Word: paragraphs
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Four of the amendments concern the paragraph on the responsibilities of Faculty members and administrators. One concerns procedures for discipline of Faculty members. These procedures allegedly violate recommendations of the American Association of University Professors...
Arthur Maass. Frank G. Thomas Professor of Government, wants to add to the fourth paragraph-on the responsibilities of officers of the University to be responsive to "widely perceived needs for change" -the specification "but nothing in this paragraph should be interpreted as condoning any violation of rights of members of the academic community given-in the third paragraph of this resolution...
...third paragraph concerns itself with "freedom of speech and academic freedom, freedom from personal force and violence, and freedom of movement...
Maass said, "Students could read the fourth paragraph and accuse Faculty members of insensitivity to widely feltneeds for change, using this as a justification for violating parts of the previous paragraph. I feel this is a needed clarification, and so do several of my colleagues...
Albram Bergson, professor of Economics, will move to replace the entire fourth paragraph with one that proscribes "arbitrariness, partiality, negligence, or similarly impermissible personal lapses" on the part of University officers. Bergson said he felt wonds such as "insensitivity" and "widely perceived" could be subject to misunderstaning...