Inside Higher Ed: Cary Nelson’s New Platform
Cary Nelson — author or editor of 25 books — has never been at a loss for words. He’ll now have a new forum to express his views about academe, as he has been elected as the next president of the American Association of University Professors.
While the presidency is in many ways like a board chair — the AAUP’s general secretary, Roger Bowen, runs operations in the association’s Washington office — Nelson made clear in an interview Wednesday that he plans to be a vocal leader of the organization, which was founded in 1915.
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