Friday, September 18, 2026

Academe September 2026 Newsletter

 


 Academe's September Newsletter highlights a selection of articles and book reviews from the forthcoming fall issue of Academe. See below for links. 

 


What's New with Academe?

Our September newsletter highlights a selection of articles and book reviews from the forthcoming fall issue of Academe. The issue will be published in full next month.

Follow the links below or visit https://www.aaup.org/academe to learn more.



FEATURES

The Precarities of Collaboration
Confronting the assault on immigrant students and scholars.
By Veena Dubal

Toward the Reconstruction of US Research Infrastructure
How to ensure that funding decisions are expert-led and democratic.
By Wen-Ying Sylvia Chou, Vani Pariyadath, Natalie Aviles, and Ian Mullins

The Vise Tightens
Navigating state laws restricting the curriculum, pedagogy, and student support.
By Jeffrey C. Sun, Heather A. Turner, and Mitchel R. Mandel

If U.S. News Also Ranked Courage
Why college rankings should consider academic freedom.
By Jennifer Lundquist and Robert M. Dowling


BOOK REVIEWS

Clarifying How Universities Should Deal with Controversy
Robert Post reviews The Opinionated University by Brian Soucek.

The Collective Stakes of Inaction amid Threats to Higher Education
Valerie Surrett reviews Policing Higher Education: The Antidemocratic Attack on Scholars and Why It Matters by Eve Darian-Smith.




CHAPTER PROFILE

Indiana University Bloomington AAUP Chapter


FROM THE ARCHIVES

Making Faculty Count in Higher Education Assessment
Making accreditation and assessment meaningful while fighting a growing marketplace ideology and increasing federal mandates isn’t easy. But it’s possible.
By Greg Gilbert


FROM THE BLOG

Proposed Federal Accreditation Rule Threatens Shared Governance
By Grant Mincy

A Sneakier Attempt at Extortion
By Hank Reichman

Who Will Tell America's 250-Year Story?
By Eileen Boris and Kristin Ahlberg

A Modest Proposal to Train Artificial Intelligences, Too
By Kevin Capehart

First Community College Student Workers Union Formed
By Robert Ovetz

SACSCOC Draft Principles Reveal CPHE Is Not the Only Threat to Independent Accreditation
By Katie Rainwater

Disposable Brilliance and Our Collective Responsibility
By Desiree Zerquera

The Hidden Costs of Productivity Theater in Higher Education
By Michael LaGier

 

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