Louisiana: Nicholls State Faulted on Treatment of Long-Term Adjunct

by E Wayne Ross on November 17, 2008

Inside Higher Ed: Nicholls State Faulted on Treatment of Long-Term Adjunct

After 12 years of work, you are entitled to more than one day of notice that you no longer have a job, even without tenure. That is among the conclusions of a report by an investigative committee of the American Association of University Professors

The AAUP found that Nicholls State University, in Louisiana, violated the due process rights and academic freedom of Maureen Watson when it terminated her in that way last year. Watson had been working as a non-tenure-track lecturer in mathematics, earning exemplary reviews until her dismissal.