BY HANK REICHMAN

Last week I recorded a podcast with the New American Baccalaureate Project (NAB) in which we discussed academic freedom, both generally and in the context of the extraordinary developments of the past month.  It has now been posted to NAB’s website.  Here’s how they describe it:

As protests spread across the US as a rebellion against police brutality, white supremacy, systematic racism, and fundamentally unjust systems, the freedom of persons of letters, teachers, scholars, students, staff, and other higher education professionals, is all the more essential in order to build toward systemic change in the United States.

In order to address this essential need, on today’s episode we speak with Henry Reichman, Chair of the American Association of University Professor’s Committee A on Academic Freedom and Tenure. He is one of today’s leading voices defending a broad vision of tenure as the due process rights and job security necessary for higher education to thrive. He has recently published a new book on the subject, The Future of Academic Freedom.

We explore with him the historical meaning of tenure, its relevance today, the work of the AAUP to defend academic freedom, and the future organizing needed for dignified work in higher education.

To listen to the podcast, which runs for about an hour, go to https://newamericanbaccalaureate.org/nab-podcast-henry-reichman-on-academic-freedom/

Last year I also recorded a podcast with Uli Baer, professor at New York University, who has been posting a series of podcasts on free speech.  Baer is the author of the important book, What Snowflakes Get Right: Free Speech, Truth, and Equality on Campus.  To listen to that podcast, which also runs for about an hour, go to https://www.ulrichbaer.com/reichman