Editor's Note: The following is reprinted from AAUP's July–August 2007 issue of Academe with the permission of the AAUP. A more detailed history of the censure list can be found on the AAUP web site, 〈www.aaup.org〉.

Investigations by the American Association of University Professors of the administrations of the institutions listed below show that, as evidenced by a past violation, they are not observing the generally recognized principles of academic freedom and tenure endorsed by this Association, the Association of American Colleges and Universities, and more than 180 other professional and educational organizations. The 1940 Statement of Principles on Academic Freedom and Tenure may be found on the AAUP web site.

This list is published for the purpose of informing Association members, the profession at large, and the public that unsatisfactory conditions of academic freedom and tenure have been found to prevail at these institutions. Names are placed on or removed from this censure list by vote of the Association's annual meeting.

Placing the name of an institution on this list does not mean that censure is visited either upon the whole of the institution or upon the faculty, but specifically upon its present administration. The term “administration” includes the administrative officers and the governing board of the institution. This censure does not affect the eligibility of nonmembers for membership in the Association, nor does it affect the individual rights of members at the institution in question.

Members of the Association have often considered it to be their duty, in order to indicate their support of the principles violated, to refrain from accepting appointment to an institution so long as it remains on the censure list. Since circumstances differ widely from case to case, the Association does not assert that such an unqualified obligation exists for its members; it does urge that, before accepting appointments, they seek information on present conditions of academic freedom and tenure from the Association's Washington office and prospective departmental colleagues. The Association leaves it to the discretion of the individual, possessed of the facts, to make the proper decision.

• Grove City College (Pennsylvania) (March 1963, 15–24) 1963
• Frank Phillips College (Texas) (Dec. 1968, 433–38) 1969
• Concordia Seminary (Missouri) (April 1975, 49–59) 1975
• Murray State University (Kentucky) (Dec. 1975, 322–28) 1976
• State University of New York (Aug. 1977, 237–60) 1978
• Phillips Community College of the University of Arkansas (May 1978, 93–98) 1978
• Nichols College (Massachusetts) (May 1980, 207–12) 1980
• Yeshiva University (New York) (Aug. 1981, 186–95) 1982
• American International College (Massachusetts) (May–June 1983, 42–46) 1983
• Metropolitan Community Colleges (Missouri) (March–April 1984, 23a–32a) 1984
• Talladega College (Alabama) (May–June 1986, 6a–14a) 1986
• Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico (May–June 1987, 33–38) 1987
• Husson College (Maine) (May–June 1987, 45–50) 1987
• Hillsdale College (Michigan) (May–June 1988, 29–33) 1988
• Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary (North Carolina) (May–June 1989, 35–45) 1989
• The Catholic University of America (Sept.–Oct. 1989, 27–40) 1990
• Dean College (Massachusetts) (May–June 1991, 27–32) 1992
• Baltimore City Community College (May–June 1992, 37–41) 1992
• Loma Linda University (California) (May–June 1992, 42–49) 1992
• Clarkson College (Nebraska) (May–June 1993, 46–53) 1993
• North Greenville College (South Carolina) (May–June 1993, 54–64) 1993
• Savannah College of Art and Design (May–June 1993, 65–70) 1993
• University of Bridgeport (Nov.–Dec. 1993, 37–45) 1994
• Benedict College (South Carolina) (May–June 1994, 37–46) 1994
• Nyack College (New York) (Sept.–Oct. 1994, 73–79) 1995
• Bennington College (March–April 1995, 91–103) 1995 Jan.–Feb. 1998, 70–75
• Alaska Pacific University (May–June 1995, 32–39) 1995
• St. Bonaventure University (New York) (July–Aug. 1995, 65–73) 1996
• National Park Community College (Arkansas) (May–June 1996, 41–46) 1996
• Saint Meinrad School of Theology (Indiana) (July–Aug. 1996, 51–60) 1997
• Minneapolis College of Art and Design (May–June 1997, 53–58) 1997
• Brigham Young University (Sept.–Oct 1997, 52–71) 1998
• University of the District of Columbia (May–June 1998, 46–55) 1998
• Lawrence Technological University (May–June 1998, 56–62) 1998
• Johnson & Wales (Rhode Island) (May–June 1999, 46–50) 2000
• Albertus Magnus College (Connecticut) (Jan–Feb 2000, 54–63) 2000
• Charleston Southern University (South Carolina) (Jan–Feb 2001, 63–77) 2001
• Tiffin University (Ohio) (Jan–Feb 2002, 53–63) 2002
• University of Dubuque (Iowa) (Sept.–Oct 2001, 62–73) 2002
• Philander Smith College (Arkansas) (Jan.–Feb. 2004, 57–68) 2004
• Virginia State University (May–June 2005, 47–62) 2005
• University of the Cumberlands (Kentucky) (March–April 2005, 99–113) 2005
• Meharry Medical College (Tennessee) (Nov–Dec 2004, 56–78) 2005
• Our Lady of Holy Cross College (Louisiana) (Jan.–Feb 2007, 60–68) 2007
• Bastyr University (Washington) (March–April 2007, 106–120) 2007
• University of New Orleans (Louisiana) (May–June 2007, 74–80) 2007
• Southern University at New Orleans (Louisiana) (May–June 2007, 81–87) 2007
• Loyola University New Orleans (Louisiana) (May–June 2007, 88–100) 2007
• Tulane University (Louisiana) (May–June 2007, 101–108) 2007