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Are We Really Supporting the Inclusion of Contingent Faculty in Governance?
By Shawn Gilmore
A principled and fair system of governance would provide compensation for contingent faculty members who serve their institutions.
Interdisciplinarity’s Shared Governance Problem
By Matthew Dean Hindman
Consultants want to weaken disciplines in the name of interdisciplinarity. Is weakening shared governance the real goal?
Austerity Is Not a Jesuit Value
By Gerry Canavan, Nathan Ellstrand, Samuel Harshner, Samantha Iyer, Maggie Levantovskaya, Tanya Loughead, Dianna Taylor, and Prasad Venugopal
Faculty, staff, and students are organizing at Jesuit colleges and universities to defend the academic mission and resist the financialization of their institutions.
Imagining a New Deal for Higher Education
By Lisa Levenstein and Jennifer Mittelstadt
In the midst of the COVID-19 crisis, a group of scholars organized around a vision for a more equitable and sustainable future for higher education.
Restoring the People’s Universities
By Alejandra Marchevsky and Jeanne Theoharis
Fulfilling the promise of social transformation through higher education requires prioritization of public institutions like the City University of New York and the California State University.
Challenges and Possibilities at HBCUs after the COVID-19 Pandemic
By Beverly Guy-Sheftall and Kimberly M. Jackson
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a devastating impact on HBCUs and the students they serve. Now is the time to reinvest in these critical institutions.
Bringing Abolition to the Ivory Tower
By Terri Smith and Adom Getachew
By bridging the divide between academics and organizers, Scholars for Social Justice is expanding debates about race and campus policing
Graduate Student Workers on the Rise
By Justine Modica, Mae Saslaw, John Klecker, Alex Miller, Surabhi Balachander, Jeremy Glover, and Glenn Houlihan
A forum on graduate student organizing and the future of academic labor.
Reclaiming Paul Robeson in the Time of COVID-19
By Donna Murch and Todd Wolfson
The Coalition of Rutgers Unions embodies a new model of bargaining for the common good.
A New Deal for College Teachers and Teaching
By Mia McIver and Trevor Griffey
Faculty unions lead the way in mapping out what a real New Deal for Higher Education would look like.
Budget Justice
By Christopher Newfield
The reconstruction of higher education to achieve equitable educational outcomes must be a national priority.

Chapter Profile

Washington College AAUP Chapter
By Kelly Hand
Chapter profile of the Washington College AAUP chapter.

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