Monitoring University Governance: Speech and the American University: Views from the AAUP in its Current Issue of Academe

Thursday, February 14, 2019

Speech and the American University: Views from the AAUP in its Current Issue of Academe

The American Association of University Professors has just published its latest issue of its Academe Magazine. This month focuses on speech issues on campus. The Press Release notes:

This issue of Academe addresses the questions of speech that have fueled the culture wars on college campuses in recent years. Articles discuss the assault on the public mission of higher education; the implications of a polarized political climate for faculty members, administrators, and students; and the parameters of current debates about academic freedom, free speech, and inclusion.

The articles are useful for understanding the state of discourse about discourse in the American Academy especially along its current ideological fault lines.

Follow the links in the table of contents below or read the entire issue at https://www.aaup.org/issue/winter-2019.

FEATURES

Fighting for Our Rights Today, Building Our Strength for Tomorrow
Higher education is under attack on multiple fronts.
By Risa L. Lieberwitz

Administration, Faculty, and the Hard Free-Speech Questions
Working together to defend core principles.By Jonathan Alger and Mark Piper

Academic Freedom and the Scope of Protections for Extramural Speech
Why controversial remarks by faculty must be protected.
By Keith E. Whittington

Civil Discourse in the Classroom
Simple approaches to tough conversations.
By Lara Schwartz and Daniel Ritter

A Tale of Two Arguments about Free Speech on Campus
What are the terms and limits of the current debate?
By Michael C. Behrent

The Utility and Futility of Good Faith in Campus Speech Controversies (online only)
Can dialogue grounded in good faith help deescalate some conflicts?
By Jonathan Friedman

Academic Freedom, Radical Hospitality, and the Necessity of Counterspeech (online only)
Speaking out against organizations that seek to undermine our basic educational mission.By Marco Abel and Julia Schleck

In Search of What We Do (online only)
Prescriptions for good teaching contribute to the devaluation of education and educators.
By John Schlueter

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Thursday, February 14, 2019

Speech and the American University: Views from the AAUP in its Current Issue of Academe

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