Part Ten: Grand Jury Presentment of "Problems in Higher Education"
Portions of the Presentment of the Grand Jury for the Eleventh Judicial District of Iowa follow, with words added for clarification in brackets. Supplemental ideas are italicized.
End of Presentment II
"The 1940 Statement of Principles on Academic Freedom and Tenure by the American Association of University Professors has no legal effect, but the AAUP publicly censures colleges and universities that they believe have violated [their version of] academic freedom. However, nearly all [not all] of the colleges and universities have adopted this statement or a variation of the statement which is contained in the faculty policy manual of each college or university, and it is incorporated by reference in the employment contract between the university and each individual faculty member."*
The penetrating damage imposed because of tenure laws sheltering radical professors and teachers in the soft sciences must be [reversed]. The authority of taxpayer/parents to control what is taught in government institutions must be restored. By routing education revenues directly to the parents or guardians, sanity will be restored to education. The many thousands of honest and morally upright teachers will again have the unimpeded support of the citizen consensus. Not only will what is taught be cleaned up, but also competition between education suppliers will reduce the cost [and increase the quality] of public education.
The voice in the chorus of concerned citizens is imperative. What confronts the American family and voter electorate is a test of wills. School administrators must be able to fire leftist teachers [without spending] years and… tens of thousands of taxpayers' dollars defending education from the [resulting] lawsuits imposed by ACLU lawyers and the imperial arm of radical judges. To effect change, active citizen involvement in the political process must exceed the determination of those who are using political circumvention to destroy the family and liberty.
*Dr. Ronald B. Standler, "Academic Freedom in the USA," http://www.rbs2.com/afree.htm
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