Winter 2020 | Vol. 106, No. 1

Contributors to this issue of Academe articulate a broad vision of higher education's social mission. Articles focus on addressing the needs of working, low-income, and incarcerated students; victories in coalitional student-led organizing; institutional reckonings with the legacy of slavery; and other topics.

Follow the links in the table of contents below or read the entire issue at https://www.aaup.org/issue/winter-2020.

FEATURES

Risks and Costs in the Quest for Social Mobility through Higher Education
Confronting threats to higher education's social mission.
By Patricia McGuire

Recognizing the Reality of Working College Students
Changes in policy and practice can ensure that work "works" for all students.
By Laura W. Perna and Taylor K. Odle

The Human Work of Higher Education Pedagogy
How can we address the needs of our increasingly diverse students?
By Jesse Stommel

LGBTQ Students and the Liberation of College Campuses
Learning from the collective movements of queer and transgender students of color.
By Jennifer Brier

Higher Education's Reckoning with Slavery
Two decades of activism and scholarship have led to critical self-examination.
By Leslie M. Harris

The Purge of Higher Education
What do we lose when small colleges close?
By Eva-Maria Swidler

Why I Go to Prison
A teacher's plea for (societal) clemency.
By James Ferry

Data Snapshot: Graduate Students, Social Class, and Academia’s Promise (online only)
Do graduate programs provide real upward mobility, or are they a revolving door for the elite?
By Mathieu Dubeau and Riddhi Mehta-Neugebauer

Data Snapshot: Is Higher Education a Pipeline to the American Dream? (online only)
Big data can help universities improve social mobility.
By John N. Friedman

Data Snapshot: Trends in Faculty Participation in Presidential Searches (online only)
AAUP governance surveys chart a century of growing faculty involvement.
By Hans-Joerg Tiede

BOOK REVIEWS

Academic Freedom under Threat
Keith E. Whittington reviews The Future of Academic Freedom by Henry Reichman and Knowledge, Power, and Academic Freedom by Joan Wallach Scott.

Building the Student Body Politic
Susan Jarosi reviews Living on Campus by Carla Yanni.

A Curriculum for Black Youth Activism
Thai-Huy Nguyen reviews Shelter in a Time of Storm by Jelani M. Favors.

COLUMNS

From the Editor: Students and the Social Mission

Faculty Forum: The Tyranny of the Immediate

Legal Watch: The Status of Graduate Assistant Organizing

NOTA BENE

Restructuring Changes in Effect

Historic Union Vote in New Mexico

Statement in Defense of Knowledge

Report on Dismissal at Pacific Lutheran University

Statement on Wisconsin Presidential Search

Defending Public Higher Education in Alaska

Statement on Hong Kong Universities

Statement about Assault on Indian University

AAUP Comments on Proposed NLRB Rule

New AAUP Staff

New Second Vice President