Faculty Editor
Cary Nelson
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Managing Editor
Gwendolyn Bradley

Editorial Assistant
Ezra Deutsch-Feldman

Table of Contents

Editor's Introduction
By Cary Nelson

Assessment as a Subversive Activity
By Dave Porter

In Response to Ellen Schrecker’s “Ward Churchill at the Dalton Trumbo Fountain”
By Ward Churchill

Report on the Termination of Ward Churchill
By Don Eron, Suzanne Hudson, and Myron Hulen, Colorado Conference of the AAUP

The Dismissal of Ralph Turner: A Historical Case Study of Events at the University of Pittsburgh
By Curtis J. Good

The US Air Force Academy: Elite Undergraduate College?
By Jeff Dyche

Negotiating Academic Freedom: A Cautionary Tale
By Stephen Aby and Dave Witt

Cooking the Goose That Lays the Golden Eggs: California’s Higher Education System in Peril
By Dennis Loo, Dorothy D. Wills, Yasha Karant, Mayra Besosa, Päivi Hoikkala, Chris Nagel, Nicholas von Glahn, Ranjeeta Basu, and Ralph Westfall

Academic Freedom in a State Sponsored African University: The Case of the University of Mauritius
By Ramola Ramtohul

Academic Freedom in Principle and Practice: The Case of Algeria
By Malika Rebai Maamri