What’s New with Academe?

The March Academe newsletter offers a preview of selected content from our forthcoming spring issue on the politics of knowledge and highlights recent coverage of COVID-19 from Academe Blog. Follow the links below to read more or visit the Academe home page at https://www.aaup.org/academe.

FEATURES

Rebellion, Authority, and Knowledge
Disciplined thought and expertise are essential to the advancement of knowledge.
By Robert Post

A Dissenting View from the Humanities on the AAUP’s Statement on Knowledge
In defense of critical inquiry.
By Judith Butler

Data Snapshot: Survey Data on Attitudes toward Faculty Freedom of Expression
How might political views influence attitudes toward academic freedom?
By Hans-Joerg Tiede

BOOK REVIEWS

Liberal Education Needs Integration, Not Unbundling
Rebecca Pope-Ruark reviews College Made Whole: Integrative Learning for a Divided World by Chris W. Gallagher.

Understanding Students Who Are Parents
Jillian M. Duquaine-Watson reviews Back in School: How Student Parents Are Transforming College and Family by A. Fiona Pearson.

CHAPTER PROFILE

Rutgers University AAUP-AFT

FROM THE ARCHIVES

Academia, Academe, and Intellectual Property
Faculty action protecting intellectual property must come soon.
By Dànielle Nicole DeVoss

FROM THE BLOG

COVID-19 and the Faculty Role in Decision-Making
By Rudy Fichtenbaum

Turning Point Weighs In on the Crisis
By Hank Reichman

Grading in a Time of Crisis
By Noah Zatz

Revolts, Pandemics, and Regalia—a Brief History of Canceled Ceremonies
By Henning Schroeder

Teaching Art Online under COVID-19
By Kaitlin Pomerantz

A Little Noise from Higher Education’s Junk Drawer
By Caprice Lawless

Students and the Campus
By Aaron Barlow

GMU’s Campaign for a Public Presidential Search
By Bethany Letiecq, Tim Gibson, and Betsy DeMulder

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