January 9, 2004

Baptist College in Louisiana Bans 2 Books and Requires Review of Textbook Choices

By ALICE GOMSTYN

A new textbook-review policy at a Baptist college in Pineville, La., has raised the ire of some professors and students, as well as other advocates of academic freedom. Louisiana College's Board of Trustees announced last month that all professors teaching courses this spring must have their textbook choices approved by their department heads as well as by the college's vice president for academic affairs.

"This new policy violates our academic freedom," Constance A. Douglas, a

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