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2011 AAUP Media Releases

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Grad Labor Counts – Graduate student employees fighting for the right to unionize delivered petitions to the NLRB on December 13. (12/14)
The Dangers of a Sports Empire – In the light of events at Penn State, the AAUP's National Council issued a statement reminding people of the long-term structural problems that helped make that tragedy possible. (11/29)
AAUP Issues Statement of Support – The AAUP joins our colleagues in California in condemning the attacks and expresses its solidarity with those who have been unjustly attacked and arrested.(11/20)
Adjuncts at Northern Michigan Say Yes to Union – In an important step forward, contingent faculty voted overwhelmingly to become a part of the existing AAUP collective bargaining chapter, which already represented tenured and tenure-track faculty. (10/24)
AAUP Report Finds Violations of Academic Freedom – Administrators at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge violated the academic freedom of two faculty members--one tenured, one in a contingent appointment. (8/1)
"We Are Ohio” Gathers Record Number of Signatures – Update:The Ohio Secretary of State announced that the repeal of SB 5 will be on the ballot in November. More than 900,000 signatures were validated from all 88 counties. (7/22)
New Union Responds to Challenges – Update: The Illinois labor board has rejected a request from the University of Illinois at Chicago administration to stay an order certifying the faculty union. The administration has been trying to derail the union since it formed in the spring. (10/24)
Censure Removals Bring Closure – Alll five New Orleans institutions censured for post-Katrina violations of academic freedom, tenure, and sound principles of shared governance have now been removed from the censure list. (6/14)
AAUP Censures One, Sanctions Two, and Removes Censure from Two – AAUP places Bethune Cookman University on the list of censured administrations; and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and Idaho State University on the list of sanction institutions. In addition, the University of New Orleans and Loyola University New Orleans were removed from its censured administration list. (6/13)
“The Real Science Gap” Receives the AAUP’s Award for Excellence in Coverage of Higher Education – Writer Beryl Lieff Benderly was honored for her entry, “The Real Science Gap,” a cover story for Miller-McCune. (6/11)
Dr. Anthony S. Tricoli Receives AAUP’s Ralph S. Brown Award for Shared Governance – The Brown Award is given to American college or university administrators or trustees “in recognition of an outstanding contribution to shared governance.” (6/10)
Annual Conference on the State of Higher Education – The meeting will be held June 8-12 at the Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington, D.C. Members of the media are welcome to attend. (6/1)
Idaho Board Unjustified in Axing Faculty Senate – This not only violates fundamental principles of academic governance but poorly serves the teaching and research mission of the university. (5/26)
New Faculty Union in Illinois – University of Illinois Chicago becomes the first large public research university to unionize in Illinois history. (4/29)
Labor Studies Faculty Targeted – We are pleased to welcome as speakers at the AAUP annual conference the two faculty members who were targeted by a right-wing activist. Read about the case in The Chronicle of Higher Education and Inside Higher Ed. (5/12)
AAUP Supports University’s Effort to Protect Academic Freedom – A joint amicus brief to the Virginia Supreme Court explains why scientists and other scholars must be able to communicate freely, without fear of government intrusion. (4/26)
AAUP Elects National Council Members and ASC Chair – The AAUP elected thirteen members to its national Council and a chair for the Assemlby of State Conferences. (4/16)
UVA Should Defend Academic Freedom – The attack on professor Michael Mann is similar to the recent attack on University of Wisconsin professor William Cronon. (4/14)
“It's Not Over Yet” – It’s Not Over Yet: The Annual Report on the Economic Status of the Profession, 2010–11 is now available. (4/11)
Review of Policies on Financial Exigency and Program Discontinuance – Faced with a flood of program closings and terminations, the AAUP has established a subcommittee to review policies. (3/25)
Groups Request Review of Visa Denial – Update: A U.S. Embassy today granted a visa to Afghan politician, writer, and activist Malalai Joya after a public push by AAUP, ACLU, and many other groups. (3/24)
Decision Shows Why Arbitration is Important – AAUP chapter prevails on wages because arbitration process allowed the facts to come out. (3/16)
Politically Controversial Academic Personnel Decisions – A new AAUP report issued for comment states that political or religious beliefs should not be grounds to hire, fire, or discipline faculty. (2/18)
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Administration Violated Academic Good Practice – An AAUP investigating committee reports that, in suspending the faculty senate and refusing to grant governance rights to contingent faculty, the administration of RPI “contravened basic principles of shared academic governance.” (2/2)
Administration Will Address Ideological Exclusion – The Obama administration will take steps to reduce the exclusion of scholars and others from the U.S. on the basis of their political views, according to a State Department letter made public by the AAUP, the ACLU, and PEN American Center. (1/13)

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)