In just a few months, the world of higher education has changed. That’s why there’s a new AAUP Summer Institute this year: it’s on your screen and it’s free.

NEW addition to the 2020 Summer Institute Online webinars:

Implementing Title IX

Wednesday, July 22, 1–2:30 pm ET

The US Department of Education released on May 6 its final rule under Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972. The American Association of University Professors had earlier submitted comments on the proposed revisions to the regulations in response to the secretary of education’s 2018 request. This webinar will address the Department of Education’s final regulations and how to use shared governance to implement Title IX on campus. Topics include: changes by the Department of Education in defining “sexual harassment,” “hostile environment,” and university responsibility for addressing sexual harassment; university policies defining “mandatory reporters”; and enforcing Title IX to prohibit sexual harassment while also protecting academic freedom and due process.

Risa Lieberwitz, AAUP General Counsel
Anita Levy, AAUP Department of Academic Freedom, Tenure, and Governance

Space is limited, so sign up today.

Closing plenary panelists announced:

Rebuilding Higher Education as a Common Good

Tuesday, August 4, 1:00–2:30 p.m.

The COVID-19 pandemic, the looming depression, and the national uprising against systemic racism have shown us that reform in higher education is needed now more than ever. How can we rebuild higher education around the pillars of equity, affordability, and quality? How can we better realize the role of our system of higher education in sustaining democratic society?

Momin Rahman, Cochair of the Equity Committee for the Canadian Association of University Teachers (CAUT)
Christopher Newfield, University of California, Santa Barbara faculty and author of The Great Mistake: How We Wrecked Public Universities and How We Can Fix Them
Annelise Orleck, Copresident of Dartmouth College AAUP
Todd Wolfson, President of Rutgers University AAUP-AFT

Moderator: Julie Schmid, Executive Director of the AAUP

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Our webinar series began on July 7 and will continue through August 4, with at least two webinars each week. The 90-minute sessions cover a wide range of topics, from fighting efforts to sideline faculty governance to supporting student protests to pushing back against austerity budgets. Like this week’s webinars on organizing, next week’s governance webinars will be followed by hour-long breakout sessions that provide a special opportunity for smaller groups of attendees to brainstorm about how to apply the guidance to their chapter’s circumstances.

For questions about Summer Institute Online, please email [email protected].

David Kociemba
East Coast Organizer