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LEAD STORY from the November 1997, Advocate
A Pact, At Last!
A three-year struggle for a contract and faculty rights at
Ferris State University ended with a new agreement after a short strike in early
September. With strong support from students, the community, and their Michigan
Education Association colleagues, the Ferris Faculty Association withstood
ultimatums and threats of reprisals to finally persuade the recalcitrant Board
of Trustees to sit down and negotiate a fair agreement. education.
full story
Ferris State faculty members
Ron
Shepler, Gary Huey, and John Caserta.
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Yes, academic freedom is a key to quality higher education
says, Catherine Boudreau, a professor of office administration at Massasoit
Community College in Brocton, Massachusetts.
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Join the Dialogue!!!
Should academic freedom protect the right of a
faculty member to choose his/her own course text even when the department
decides on a different departmental text to be used in all sections of a
particular course?
- Yes
Read Catherine Boudreau's position
- No
Ann Shadwick takes a different viewpoint
Read the full debate |
No, academic freedom has another
side professional responsibility states, Ann Shadwick, a librarian at San
Francisco State University who is on the Board of Directors of the California
Teachers Association.
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