Aaup

The 10 Colleges With The Richest Professors

Posted 04.10.2012

Read More: Top Paying Colleges, Highest Paying Schools 2012, Aaup, Aaup Survey, Highest Paying Colleges, Highest Paying Colleges 2012, College Rankings, Highest Paying Schools, The Northeast, Harvard, American Association of University Professors, Average Salary, Video, College News, Top Paying Colleges 2012, Slidepollajax, College News

The average full professor at Harvard University makes slightly less than $200,000 a year, according to a new survey from the American Association of ...

Read Whole Story

Prof. Rights Group Slams CU Boulder Over Firings

The Huffington Post | By Matt Ferner | Posted 01.09.2012

Read More: First Amendment, Video, University of Colorado Boulder, Professor Rights, Ward Churchill, Aaup, CU Boulder, First Amendment Rights, Phil Mitchell, Wrongful Professor Firings, American Association of University Professors, Denver News

The Colorado Conference of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP), a university professors' rights organization, released a report l...

Read Whole Story

A Bad Week for the Army Corps of Engineers

Sandy Rosenthal | Posted 10.05.2011

Read More: Bunnatine Greenhouse, Lsu, Army Corps of Engineers, Ivor Van Heerden, Aaup, Louisiana State University, Politics News
Sandy Rosenthal

A 30-page report prepared by the American Association of University Professionals (AAUP) reveals that LSU had a 'prevailing position' on the cause of the flooding after Katrina and that Dr. van Heerden's research and public stance ran contrary to that position.

Read Post

Judge Removes Hurdle for Corps of Engineers Whistleblower

Sandy Rosenthal | Posted 09.12.2011

Read More: Lsu, Aaup, Army Corps of Engineers, Ivor Van Heerden, Judge James Brady, Green News
Sandy Rosenthal

"This is a stunning decision for us because the judge has acknowledged that LSU tried to stop my reporting of the Corps' faulty design of the flood protection levees and of the MRGO (Mississippi River Gulf Outlet)."

Read Post

When Academic Administrators Lose Their Moral Compass

Michael Zimmerman, Ph.D. | Posted 07.10.2011

Read More: Freedom of Speech, Butler University, Reporters Without Borders, Aaup, Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, Academic Freedom, Bill Watts, Slapp, Aclu, Fire, American Association of University Professors, College News
Michael Zimmerman, Ph.D.

Bill Watts, associate professor of English at Butler University, has just published a compelling and cautionary account of what can happen when univer...

Read Post

Free Speech, Academic Freedom, and First Amendment Rights of College Faculty

David Moshman | Posted 06.18.2011

Read More: Freedom of Speech, First Amendment, Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protection of Free Expression, Faculty, Aaup, College News, Free Speech, Freedom of Expression, Academic Freedom, Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, Free Expression, Alliance Defense Fund, Intellectual Freedom, College News
David Moshman

We should not be lulled into complacency about the state of academic freedom. At the academic core of teaching and research, intellectual freedom is no longer protected by the First Amendment.

Read Post

Academic Freedom and Indoctrination

David Moshman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Penn State, David Horowitz, Student Rights, Cary Nelson, Aaup, Stanley Fish, National Association of Scholars, Inside Higher Ed, Academic Freedom, Indoctrination, Education News
David Moshman

We all support essentially the same principles of academic freedom, including respect for the authority of faculty over the curriculum and respect for the right of students not to be indoctrinated.

Read Post

The Academic Freedom Coalition of Nebraska

David Moshman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Aclu, Student Press Law Center, Ncte, Aaup, National Council of Teachers of English, Nebraska English Language Arts Council, Afcon, Academic Freedom, Nebraska, Censorship, Education News
David Moshman

Every state should have an academic freedom coalition. It just takes someone to get it going. It could be you.

Read Post

Academic Freedom: Not Just for College Professors

David Moshman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Academic Freedom, Student Rights, Intellectual Freedom, Aaup, Professors, Tenure, Education News
David Moshman

Teachers should have intellectual freedom because such freedom enhances the quality of education and research, thus serving the common good.

Read Post

Bethune-Cookman University Says Professors Were Fired For Sex With Students

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: The Washington Post, Aaup, The South, Bethune-Cookman University, College News, The Chronicle of Higher Education, Inside Higher Ed, College News

Faced with accusations of denying due process to seven professors dismissed last year, Bethune-Cookman University countered that, in four cases, the p...

Read Whole Story

Liberty and Learning: Academic Freedom as Intellectual Freedom

David Moshman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Academic Freedom, Liberty, First Amendment, Indoctrination, Intellectual Freedom, Aaup, Learning, Education News
David Moshman

The aim of this new blog is to explain and promote academic freedom, which provides schools with academic integrity, maximizes the quality of education and research, and protects students from indoctrination.

Read Post

Interview with Prof Ivor van Heerden: the latest on his wrongful firing by LSU

Sandy Rosenthal | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Lsu, Louisiana State University, Ivor Van Heerden, Levees.org, James Brady, Army Corps of Engineers, BP Oil, Aaup, College News
Sandy Rosenthal

Just as the long Memorial Day weekend began, federal Judge James Brady scolded administrators at Louisiana State University (LSU) over their handling ...

Read Post