AAUP in the Media

AAUP's Ellen Schrecker writes about higher education during the Great Depression.

The Chronicle of Higher Education featured eight presentations from our recent Globalization, Shared Governance, and Academic Freedom conference.  Also, read the Chronicle's overview of the  conference and of the annual meeting. (updated 6/23)

The AAUP welcomes the news that the University of California, Santa Barbara, administration has accepted the recommendation of the faculty committee that no charges be brought against professor William Robinson. Professor Robinson's case has serious implications for fundamental principles of academic freedom. The AAUP hopes that the UCSB administration will cooperate fully with the Academic Senate as it studies the handling of professor Robinson's case. Read Cary Nelson's comments on the case in Inside Higher Education. (6/25)