Inside Higher Ed: “Tactical Shift or Tactical Error”
When a coalition of higher education groups issued a statement on “academic rights and responsibilities” in June, organizers made a point of noting that the American Association of University Professors was part of the effort.
Most of the groups involved were associations of administrators or institutions, but the AAUP’s participation allowed the group to have representation from the faculty as well, and in particular from a group devoted to defending academic freedom. The statement — which affirmed the values of intellectual diversity and of colleges’ control of their own academic programs — was an effort to beat back efforts to legislate the “Academic Bill of Rights,” which many professors believe would hurt their academic freedom.
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