Fall Academe Takes Stock of the COVID-19 Crisis

POSTED BY THE AAUP

Fall 2020 | Vol. 106, No. 4

The fall issue of Academe takes stock of the crisis that has transformed our lives and the way we work. It features a series of reflections on faculty life during the pandemic as well as articles that look ahead to the near- and long-term challenges of the COVID-19 crisis in higher education.

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FEATURES

Faculty perspectives on the COVID-19 crisis.
COVID-19, racial violence, and the management of death.
By Benjamin Balthaser and Bill V. Mullen
What should our postpandemic future look like?
By Michael Meranze
An economic prescription for change.

By Jeffrey Sommers, Mark Blyth, James Galbraith, and Luz Sosa

The pandemic’s toll on women faculty caregivers.
By Mary A. Hermann and Cheryl Neale-McFall
Silver-tongued administrators and pissed-off professors.

By Cathryn Bailey

Liberal Education after the Pandemic (online only)
A health emergency demands a new perspective on higher education.
By James Buckwalter-Arias

Learning through the Pandemic (online only)
Transactional online education is failing our students.
By Robin A. Harper and Michael Orlando Sharpe

How (Not) to Corporatize a University (online only)
Corporate culture is incompatible with shared governance.
By Dane Kennedy


BOOK REVIEWS

Lisa C. Minnick reviews the second edition of The Union Member’s Complete Guide by Michael Mauer.
Sandy Baum reviews Indebted by Caitlin Zaloom.
Henry Reichman reviews Dare to Speak by Suzanne Nossel.
Zachary M. Schrag reviews Regulating Human Research by Sarah Babb.

CHAPTER PROFILE

United Academics of the University of Oregon


COLUMNS

From the Editor: The COVID-19 Crisis in Higher Education

Faculty Forum: Apprehensions, Comprehensions, SARS-CoV-2

Legal Watch: Thwarting Assaults on Immigration

From the President: A Time of Reckoning


NOTA BENE

New AAUP Leaders

AAUP Affirms Commitment to Racial Justice

COVID-19 Governance Investigation

Summer Institute Online

New COVID-19 Resources

Journal of Academic Freedom News

AAUP Joins in Amicus Brief in Title IX Case

New Organizing Staff