AAUP Unit Slams U. of Colorado Over Firings of 2 Controversial Faculty Members

by E Wayne Ross on November 9, 2011

The Chronicle: AAUP Unit Slams U. of Colorado Over Firings of 2 Controversial Faculty Members

The University of Colorado has been accused by that state’s affiliate of the American Association of University Professors of numerous violations of academic freedom and due process in its dismissals of two faculty members: Ward Churchill, a leftist ethnic-studies professor fired for alleged academic misconduct in the midst of a media firestorm over remarks he had made about the September 11 terrorist attacks; and Phil Mitchell, an adjunct history instructor whose contract was not renewed after he complained that his academic department was trying to oust him for his conservative views.