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Podcast: New Books in Education
Episode: An Inside Look at the American Association of University Professors
Description: Welcome to The Academic Life! In this episode you’ll hear about:
Why the AAUP was formed.
Their role in supporting academic freedom.
Why the threat to tenure is a threat to higher education.
The importance of collective bargaining, and of transparency in academic salaries.
Our guest is: Dr. Irene Mulvey, who is a Professor of Mathematics at Fairfield University where she has been teaching for 37 years. She has been fighting to protect academic freedom, to promote shared governance, and to uphold AAUP principles and standards at the campus, state and national level for ov...