List of colleges and universities censured by the American Association of University Professors

This page includes colleges and universities that are currently censured by the American Association of University Professors, alleging "unsatisfactory conditions of academic freedom and tenure have been found to prevail at these institutions".

History In 1930, the University of Mississippi, Mississippi State University and Mississippi University for Women, were placed on a list of "non-recommended" institutions, after Mississippi Governor Theodore Bilbo and member of the Ku Klux Klan fired the presidents of all three institutions as well as 179 faculty members.

The "censure list" was officially created in 1938. Between that year and 2002, 183 colleges and universities were placed on the list at various times.

As of 2025, there are 58 institutions currently on AAUP's censure list:

InstitutionLocationAffiliationTypeYear CensuredAlaska Pacific UniversityAlaskaUnited Methodist Churchuniversity1996American International CollegeMassachusettsPrivateuniversity1983Baltimore City Community CollegeMarylandPubliccommunity college1992Benedict CollegeSouth CarolinaBaptist (American Baptist Churches USA)historically black college1994Bennington CollegeVermontPrivateliberal arts college1995Bethune-Cookman UniversityFloridaUnited Methodist ChurchHBCU university2011Brigham Young UniversityUtahLDS Churchresearch university1998Catholic University of AmericaDistrict of ColumbiaRoman Catholicresearch university1990Cedarville UniversityOhioBaptist (Southern Baptist Convention)university2009Charleston Southern UniversitySouth CarolinaBaptist (Southern Baptist Convention)university2001Clark Atlanta UniversityGeorgiaUnited Methodist Church HBCU research university2010Collin CollegeTexasPubliccommunity college2023Community College of AuroraColoradoPubliccommunity college2017Concordia SeminaryMissouriLutheran Church–Missouri Synodseminary1975Dean CollegeMassachusettsPrivatecollege1992Emporia State UniversityKansasPublicuniversity2023Felician UniversityNew JerseyRoman Catholicuniversity2015Frank Phillips CollegeTexasPubliccommunity college1969Hillsdale CollegeMichiganChristian (formerly Free Will Baptist)liberal arts college1988Husson UniversityMainePrivateuniversity1987Indiana University NorthwestIndianaPublicuniversity2023Johnson & Wales UniversityRhode IslandPrivateuniversity1999Lawrence Technological UniversityMichiganPrivateuniversity1998Linfield UniversityOregonPrivateliberal arts college2022Loma Linda UniversityCaliforniaSeventh-day Adventisthealth sciences university1992Louisiana State UniversityLouisianaPublic land-grant research university2012Meharry Medical CollegeTennesseeUnited Methodist ChurchHBCU medical school2005Minneapolis College of Art and DesignMinnesotaPrivateart school1997Muhlenberg CollegePennsylvaniaLutheran (Evangelical Lutheran Church in America)liberal arts college2025Murray State UniversityKentuckyPublicuniversity1976National Louis UniversityIllinoisPrivateuniversity2013National Park CollegeArkansasPubliccommunity college1996Nicholls State UniversityLouisianaPublicuniversity2009Nichols CollegeMassachusettsPrivatebusiness college1980North Greenville UniversitySouth CarolinaBaptist (Southern Baptist Convention)college1993North Idaho CollegeIdahoPubliccommunity college2009Northeastern Illinois UniversityIllinoisPublicuniversity2014Northwestern State UniversityLouisianaPublicuniversity2012Nunez Community CollegeLouisianaPubliccommunity college2019Pacific Lutheran UniversityWashingtonLutheran (Evangelical Lutheran Church in America)university2020Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto RicoPuerto RicoRoman Catholicuniversity1987Saint Meinrad Seminary and School of TheologyIndianaRoman Catholicseminary1997Savannah College of Art and DesignGeorgiaPrivateart school 1993Southeastern Baptist Theological SeminaryNorth CarolinaBaptist (Southern Baptist Convention)seminary 1989Southeastern Louisiana UniversityLouisianaPublicuniversity2012Southern UniversityLouisianaPublicHBCU land-grant university2013Spalding UniversityKentuckyRoman Catholicuniversity2017State University of New YorkNew YorkPublicsystem of public colleges and universities1978Talladega CollegeAlabamaUnited Church of Christhistorically black college1986University of BridgeportConnecticutPrivate university1994University of DubuqueIowaPresbyterianuniversity2002University of MissouriMissouriPublicland-grant research university2016University of Southern MaineMainePublicuniversity2015University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center TexasPubliccomprehensive cancer center 2015University of Texas Medical BranchTexasPublicacademic health science center 2010University of the CumberlandsKentuckyChristian (formerly Southern Baptist Convention)university2005University of the District of ColumbiaDistrict of ColumbiaPublicHBCU land-grant university1998University System of GeorgiaGeorgiaPublicgovernment agency2022Virginia State UniversityVirginiaPublicHBCU land-grant university2005

See also

List of colleges and universities sanctioned by the American Association of University Professors

References