Scholar of Higher Education Named General Secretary of the AAUP

by E Wayne Ross on August 28, 2008

The Chronicle: Scholar of Higher Education Named General Secretary of the AAUP

Gary Rhoades will be the first scholar of higher education to head the office of the nation’s largest faculty association. The American Association of University Professors is expected to announce today that he will take over as its general secretary in January.

Mr. Rhoades has spent his entire 22-year career at the University of Arizona studying issues that affect the professoriate. He directs Arizona’s Center for the Study of Higher Education. Leaders of the AAUP hope his expertise will bring a depth of knowledge to the group and put him in a good position to help guide it through its centennial year, in 2015.