Report

By: American Association of University Professors, Committee on Academic Freedom and Tenure

Date: 1915

Source: American Association of University Professors. Report of the Committee on Academic Freedom and Tenure. n.p., 1915.

About the Organization: At the January 1915 meeting of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP), the president of the Association was authorized to appoint a committee of fifteen members "to take up the problem of academic freedom in general." The result was the Committee on Academic Freedom and Tenure, chaired by Edwin R.A. Seligman of Columbia University. The report of the Committee included the "General Declaration of Principles," outlining the AAUP's position on academic freedom.

Introduction

From the colonial period, boards overseeing colleges and colonial governments were concerned with the adherence of...