BY ALISSA KARL Following is the editor’s introduction to the winter 2026 issue of Academe, “What Is Academic Labor Now?”, out this week. The full issue and table of contents can be found here. Reports of the decline of academic labor are rife and, depending upon the report and one’s inclinations, not necessarily exaggerated. For too many…
BY AAUP STAFF Following the extreme and widespread censorship of curriculum and courses at Texas A&M University, both the university’s local chapter (AAUP–Texas A&M) and the national AAUP have started the new year with a rigorous defense of academic freedom in the Lone Star State. Initial outcries centered on the censoring of over 200 undergraduate…
BY AAUP STAFF If you’re a faculty member and Academe Blog reader who is not an AAUP member yet, now is the time to join the AAUP! During a year of unprecedented attacks against higher education, the AAUP has fought back relentlessly—harnessing the collective power and talents of its members to protect colleges and universities…
POSTED BY THE AAUP We are pleased to announce the publication of volume 16 of the AAUP’s Journal of Academic Freedom. Our call for papers, “Philanthropy and Academic Freedom,” invited scholarly articles that address the impact of large private donations on academic freedom and the educational mission of colleges and universities at a time when fiscal…
BY MICHAEL FERGUSON Following is the editor’s introduction to the fall 2025 issue of Academe, “Defending Academic Values,” out this week. The full issue and table of contents can be found here. Sather Gate, pictured on this issue’s cover, marks the entrance to the heart of the University of California’s Berkeley campus. With Sproul Plaza on one…
BY MICHAEL FERGUSON Following is the editor’s introduction to the spring 2025 issue of Academe, “Trump 2.0,” out this week. The full issue and table of contents can be found here. Patricia McGuire, in her contribution to the online edition of this issue, succinctly describes the stakes of the second Trump administration’s intertwined attacks on higher education…
BY THE AAUP We are excited to announce the publication today of the AAUP’s Policy Documents and Reports, known as the Redbook. It’s an indispensable resource for promoting sound academic practices on your campus. Bringing together foundational statements on academic freedom, shared governance, and other essential topics with new and revised documents—many with statistical or…
POSTED BY THE AAUP We are pleased to announce the publication of volume 15 of the AAUP’s Journal of Academic Freedom. Our call for papers, “Truth-Telling versus Propaganda—Exposing the Rift,” invited scholarly articles building on the themes of the previous two volumes to advance understandings of the salience of academic freedom not only to higher…
BY MICHAEL FERGUSON Following is the editor’s introduction to the fall 2024 issue of Academe, “The Status of Academic Collective Bargaining,” out this week. The full table of contents for the issue can be found here. Recently released data from the National Center for the Study of Collective Bargaining in Higher Education and the Professions brought…
BY MICHAEL FERGUSON Following is the editor’s introduction to the spring 2024 issue of Academe, “Race and the AAUP,” out this week. The full table of contents for the issue can be found here. This issue of Academe takes an overdue step toward reconsidering the role of race in the AAUP’s history. In a time of backlash against racial…