) (July-Aug. 1996, 51-60) 1997

Minneapolis College of Art and Design (May-June 1997, 53-58) 1997

Brigham Young University (Sept.-Oct 1997, 52-71) 1998

University of the District of Columbia (May-June 1998, 46-55) 1998

Lawrence Technological University (May-June 1998, 56-62) 1998

Johnson & Wales (Rhode Island) (May-June 1999, 46-50) 2000

Albertus Magnus College (Connecticut) (Jan-Feb 2000, 54-63) 2000

Charleston Southern University (South Carolina) (Jan-Feb 2001, 63-77) 2001

Tiffin University (Ohio) (Jan-Feb 2002, 53-63) 2002

University of Dubuque (Iowa) (Sept.-Oct 2001, 62-73) 2002

Philander Smith College (Arkansas) (Jan-Feb 2004, 57-68) 2004