POSTED BY KELLY HAND
Winter 2019 | Vol. 105, No. 1
This issue of Academe addresses the questions of speech that have fueled the culture wars on college campuses in recent years. Articles discuss the assault on the public mission of higher education; the implications of a polarized political climate for faculty members, administrators, and students; and the parameters of current debates about academic freedom, free speech, and inclusion.
Follow the links in the table of contents below or read the entire issue at https://www.aaup.org/issue/winter-2019.
FEATURES
Fighting for Our Rights Today, Building Our Strength for Tomorrow
Higher education is under attack on multiple fronts.
By Risa L. Lieberwitz
Administration, Faculty, and the Hard Free-Speech Questions
Working together to defend core principles.
By Jonathan Alger and Mark Piper
Academic Freedom and the Scope of Protections for Extramural Speech
Why controversial remarks by faculty must be protected.
By Keith E. Whittington
Civil Discourse in the Classroom
Simple approaches to tough conversations.
By Lara Schwartz and Daniel Ritter
A Tale of Two Arguments about Free Speech on Campus
What are the terms and limits of the current debate?
By Michael C. Behrent
The Utility and Futility of Good Faith in Campus Speech Controversies (online only)
Can dialogue grounded in good faith help deescalate some conflicts?
By Jonathan Friedman
Academic Freedom, Radical Hospitality, and the Necessity of Counterspeech (online only)
Speaking out against organizations that seek to undermine our basic educational mission.
By Marco Abel and Julia Schleck
In Search of What We Do (online only)
Prescriptions for good teaching contribute to the devaluation of education and educators.
By John Schlueter
BOOK REVIEWS
The Campus PC Panic
Scott Lemieux reviews The Coddling of the American Mind by Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt.
Federal Funding and Gender Equity
Anne Sisson Runyan reviews Citizens by Degree by Deondra Rose.
Black Students in the Ivy League
Wayne Glasker reviews Upending the Ivory Tower by Stefan M. Bradley.
CHAPTER PROFILE
University of Northern Iowa United Faculty
COLUMNS
From the Editor: New Culture Wars
From the President: Proposed Structural Changes to the AAUP
NOTA BENE
Investigation at Nunez Community College
Rerun Election for Second Vice President
