A Collective “I” Talks Union

BY LESLIE BARY AND OLGA BEZHANOVA Guest blogger Leslie Bary (AAUP) teaches Latin American literature and culture at the University of LouisianaLafayette. Guest blogger Olga Bezhanova (NEA/IEA) is in Peninsular Spanish literature and culture at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. The “I” in this piece is collective, referring to experiences of both authors as well as…

Ghosting the Region II: Rural Students Deserve Better

POSTED BY THE AAUP We are sharing this anonymous blog post, the second in a series, from https://uwdismantle.wordpress.com with permission. In October 2017, UW Superior led the way in moving to withhold access to liberal arts major programs for northern and rural students, suspending majors and minors like journalism, sociology, history, geography, photography, art history, and an array…

Ghosting the Region: How UWSP’s Abandonment of the Liberal Arts Hurts Central Wisconsin

POSTED BY THE AAUP We are sharing this anonymous blog post from https://uwdismantle.wordpress.com with permission. Importantly, we remain committed to ensuring every student who graduates from UW-Stevens Point is thoroughly grounded in the liberal arts, as well as prepared for a successful career path,” Patterson said in the statement. “It is critical our students learn to communicate well,…

Offensive Speech in the Classroom

BY KEITH E. WHITTINGTON Guest blogger, Keith E. Whittington, is the William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Politics at Princeton University and the author of Speak Freely: Why Universities Must Defend Free Speech. The spring semester got off to a somewhat rocky start at Princeton University when a number of students walked out of a class…

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Assessment Part II: Drones Vs. Teachers, Prisons Vs. Students, and Universities Vs. Another Tax Subsidized Hockey Stadium

BY MARK HULSETHER Guest blogger, Mark Hulsether, a professor in the department of religious studies at University of Tennessee, Knoxville, originally published this essay on his blog, MBE: Mark’s Blogging Experiment, on March 4. We are posting it here with his permission. The first post in this series of two blog posts is available here. I…

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“Assessment”: Turning the Precious Public Resource of a University Into a Second-Rate High School

BY MARK HULSETHER Guest blogger, Mark Hulsether, a professor in the department of religious studies at University of Tennessee, Knoxville, originally published this essay on his blog, MBE: Mark’s Blogging Experiment, on February 26. We are posting it here with his permission. Yesterday I read this piece in the New York Times by Molly Worthen. Then I made the mistake…