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Features

Bad Data Are Not Better Than No Data
Faculty members, academic staff, and students should play a critical role in institutional decisions about the adoption of educational technologies.
Singing the Praises of Shared Governance
Shared Governance: The Musical, a collection of songs written for faculty governance meetings, applies art and humor to serious concerns.
Understanding Disciplinary Differences in Peer Review
An empirical study of broad patterns in the use by journals of single-blind and double-blind peer review sheds light on an underexplored topic.
A Prescription for Financing Higher Education
Financing higher education through equitable federal policies and institutional programs would serve the public good.
Subnational Authoritarianism and the Campaign to Control Higher Education
Public colleges and universities face a coordinated, state-level assault.
Curbing Dog-Whistle Politics
An article about the proliferation of anti-DEI legislation aimed at limiting educators and the larger threat posed to higher ed.
Political Repression and the AAUP from 1915 to the Present
How can we effectively respond to the current attack on academic freedom?
Here and Abroad, Universities Face an Autocratic Playbook
Politically motivated infringement of academic freedom and institutional autonomy is a global threat.

Chapter Profile

George Mason University AAUP Chapter
The advocacy chapter at Virginia's largest, most diverse public research university has built power on campus through strategic organizing and issue campaigns.

From the Archives

  • The importance of bringing the Israel-Palestine conflict into the mainstream.
    By Rana Jaleel