2013 News

[Donna] Potts, professor of English, served on the subcommittee of the American Association of University Professors that drafted a statement on sexual assault. The association's report...includes proposed policies to curb instances of sexual assault and provide greater support to victims of assault.

AAUP past president Cary Nelson discusses academic freedom, the First Amendment,religious beliefs,and a lesson about the power of symbols at Florida Atlantic University with Inside Higher Ed.

Listen to the AAUP's Robert Kreiser discuss the situation at the University of Virginia that resulted in the AAUP's investigative report.

Susan Michalczyk, Boston College AAUP President, details the faculty’s ongoing quest for a university faculty senate and the sad state of faculty governance at a prestigious Jesuit college.

AAUP's Jordan Kurland tells the New York Times, “I think that the sheer turnout should tell everybody, not just the trustees of N.Y.U. but the general public, that the professors — those who have basic responsibility for seeing through the academic processes — are much more involved than they have been in the past.”

Read this story in the Washington Post..  A sample of additional coverage includes the Chronicle of Higher Education, Daily Progress,

AAUP member Lynn Tatum teaches religion while fighting for academic freedom

Larry Gerber, chair of the AAUPs’ Committee on College and University Governance, discusses academic governance with reporter Anna Douglas.