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...American Association of University Professors has dismissed charges of infringement on academic freedom filed last fall against Brandeis President Dr. Abram L. Sachar by the Brandeis Chapter of the AAUP...
...charges arose during the October, 1962, Cuban crisis when Sachar reprimanded anthropology professor Kathleen Gough Aberle for "the recklessness and irresponsibility of the language" in expressing pro-Cuban views before the student body, Mrs. Aberle and her husband, David, former head of the Brandeis anthropology department, both resigned from the university last March...
...letter sent to Sachar last week, the AAUP questioned the president on the method of his reprimand, which was made without faculty consultation. It found no evidence to support the charges against him, however, since the resignation of Mrs. Aberle prevented any "clear test of infringement...
...Sachar himself minimized the significance of "the furor that has excited the Brandeis campus." "Inevitably, when an issue involving academic freedom or freedom of speech arises on campus," he explained, "faculty and students become tremendously exercised. And they should...
...Sachar stated that he has no objection to dissent, and admires the "special kind of courage one must have to speak out against the president of a university." He stressed that other faculty members, whose speeches were never questioned, protested Kennedy's actions in Cuba, but "they spoke in responsible dissent...