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Loyalty Oaths And Academic Witch Hunts, Charles F. Howlett Ph.D., Audrey Cohan Ed.D

Faculty Works: EDU (1995-2023)

In New York’s public schools, colleges, and universities, teachers and professors, at the time of their hire, are required to sign the following statement: “I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support the Constitution of the United States of America, the constitution of the State of New York, and that I will fully discharge, according to the best of my ability, the duties of the position . . . . . (title of position and name or affiliation of school college, university or institution to be here inserted), to which I am now assigned” (McKinney’s Consolidated Laws: Education …