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ames the uni- im. itself, par- McGill, where ” is the govern-

Freedom, lesident academic at ll, defines collegiality he attitude that the bers of this commu- y will participate in the ecision-making process of he university and through their participation in its collective activities, help to fashion its attitudes.” : But Fenichel and Man- del have a different inter-

Ave the idea that sn°t matter, that censure may (just

d Graesser. But Memorial Uni

retation. } not apply at sity felt the ramificatiogs of x . ea sae . SUORUT consara’ £ “8 (Collegiality is) an au- 4 ate : | thoritarian power struc- : 1985, Memorial wasfforced z " niversi ies s ha ie ‘ ture, not subject to any in- to withdraw its infitation - : i ternal or external control. to host the prestigigus 1987 ; Se Those who cooperate with Learned Societieg7 Confer- Bits the powers that be can ob- ence when man dividual ; : ahi : tain personal benefits but ae gees " societies passedresolutions ; ‘ a@del is also criti- professor’s politi- ing of Social MAWork profes- “itt dticul UGise UF thie cannot claim academic free- On the GAUT and sad cal Ss were never the is- sor Marleng#Webber. Web- dnhélire dom.” believes the association accused of us- Sopa, ete AS Mandel obviously did shirked its mandate in his But as Jerald Zaslove, ing the Z

not fit into this system. He and Fenichel criticize the structure of the current tenure system for not pro- tecting academic freedom

chair of SFU’s English de- niet: : ccemm ully contested partment, said in a letter ist : ¢7 who discrimi- to Douglas Waurtele, Car- st them because leton’s English department political Mews, F del. chair, “Robin Mathews’ andel has decided at the hiring level.

views about cultural and up his case against “Tg : i i ‘sin University. He said ate literary nationalism wer, y

ities are careful enough : a AUT was not the onl YERet 8 deeply offensive to mg . in their initial hiring, there

will be no need to fire peo- ple later for non-academic "reasons. *Deviants’ who make it through the grad-

case.

“It (CAUT) was cally unwilling to g

he dispute between emorial : and AUT went on until Jan- uary 1986, when the admin- istration decided to change the agreement governing the terms and conditions of employment at Memorial. The proposed changes in- cluded an exhaustive list of

p who failed to support Wm. He calls the Human ghts Commission “some- ing of a paper organiza-

political views. the fall of 1985, kT Academic Free-

use the departyw#ént as a.

TERS SAS pe ion. It k think : snure Commit- ar anti-discrimination clauses, aoe pannus poe uate school selection pro- tee:: adben: is i helen Gregg cDonald, an and for the first time pro- re . eane ore re cess are left unprotected medinry; betwet arleton 28sistant t e SFU admin- vided a detailed grievance, Stay as they seek employment,”

to go to court anyway. The Human Rights Commission

esident William appeal and arbitration pro said they offered cedure. The amendme

profesiior sRobin write Fenichel and Mandel.

and the administrati 0

Simon Fraser in Vancouver. claimed that he was denied a teaching post at SFU be- cause the university admin ‘istration and faculty not approve of his Cane nationalist views.

examined Mathg _plaint and t

attempted

The CAUT cc

Univers Mathews >

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Canadian ment at SFU settle the dis- ering Mathews

rejecting place. While Fenic s dubi- ous that a CAUT would affect a univers hiring process, other. pro fessors say that CAUT was effective in protecting aca-

demic freedom at their uni-

guaranteed academic fr¢ dom for faculty by ass ing “faculty have the to teach, discuss or

any belief without mity to any prescr trine.” As well, t, proposed a settl¢ Webber to cove

settlement Psolution as pbncerned and 'she can ac- tlement,” said

was a fair

is just another procedure to go up against.”

But : Mandel and Fenichel hope their book will educate peo-

ple about the injustices -

that take place in Cana- dian universities, not just at McGill.

Fenichel explains the book is not meant as an attack on the Politi- cal Science Department at McGill, but rather, “an

“One reason (for writ- ing The Academic Corpo- ration) is to open ‘people’s eyes to what’s going on. University is surrounded by this aura, it’s supposed to be the creme de la creme of society, the height of in- tellectual achievement. To de-mystify this would be healthy,” said Mandel.

“It might also teach students to be a little more critical of what they’re taught in the classrooms. If

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tunity to teach at versity. Merk TRERinee!. présidcak e aaa en sone ue (professors) will say some t SFU maintained, The CAUT imposed a of the Me jek: Daivae a ee ae of the lies that they did McGill administra. censure on Memorial Uni- sity of flewfotMjand Fac- P ent in (Mandel’s) in the public hearings, why

case, and it’s a situation we wouldn’t they lie in the

t nadia: del? versity. of Newfoundland in ; sire ie Meade ors ay {ocemaec don’t feel is unique.”

May 1981 for its 1977 fir- classroom?” s

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