Saturday, September 09, 2023

AAUP September 2023 Newsletter: The NarrativeIdeological Wars and the Academy



The AAUP September newsletter offers a preview of selected articles from the forthcoming fall issue of Academe, including a series of dispatches from states where legislative attacks on higher education pose severe threats to academic freedom, institutional autonomy, and teaching about race; an article about enrollment trends and racial justice in the Illinois higher education system; a review of a book that reflects on diversity and debate at a small Quaker college; and a profile of the new collective bargaining chapter at Miami University of Ohio. The full issue will be available in October.

Titles and Links follow below.


 

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Lessons from AAUP Advocacy in Texas
How a revived AAUP chapter and a coalition of allies mobilized against a legislative assault.
By Karma R. Chávez

The Failure to Condemn White Supremacist "Education" Legislation in Tennessee
Faculty and administrators have dodged responsibility to confront bans on teaching "divisive concepts."
By David Barber

A Provisional Victory in Ohio
Can the state AAUP conference hold the line on educational quality and labor rights?
By Sara Kilpatrick

In North Carolina, an Esteemed Public University System Teeters on the Brink
Will attacks on faculty governance and tenure spell the end of the public research university?
By Jay M. Smith

Mourning and Organizing in Florida
An update from ground zero of the culture wars.
By Mike Budd

Harnessing Demographic Shifts for Racial Justice in Higher Education
Illinois must commit to its minority- and Hispanic-serving institutions.
By Isaura Pulido




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