BY IRENE MULVEY In a December 7 virtual listening session on higher education with the Biden-Harris transition team and other higher ed advocacy organizations, AAUP president Irene Mulvey delivered remarks about planning for a better future for higher education; supporting students, faculty, and staff; and repealing Trump administration policies. Thank you for inviting the AAUP…
BY GLENN COLBY AND CHELSEA FOWLER Today the AAUP released an in-depth look at the makeup and salaries of full-time faculty members in US higher education. Using data collected by the US Department of Education, this snapshot provides an updated demographic profile of full-time faculty by academic rank and institution type, highlighting disparities among women…
BY MATTHEW W. FINKIN Philosopher Judith Jarvis Thomson died on November 20 at the age of ninety-one. Matthew W. Finkin remembers her and her service to the AAUP below. Philosophy has lost a luminary. The AAUP has lost a stalwart. I have lost a friend. In philosophy, one need only glimpse at the Encyclopedia of…
BY ANDREW ROSS In one of the great ironies of our times, Joe Biden, who did more than any other politician to make it harder for individuals to escape their credit card debts and student loans, is likely to discharge a significant chunk of education debt once he takes office in January. The “compromise and…
POSTED BY HANK REICHMAN The following is the text of a letter sent by the executive board of the Council of University of California Faculty Associations to UC Santa Cruz Chancellor Cynthia K. Larive on December 6. Dear Chancellor Larive, The Council of UC Faculty Associations (CUCFA) rarely intervenes in matters that are not germane…
POSTED BY JOHN K. WILSON Here is an event being held this afternoon by the AAUP’s University of Virginia chapter. In 2013, the AAUP issued a report on shared governance issues at the University of Virginia. The UVA Chapter of the American Association of University Professors presents: “When Did Tenured Faculty Give Up on Governance?…
BY JAY M. SMITH Last summer UNC–Chapel Hill became ground zero for COVID-19, setting off a prolonged exercise in blame-shifting. The dean of the College of Arts and Sciences recently convened an emergency meeting of department chairs at which she announced the provost’s “disappointment” in the faculty. Specifically, university administrators are disappointed that so many…
BY A SAINT LEO UNIVERSITY FACULTY MEMBER In the face of challenging and even perilous working conditions, teachers at all levels need unions to help protect them during the pandemic. However, one university in Florida used the pandemic as an opportunity for union busting. The story of the unilateral disenfranchisement of faculty members at Saint…
BY HANK REICHMAN No sooner had I posted my piece on Scott Atlas, Stanford, and the Hoover Institution than I received from a colleague a link to an essay in the Chronicle of Higher Education, “Where Academic Freedom Ends,” by Harvard education professor Julia A. Reuben, also prompted, it seems, at least in part by…
BY GRETCHEN MCNAMARA Wright State University plans to begin the retrenchment process that will result in workforce reductions. Elevate Dayton is publishing the perspectives of students, faculty, alumni and other Wright State community members that could be affected by the changes. Gretchen McNamara, a senior lecturer of music and union executive committee member, explores her torn feelings…