AAUP

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• SOURCE: Inside Higher Ed
  5/24/2023
  

  AAUP: Fight Tooth and Nail Against Florida's Higher Ed Agenda Because Your State is Next

  Historian Henry Reichman, one of the preliminary report's authors, said the committee studying Florida's higher ed system under Ron DeSantis found abuses of academic freedom and institutional regulations to be more widespread than they expected, and warned more political interference is coming. 

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• SOURCE: American Federation of Teachers
  2/27/2023
  

  AAUP and American Fed. of Teachers: Florida Bill "Would Destroy Higher Education as We Know It"

  "Simply put, it would make Florida’s colleges and universities into an arm of the DeSantis political operation."

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• SOURCE: American Association of University Professors
  1/20/2023
  

  AAUP: Florida's Censorship Cannot Stand

  "That the only ideas the presidents wish to suppress relate to race is revealing."

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• SOURCE: Tampa Bay Times
  1/20/2023
  

  National AAUP Condemns Florida University Presidents' Pledge to Root out Critical Race Theory

  "The national organization, founded in 1915, stated it was 'appalled at the blatant violation of academic freedom' and said it was exploring options, including an investigation and possible censure."

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• SOURCE: The New Republic
  3/21/2022
  

  Does Academic Freedom Really Require Tolerance for Prejudice or Falsehood by Faculty?

  by Michael Bérubé and Jennifer Ruth

  Academic freedom and free speech aren't the same thing, and it's time for professional standards in academia to recognize the necessity of drawing boundaries around bigotry and falsehood as potentially disqualifying for faculty members. 

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• SOURCE: Sharon Herald
  6-23-16
  

  Grove City College's AAUP censure lifted after 53 years after school apologizes for firing Larry Gara

  Gara, a pacifist, was fired in 1962 at the height of the Cold War. The apology came after the AP highlighted his case last year. He’s now 94 years old.

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• 6-13-13
  

  "Being a Professor Will No Longer Be a Viable Career."

  by David Austin Walsh

  With MOOCs the academic freedom of professors is under siege because professors are losing control of their intellectual property, says Cary Nelson, former president of the American Association of University Professors.