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2011 Web Highlights

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Holiday Hours – The AAUP offices will close at noon on Friday December 23, and Friday December 30. On Monday December 26 and Monday January 2, the offices will be closed.
Oregon Ed Board Should Reconsider – In dismissing the president of the University of Oregon without consultation with the university community, the Oregon State Board of Higher Education violated fundamental standards of shared governance. (11/30)
Across-the-Board Demotion Reprehensible – The AAUP denounced a move by Middle Tennessee State University administrators to impose a demotion in rank on full-time non-tenure-track faculty while threatening to dismiss any who refuse. (11/30)
November–December Academe – The third in a series considering the current state of higher education. (11/9)
Fund Teaching, Not Perks – As the California Faculty Association plans one-day strikes at two campuses, the AAUP issued a statement of support. (11/10)
Victory for Unions and Higher Ed – This week saw a historic and inspiring victory as Ohio voters decisively repealed legislation that would have severely restricted the collective bargaining rights of Ohio public-sector workers and especially faculty. Read a letter from the Ohio AAUP conference. (11/10)
Academic Freedom and Tenure Report – The AAUP has issued a supplemental report on Savannah College of Art and Design. (10/20)
IRBs Should Evaluate Risk Empirically – The AAUP encourages the exemption of interviews with legally competent adults from IRB oversight. (10/18)
The AAUP Supports Occupy Wall Street – The American Association of University Professors stands in solidarity with the movement protesting the huge and growing gap between rich and poor. (10/7)
Investigating Committee to Visit Louisiana – The committee will look into discontinuance of academic programs within the University of Louisiana system and potential terminations of tenured appointments. (10/3)
Cincinnati State Faculty Strike – Faculty and students are taking back the campus Friday as the planned one-week strike ends. (9/29)
New Academe Blog Launched – Academe is pleased to announce the launch of the Academe Blog, which will serve as an online extension of the bimonthly magazine. We've also started a Twitter feed, @AcademeBlog, to go along with the new site. (9/22)
Unconstitutional Speech Restrictions On Hold – A proposed new electronic communications policy at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign was "put on hold" after the AAUP and the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education warned, in a joint letter, that it would restrict student and faculty speech. (9/13)
September–October Academe – Recent budget cuts have hit the humanities especially hard. Contributors to this issue, the second in a series on universities in trouble, consider the latest “crisis in the humanities.” (9/14)
Countering the Chilling Effect of FOIA Requests on Scholarship – Read a new issue brief on how to protect both academic freedom and the public’s right to know. (9/10)
While Lauding New DOE Guidance on Sexual Harassment, the AAUP Raises Academic Freedom Concerns – The AAUP applauds the Department of Education's new efforts to address systemic gender inequalities on college campuses, but notes two areas of concern. (8/18)
AAUP Legal Brief Supports Prof Who Spoke Out – Loretta Capeheart sued after her provost disregarded a faculty vote electing her chair of the Justice Studies Department. Capeheart alleges that the provost retaliated for her advocating on behalf of two students who were arrested by campus police. (8/12)
UVA Should Protect Its Scientists – In a letter to the University of Virginia president, the AAUP and other groups urge the university to do more to protect the privacy and academic freedom rights of scientists who are being harassed. (8/11)
July–August Academe – The latest issue of Academe, devoted to organizing in hard times, brings together voices from across the academy and looks at struggles to defend higher education in Wisconsin, Puerto Rico, California, and elsewhere. (7/20)
The AAUP Congratulates Our Chapters and Conferences – Kudos to chapters at Stetson and Bowling Green State Universities and state conferences in Ohio and Texas on their successful membership development efforts! (6/16)
Unprecedented Assault on Faculty in Louisiana – Reports from the University of Louisiana System are deeply disturbing, according to a statement by Michael F. Bérubé, chair of the AAUP's Subcommittee on Program Closures. Read more in the Chronicle of Higher Education and Inside Higher Ed. (6/7)
May–June Academe – The media shape the public’s perception of faculty members. How can we improve the coverage of higher education? (5/17)
New Volume of the Journal of Academic Freedom – Essays on politically controversial professors, unionization, assessment, disciplinary authority, Mideast politics, grad students, and more. (5/9)
"Obvious Assault on Academic Freedom" – The AAUP applauds University of Wisconsin-Madison administrators for protecting the academic freedom of a professor targeted by a GOP request for his e-mails. (4/1)
Danger of Conflating Legal Activity With Terrorist Activity – AAUP, ACLU, and forty other groups sent a letter to Congress urging caution. (3/9)
Investigation at Idaho State – The state board of education suspended the faculty senate after the faculty voted no confidence in the ISU president's leadership. (3/5)
Investigation at SUNY Albany – An AAUP committee will investigate the closure of language programs and expected termination of faculty positions. (2/16)
Wisconsin Governor Is Not Telling the Truth – Disguising it as an effort to balance the budget, governor is seeking to strip most public employees of their ability to negotiate salaries, benefits, and working conditions. (2/14)
Stepping Up for Union Rights – Union rights supporters packed a hearing on Ohio SB 5, new legislation which seeks to strip collective bargaining rights from Ohio public employees, including faculty. (2/10)
AAUP General Secretary Testifies Before Committee – The National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity advises the Secretary of Education on matters of accreditation. (2/4)
Advocacy and Faculty Rights – AAUP president Cary Nelson issued a statement of concern on an instructor removed from teaching a course on the Middle East. Update: Kristopher Petersen-Overton announced that he has been rehired. Cary Nelson called the rehiring "a victory for academic freedom and for the faculty." (2/1)
American Fatwa – The AAUP deplores television host Glenn Beck's attacks on a CUNY professor. (1/31)
Government Should Act on For-Profit Rules – The AAUP and others urge the administration to promptly adopt strong and enforceable "gainful employment" rules. (1/27)
New Issue of Academe – The January-February issue of Academe examines the myriad challenges to academic freedom and the continuing complex issue of equity for women faculty. (1/12)

Section Highlights

Help with fight against "Pathways" at CUNY

The “reform” agenda that brought relentless testing and widespread privatization to K-12 schools has surfaced in higher education. (11/29)

AAUP and CHEA Release Advisory Statement on Accreditation and Academic Freedom

This advisory statement is designed to stimulate discussion of academic freedom among institutions, faculty and accrediting organizations. (11/20)