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Re: robust software



Joe depressed us with a story which read in part:

I am currently gathering documentation and exploring the
possibility of
legal action on the grounds of infringement of academic freedom. The
choice of what tools are appropriate for instructional purposes lies
squarely with faculty and not with associate degree technology
students. The REALLY sad part is that our IT staff consists
of our very
own current and past IT students. I'm trying VERY HARD to get
away from
this institution.


I doubt that you will have much legal grounds based on academic freedom as
that typically isn't a legally codified concept in most education contracts.
However, if AAUP (American Association of University Professors) is very
interested academic freedom issues and your stories are as egregious as many
which they have tried to handle. Assuming litigation isn't an option they
can censure schools, which actually can sometimes have beneficial affects.

Joel Rauber