AAUP Presents
A podcast by the American Association of University Professors on issues related to academic freedom, shared governance, and higher education. Visit aaup.org for more news and information.
Podcasting since 2021 • 27 episodes
AAUP Presents
Latest Episodes
The Nonpartisan College Voter Registration and Education Project: What Faculty Can Do
In this episode we discuss the Nonpartisan College Voter Registration and Education Project, a student voter registration project that aims to increase student voter registration and turnout by asking faculty to devote five minutes of class tim...
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Season 4
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Episode 8
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18:39
New AAUP Statement on Academic Boycotts: What It Really Means
In this episode we discuss academic boycotts and the AAUP's revised policy on boycotts, released this August. We’ll hear more about the statement, how it came about, and where it fits in the current debates about academic freedom in highe...
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Season 4
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Episode 7
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34:29
The AAUP and the Black Freedom Struggle, 1955–1965
In this episode, I discuss the AAUP’s involvement in the Black Freedom Struggle in the 1950s and 1960s as it related to higher ed with Joy Ann Williamson-Lott, dean of the graduate school and professor of social and cultural foundations in the ...
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Season 4
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Episode 6
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35:36
The Campus Protests: A View from the Ground
As campus protests in support of Palestine are met with often violent and repressive crackdowns, we talk to three faculty members, all AAUP members, who report on what's happening at their respective campuses. We speak to Annelise Orleck ...
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Season 4
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Episode 5
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51:06
Political Interference in Higher Ed: Escalations, Attacks, and the Billionaires Behind It
As violent, militarized responses to protests on campuses across the country continue, in this episode we look at how political interference in higher education has expanded in dangerous ways. We discuss how the right (and increasingly th...
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Season 4
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Episode 4
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52:45