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Letter Regarding Summary Dismissal of Nebraska Lecturer

December 08, 2017 / PSU-AAUP

AAUP
November 28, 2017

"A suspension which is not followed by either reinstatement or the opportunity for a hearing is in effect a summary dismissal in violation of academic due process." - 1940 Statement of Principles on Academic Freedom and Tenure with Interpretive Comments

The AAUP sent a letter to University of Nebraska-Lincoln administrators today regarding the dismissal of a sixth-year doctoral student with a part-time appointment as a lecturer in the English department. She had been suspended in September for protesting the presence on campus of a recruitment table for Turning Point USA, a right-wing organization that maintains the Professor Watchlist website.

Read the full post ans a copy of the letter at the AAUP website here.