Contents

The Enclosure of the Academic Commons
By David Bollier
Market values threaten the "gift economy" of academia.

Open Course Ware: A Case Study in Institutional Decision Making
By Steven R. Lerman and Shigeru Miyagawa
How the Massachusetts Institute of Technology decided to take knowledge to the public.

Recently Deceased: The First Amendment in Virginia
By Terry L. Meyers
Nineteenth-century British poetry becomes cyberporn.

The Content-Provider Paradox: Universities in the Information Ecosystem
By Siva Vaidhyanathan
Is knowledge a resource or a commodity?

Intellectual Property and the AAUP
By Mark F. Smith
Faculty must balance their roles as creators and users of knowledge.

Critical Patriotism
By J. Peter Euben
Patriotic loyalties are never simple.

Questions and Answers for the Academic Community
By Donna R. Euben and Saranna R. Thornton
The academic workplace poses unique challenges to the Family and Medical Leave Act.

Essential Fields Losing Out To Money Makers
Judith S. Weis

Ex Corde Article Slights Church’s Rights
Ernest B. Hook, J. Garcia

Students’ Heckling of Speaker Understandable
Richard M. Perloff

Thoughtful Exams Prevent Cheating
Joseph C. Bronars, Jr.

Graduate Assistants Vote for AAUP Representation

Two New Staff Members Join The Association, One Retires

Contingent Faculty to Be Paid for Work Outside Class

Rally Leads to Sanctions for Student Groups

Dispute Resolution System Successful in Georgia

Foreign-Student Tracking System Faces Hurdles

Missouri Legislature Makes Punitive Budget Cuts

Medical Education Beleaguered, Report Warns

Higher Education Less Affordable

NYU Settles Tenure Denial Case

Supreme Court Will Hear Copyright Case

Accreditor Rejects Evangelical College

AAUP Files Brief in Curriculum Case

Supreme Court Allows Adjunct Instructor to Sue

Washington Adjuncts Settle Over Retirement Benefits

From the Editor: Who Owns Your Ideas?
Lawrence Hanley

Government Relations: Questions for Candidates
By Ruth Flower

Legal Watch: Do Students Have a Right to Privacy?
By Ann D. Springer

State of the Profession: Academic Freedom NOW
By Martin D. Snyder

From the General Secretary: Pragmatism and the AAUP
By Mary A. Burgan

Affirmative Action, Hate Speech, and Tenure: Narratives about Race, Law, and the Academy
Reviewed by Patricia Marin

Beyond Affirmative Action: Reframing the Context of Higher Education
Reviewed by Faye J. Crosby

Too Much to Ask: Black Women in the Era of Integration
Reviewed by Alma R. Clayton-Pedersen

OpenCourseWare and the Mission of MIT

Reports Posted in Other Sections of the AAUP Web Site