Report of the Committee on the Criteria of Academic Appointment

On 17 April 1974, President Levi requested the Committee on the Criteria of Academic Appointment to propound its views on the standing and rights of persons who are invited by The University of Chicago, through appropriately constituted appointive bodies, to lecture or conduct seminars on particular occasions. The Committee concluded that deliberate frustration of this activity is an illegitimate abrogation of the powers of invitation and appointment, which are absolutely crucial to the University's execution of its proper functions.