Our September newsletter features selected articles and book reviews from the forthcoming fall issue of Academe as well as an article from the Academe archives and recent posts from Academe Blog. The fall issue will be published in full in October.

Follow the links below or visit https://www.aaup.org/academe to read more.

FEATURES

Seven Theses Against Viewpoint Diversity
The problems with arguments for intellectual pluralism.
By Lisa Siraganian

The “Secret Weapon” in Right-Wing Attacks on Higher Education
The accreditation system faces unprecedented threats.
By Antoinette Flores

When the Law Is Lawless
“Schedule Policy/Career,” Title VI, and personal responsibility.
By Jennifer Ruth

Mutual Defense Across Higher Education in the Second Trump Era
Do we hang together or hang separately?
By Shawn Gilmore

On Internal Funding, Shared Governance, and Program Reduction
Understanding the proliferation of minigrants.
By Leslie Bary

Building One Faculty from Below
Everyday actions to promote solidarity.
By Eva Swidler

BOOK REVIEWS

Legacies of Teacher Persecution and Resistance
Joan W. Scott reviews A Blacklist Education by Jane S. Smith.

Between Scylla and Charybdis
Henry Reichman reviews The Challenge to Academic Freedom in Hungary by Andrew Ryder.

FROM THE ARCHIVES

Reaffirming the Principles of Academic Government
A reflection on the history and future of the AAUP’s joint statement on shared governance.
By Michael DeCesare

FROM THE BLOG

Government Intrusion at Columbia Has Only Just Begun
By Aaron Nisenson

A New Accreditation Body with Invasive Aims Takes Root in the South
By Audrey Berlowitz

Fighting Weaponized AI in Higher Education
By Britt S. Paris, Lindsay Weinberg, and Emma May

Trump’s Travel Ban Destroys an Iranian Student’s Dream
By an Anonymous Iranian Student

Trump’s State of Exception
By Mike Steve Collins

Intellectual Freedom Case Repositories
By David Moshman