ACADEMIC FREEDOM AND TENURE: CEDARVILLE UNIVERSITY (OHIO)1

The administration of Cedarville University acted in disregard of procedural safeguards set forth in the 1940 Statement of Principles on Academic Freedom and Tenure and the derivative 1958 Statement on Procedural Standards in Faculty Dismissal Proceedings in dismissing Professor David Hoffeditz with...

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Published in:Academe 2009-01, Vol.95 (1), p.58
Main Authors: Nails, Debra, Hoekema, David A
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Academic freedom
Accreditation
Bible
Burden of proof
Christianity
Communities of Practice
Councils
Deans
Department Heads
Faculty Handbooks
Financial Problems
Governing Boards
Graduate Study
New Testament
Presbyterian churches
Presidents
Studies
Teaching Methods
Tenure
Theology
Trustees
Undergraduate Students
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Summary:The administration of Cedarville University acted in disregard of procedural safeguards set forth in the 1940 Statement of Principles on Academic Freedom and Tenure and the derivative 1958 Statement on Procedural Standards in Faculty Dismissal Proceedings in dismissing Professor David Hoffeditz without having first demonstrated cause for its action in an adjudicative hearing of record before a duly constituted faculty body. 2. Cedarville University's stated procedures for contesting dismissal for cause denied Professor Hoffeditz academic due process by (a) misdirecting the burden of proof onto him, (b) not affording him a hearing before a body of faculty peers, (c) denying him access to the evidence and the witnesses against him, and (d) failing to provide for a final appeal to the board of trustees. 3.
ISSN:0190-2946
2162-5247