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AAUP is the professional society that brings together faculty, administrators, graduate students and the general public who are concerned about the integrity, scholarship and collegiality of UofL, and universities throughout the United States. In order to have a fully functional chapter, your participation is required. Please go to Membership page for an application form. The Constitution of AAUP is listed on our Document page, as are the By-Laws  and Executive Committee Minutes of the Louisville Chapter.  To learn more about AAUP visit the National AAUP Site.  AAUP items, both local and national will be found on this page. ---  David V. Cohn, President

 

 

News   of Interest to Members of the Academic Community

 

AAUP-COSFL Second Academic Conference April 22, 2006 CPE Headquarters, Frankfort, KY
Provisional Program for Conference Click Here	Lunch Reservation Form form for Conference Click Here

 

Executive Committee AAUP Minutes of December 13, 2005 (PDF file) (Click Here) For earlier minutes, go to Documents

A Listserv for All KY AAUP Members  is Now Operational (You must be subscribed to access) aaup-ky-conference@listserv.louisville.edu

 

NEWSBREAK: From the NYT of Sunday December 25:   "Professors' Politics Draw Lawmakers Into the Fray. Inquiry on Liberal Bias in Pennsylvania". This article by Michael Janofsky describes student complaints leading to political efforts to impose an "Academic Bill of Rights" to encourage "free debate and protect students against discrimination for expressing their political beliefs". Is this a real problem or are those urging this program attempting to impose their views on the classroom and the professors? We urge you to read this important article:                           Political discrimination in the classroom?

 

Read the Comments by Roger Bowen on the loss of tenure-track positions in the university; "The Disappearing Profession (Click Here)

 

A MUST READ:   "Academic Freedom and Tenure at University of the Cumberlands , Kentucky We urge each of you to reflect upon the article  "Academic Freedom and Tenure: University of the Cumberlands (Kentucky)" that has just appeared in the March-April 2005 issue of  Academe:         http://www.aaup.org/com-a/institutions/cumberlands.htm The article presents an extensive and devastating  report by an AAUP investigating committee on the dismissals / resignations of Profs. Robert J. Day and James W. Bailey.  The report demonstrates the need for every  university, college and academy to have an active AAUP chapter. Such protects the faculty and the administration.   Please feel free to pass this information along to your associates.

 

The American Council on Education and  The Office of Women in Higher  Education have issued a report on modifying the tenure system to allow for greater flexibility..... The executive report (Acrobat format) is reachable at the following link:  http://www.acenet.edu/bookstore/pdf/2005_tenure_flex_summary.pdf     (2/11/04)

 

Your Louisville AAUP Chapter Monitors Grievance Procedures at UofL. Your UofL AAUP chapter, upon request of a prime party to a grievance, will monitor the grievance process. This privilege is granted in the UofL RedBook.  AAUP's  concern is that fairness, adherence to process and that all rights expected of academic institutions be accorded all parties.  In this capacity, AAUP  remains a neutral observer endorsing neither side of the grievance.  If you wish to learn more, please contact Prof. Tom Van, Chairman of Committee A.

 

Special Membership Rates Retired Members.  $75 Part-time Faculty    $38 Non-tenured Faculty, new to AAUP,  $75.

     
 

Academe	AAUP National Site
KY Council on Postsecondary Education	American Civil Liberties Union

Last update: 25 January, 2006)                                                                                  

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