Contents

A Progressive Case for Educational Standardization
By Gerald Graff and Cathy Birkenstein
Taking responsibility for what we teach.

The Spellings Commission and the Case for Professionalizing College Teaching
By Steven Brint
Let's establish our own standards.

The Thrust and Parry of Assesment
By Sharon J. Hamilton and Trudy W. Banta
Choose one: (a) portfolios or (b) standardized tests.

The Chronicle, the Professoriate, and the AAUP
By Cat Warren
Why has the faculty become the enemy?

Why Publish?
By Sharon Kaye
Because competition is good for the soul.

Don't Pit Tenure Against Contingent Faculty Rights
By Steve Street
Each group depends on the other.

Toward Objectivity in Faculty Evaluation
By H. W. Elmore
A better way to evaluate.

An Outsider’s View of Governance Models
By Leon Trakman
Different models for different campuses.

AAUP Files Briefs on Faculty Rights and Protections
By Rachel B. Levinson

AAUP Weighs In on Ideological Exclusion
By Nicole M. Byrd

New Collective Bargaining Chapter
By Julie M. Schmid

Al-Arian Ordered to Appear before Third Grand Jury
By Wendi Maloney

Collective Bargaining Bill Withdrawn
By Cathy A. Jones

“Intellectual Diversity” Legislation Defeated
By Nicole M. Byrd

Knight to Retire and Scholtz to Succeed Him as Chief of AAUP Academic Freedom Staff
By Jordan E. Kurland

Wilfred Kaplan, 1915–2007
By Wendi Maloney

From The Editor: Assess Yourself
Paula Krebs

Legal Watch: Threats to Academic Speech
By Rachel B. Levinson

From the President: Needed: Foot Soldiers with Dreams
By Cary Nelson

Thank You, Mr. Horowitz
Reviewed Jeff Lustig

Affirmative Action, the SAT, and the Public U
Reviewed by Joseph A. Soares

Re-democratize Higher Ed
Reviewed by Sheila Macrine

Reports Posted in Other Sections of the AAUP Web Site