Connecticut: AAUP Criticizes U. of New Haven Over Lecturer’s Dismissal

by E Wayne Ross on May 15, 2008

The Chronicle: AAUP Criticizes U. of New Haven Over Lecturer’s Dismissal

A report released today by the American Association of University Professors says the University of New Haven disregarded standard academic practices when it dismissed a lecturer last year following students’ complaints that she was hostile and uncivil.

The report says that even though the lecturer, Marianna M. Vieira, did not have a position on the tenure track, she should have been given access to some grievance procedures. In denying her access to those procedures, says the report, the university violated the AAUP’s 1940 Statement of Principles on Academic Freedom and Tenure.