When: June 8-12, 2011
Where: Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington, D.C.
Call for Proposals
Proposals for presentations at the 2011 conference are welcome, and will be accepted through our combined proposals and registration site through October 31. Please read the following information before you proceed to that site, and note that by submitting a proposal, you agree to register for the conference (and pay applicable registration fees for all presenters) by March 15.
Possible Proposal Topics
Among the questions the conference intends to explore are:
- The role of faculty in institutional decision making
- Challenges to academic freedom in the United States and abroad
- The exploitation of contingent labor in colleges and universities
- The conflict between institutional rankings and educational priorities
- Strategic approaches to furloughs, cutbacks and salary freezes
- Funding and defunding public education
- Increasing access to tenure
- On-line education: the pros and cons
- Assessment and accountability
- The corporatization of teaching and research
- Race, gender, and sexual orientation
- Discrimination in hiring, promotion and tenure
- The 21st century curriculum
- Teaching and writing about environmental issues
Proposals on other topics of interest to a multidisciplinary audience are welcome.
Proposal Guidelines
We encourage proposals that raise questions, engage conference participants in discussion, and foster dialogue.
- You may propose either a complete session, with multiple participants, or an individual presentation, with one presenter. Individual presentations, if accepted, will be grouped into sessions with other individual presentations.
- Complete sessions may consist of a set of traditional presentations (a panel presentation), followed by Q&A, or may be structured as a roundtable discussion, designed to encourage more audience participation.
The conference will include special AAUP-sponsored workshops on:
- Professors and the Media
- Sexual Diversity in the Academy
- Scientific Integrity and Campus Research
- Publication Issues for Faculty
Conference Deadlines and Fees
October 31, 2010: Deadline to submit a proposal.
December 10, 2010: You will be notified whether your proposal has been accepted. Conference registration opens.
March 15, 2011: Deadline for presenters to register for the conference. Sessions will be cancelled if presenters have not registered.
April 1, 2011: Presenters will receive their time slots.
May 12, 2011: Early bird registration rates end
May 30, 2011: Online registration closes
Early bird registration (before May 12): $275
Regular registration (through May 30): $300
Onsite registration: $325
Additional fees will apply for optional functions and meals. Hotel rooms will be available at the AAUP group rate of $215.
Proceed to registration site.
Questions?
If you have questions about the proposal process, send an e-mail to proposalcall@aaup.org. For general questions about the annual conference, send an e-mail to ssmee@aaup.org.