Has the AAUP verified the number of hate crimes since Trump’s election, or have they forgotten that several have been exposed as hoaxes? From Campus Reform: The American Association of University Professors has endorsed the…
Topic: American Association of University Professors
University Professor Association President: Trump is the ‘Greatest Threat to Academic Freedom’ Since McCarthy
The president of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) said that Trump is a grave threat to academic freedom: In a statement published the morning after election night, AAUP’s president, Rudy Fichtenbaum, acknowledges that…
America’s K-12 Reeducation Camps
Wright State University Professor Martin Kich is absolutely gleeful over a poll showing students not yet eligible to vote would, if they could, make the country look like a blue blazer with a red necktie….
How ‘Green’ was My Campus
The sustainability campaigns on American college campuses, which we have covered for about as long as they have existed, may seem more ubiquitous than pledge drives on PBS. Nevertheless, some scholars think they haven’t gone…
Social Justice should be Taught in Classrooms, Professors Say
From Campus Reform: Professors at a recent academic conference discussed burning the American flag and other methods of promoting social justice on campus. Presentations at this year’s American Association of University Professors (AAUP) conferenceincluded “Burning…
Mizzou has been Censured by University Professors after Firing Melissa Click
From Campus Reform: The American Association of University Professors (AAUP) voted unanimously Saturday to place Mizzou on its censure list, a warning to potential faculty members that the AAUP cannot guarantee academic freedom or due…
Conservative Professor McAdams Files Lawsuit against Marquette
This stems from John McAdams being suspended for public criticism of a teaching assistant, which should not be a suspendable offense, you would think. To make matters worse, the university demanded he apologize for speaking out…
The AAUP on the Title IX Commandments
The American Association of University Professors (AAUP) recently published a draft of their report on the uneven enforcement of Title IX discrimination laws, as enforced by the Obama Department of Education and their Office of…
Free Speech Crackdown is a Good Thing, College Student Claims
Editor’s Note: Latest spin on free speech crackdown—change the world by changing the campus. Zachary Wood, guest blogging at the AAUP’s Academe Blog, pretty much insinuated that free speech crackdown is a good thing. Photo by…
Scott Walker’s Wisconsin
Editor’s Note: Wisconsin profs still bemoan Governor Walker’s existence. One take from the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) on Scott Walker’s budget cuts and remodeling of the University of Wisconsin system. Photo by Michael Vadon…