Claiming that Southeastern Louisiana University and Northwestern Louisiana University disregarded their own guidelines for eliminating about 30 programs and dismissing about 20 tenured professors, the American Association of University Professors concluded in a report Thursday. As a result, the group concluded, academic freedom at those campuses "will in all likelihood remain insecure."
Cost cutting in anticipation of budget cuts was the official reason for the actions at both schools during the 2009-10 academic year, according to the report, which was written after an investigation that included visits to the campuses in Hammond and Natchitoches.
