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Members of the faculty at Shorter University, which recently instituted new faith statements that, among other requirements, ban gay staff members, have consulted with the American Association of University Professors, which is concerned that the new requirements threaten academic freedom. In a letter to the university's president, Donald Dowless, and Joe Frank Harris Jr., chairman of the board, the AAUP's associate secretary wrote that the association wished "to convey its concerns over the ramification of these requirements for the exercise of academic freedom at Shorter University."
"Additional allegations we have received about adverse actions that the administration has already taken against faculty members" add to the organization's concerns, Associate Secretary Robert Kreiser wrote. The faith statements have caused an uproar at the Georgia Baptist university, which did not respond to a request for comment Monday.
