The head of the faculty union at UIUC (Campus Faculty Association, which has campaigned against the Chancellor's actions in the Salaita case) called this report a "gamechanger."
Robert Naiman Policy Director Just Foreign Policy www.justforeignpolicy.org [email protected] (202) 448-2898 x1 On Wed, Dec 31, 2014 at 12:47 PM, raghu <[email protected]> wrote: > > http://academeblog.org/2014/12/26/justice-denied-to-steven-salaita-a-critique-of-the-university-of-illinois-committee-on-academic-freedom-and-tenure-report/ > > http://www.senate.illinois.edu/aft_salaita_2014.pdf > > --------------------------snip > Dr. Steven Salaita’s proposed appointment was initiated, reviewed, > approved, and processed in accordance with all applicable university > procedures from the initiation of the search through his acceptance of an > offer of appointment. It was complete except for final Board of Trustees > approval. At that point, less than a month before his projected start date, > concerns about his professional suitability for appointment arose and he > was notified that his appointment would not be forwarded for that approval. > Eventually, it was forwarded for Board approval and was rejected. His > status at the time was complex: he was more than an applicant and less than > an employee. Under these circumstances, we believe the academic freedom and > liberty of political speech afforded to members of the faculty by the > University Statutes should reasonably apply. > > The process by which Dr. Salaita’s proposed appointment was withdrawn and > eventually rejected did not follow existing policies and procedures in > several substantial respects, raising questions about the institution’s > commitment to shared governance. The reasons given the civility of tweets > made by Dr. Salaita in the summer of 2014 is not consistent with the > University’s guarantee of freedom of political speech. Statements made by > the Chancellor, President, and Trustees asserting that the in civility of a > candidate’s utterances may constitute sufficient grounds for rejecting h is > appointment should be renounced. We conclude, however, that the Chancellor > has raised legitimate questions about Dr. Salaita’s professional fitness > that must be addressed. > > In light of the irregular circumstances leading up to the Board of > Trustees’ disapproval of an appointment for Dr. Salaita , the Committee > recommends that 3 Dr. Salaita ’s candidacy be remanded to the College of > Liberal Arts and Sciences for reconsideration by a committee of qualified > academic experts. > > > > _______________________________________________ > pen-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l > >
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