AAUP Releases Policy on Politically Controversial Academics

The American Association of University Professors has released a final version of its new policy on how colleges should handle personnel decisions involving politically controversial figures. The new version contains only minor changes (and no substantive policy shifts) from the draft released in February. The political views of academics should not be used as the bases to hire, fire, promote or demote them, the AAUP says, and strict, faculty-run procedures should be in place to prevent political influences on such actions.