See the final program.(.pdf)
Presenters and attendees are responsible for their own travel and hotel arrangements. The conference will take place at the Mayflower Renaissance Washington, DC Hotel.
If you plan on using audio/visual during your presentation, we do provide a projector and a screen in each room. If you bring a Mac you must provide your own adapter, as the projectors are designed for PCs. We do NOT provide laptops. If you need a laptop, you must provide your own. If you have any technology questions please contact us at proposal@aaup.org.
Conference Deadlines and Fees:
November 30, 2011: Deadline to submit a proposal.
December 16, 2011: You will be notified whether your proposal has been accepted. Conference registration opens.
March 16, 2012: Deadline for presenters to register for the conference. Sessions will be cancelled if presenters have not registered.
April 6, 2012: Presenters will receive their time slots.
All Presenters must register by midnight on March 16
AAUP Members $350 ■ Non Members $400*
(*Non-members who join the AAUP by June 8, 2012, will have the additional $50 registration fee refunded at the conclusion of the conference in when membership confirmation is received.)
Additional fees will apply for optional functions and meals.
Registration Payment Policy
All presenters are required to complete their registration and submit credit card payment by March 15, 2012. If not completed and paid by March 15, the presentation will be cancelled. No exceptions. The registration fee for member presenters is $350. The registration fee for non-member presenters is $400. All registered presenters are welcome to purchase tickets online for the conference meal functions.
Cancellation Policy
Cancellations must be received, either by email (ssmee@aaup.org) or fax (202-737-5526), by April 16, 2012, to receive a refund, less a $200 processing fee. All fees are non-refundable for presenters after April 16. Refunds will be issued following the conference.
Substitution Policy
Substitutions may be made by contacting us at proposals@aaup.org as soon as possible. Depending on when you contact us, substitutions may or may not be reflected in the printed program.
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 related individual presentations. Please note that individual presentations are scheduled for 30 minutes and group panels are allocated 90 minutes.
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.
Possible topics include (but are not limited to):
- Funding and defunding public education
- Collective bargaining in higher education
- The role of faculty in institutional decision making
- Faculty working off the tenure track
- The role of academic professionals in higher education
- Assessment and accountability
- The corporatization of teaching and research
- Race, gender, and sexual orientation in the academy
- The twenty-first-century curriculum
- Online education
Proposals on other topics of interest to a multidisciplinary audience are welcome.
Questions? E-mail proposalcall@aaup.org.