ACADEMIC RANK QUOTAS

WHEREAS, movement through the traditional academic ranks has been a normal expectation of any individual entering service in a college or university; and

WHEREAS, there are those who call for "national studies" in order to impose artificial ratios on the academic ranks; and

WHEREAS, academic rank ratios deprive many individuals of recognition of their professional attainments:

RESOLVED, that the American Federation of Teachers oppose arbitrary ratios among the ranks in the colleges and universities; and

RESOLVED, that college and university locals are encouraged to fight any attempts to introduce such quantitative elements into their institutions, and to incorporate language into collective bargaining agreements prohibiting academic rank quotas.