What’s New with Academe?

Our March newsletter features three early-release articles from our forthcoming spring 2023 issue on academic libraries and librarians, guest edited by Danya Leebaw, as well as selected book reviews and columns from the issue and a profile of the Central State University AAUP chapter. The full spring issue will be published in May.

This newsletter also features a new data snapshot on tenure and contingency, which analyzes federal data on the composition of the faculty and graduate student employment, and includes links to recent posts from the Academe Blog and an article from the Academearchives. Follow the links below or visit https://www.aaup.org/academe to read more.

FEATURES

The Fight for Libraries
Libraries and higher education face a shared battle.
By Emily Drabinski

Critical Information Literacy for Collective Action
Library workers have a crucial role in the contemporary information environment.
By Reanna Esmail

How Academic Freedom Brought Our Librarian Union Together
Collective bargaining is a powerful tool for securing workplace rights for librarians.
By Martin J. Brennan

Data Snapshot: Tenure and Contingency in Higher Education
Federal figures on faculty appointments and graduate student employment in US higher education.
By Glenn Colby

COLUMNS

Faculty Forum: Learning with ChatGPT
By Russell Chun

Legal Watch: Supreme Court’s Gun Rulings Threaten Academic Freedom
By Edward Swidriski

BOOK REVIEWS

Mythical Labor Markets and Demographic Crises of the Education Reform Movement
Neil Kraus reviews The Agile College: How Institutions Successfully Navigate Demographic Changes by Nathan D. Grawe.

Unpacking the “Completion Crisis” at Community Colleges
Anne B. McGrail reviews The Costs of Completion: Student Success in Community Colleges by Robin G. Isserles.

CHAPTER PROFILE

Central State University AAUP Chapter
By Kelly Hand

FROM THE ARCHIVES

Political Interference with Academic Freedom and Free Speech at Public Universities
The threat of governmental suppression of academic inquiry.
By Gene Nichol

FROM THE BLOG

Workforce Development in Community Colleges
By Glynn Wolar

UNC–Chapel Hill Board of Trustees Undermines Value of Faculty Expertise
By Sherryl Kleinman

Academic Freedom in an Illiberal Democracy
By Jennifer Ruth

Rutgers Unions Prepare to Surf the Strike Wave
By Hank Kalet

Defending DEI and Academic Freedom in Florida
By Kelly Benjamin

AAUP President Irene Mulvey’s Letter Regarding Academic Freedom and DEI
Posted by Jennifer Ruth

Why You Should Attend a First-Year Physics Class
By Bill Bergman

Chaos at Purdue
By Dave Nalbone