Committee A clarifies issue raised in Al-Arian case

From: Academe | Date: January 1, 2003| Author: Anonymous | Copyright information

In November the Association's Committee A on Academic Freedom and Tenure issued the following statement to clarify the relationship between a legal finding on First Amendment rights and a professional finding on rights under academic freedom:

The administration of the University of South Florida has sought a declaratory judgment on the question of whether the dismissal of Professor Sami Al-Arian would violate his First Amendment rights or "constitutional law."

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