President’s Column: A New Academic Year and New Challenges Ahead
by Michael Dreiling, President, AAUP-Oregon Dear Friends and Colleagues: I hope your summer months were both renewing and productive. I certainly enjoyed many of those moments. Yet, upon my return to the country in September, I was moved from shock to a lingering grief that first began with the blazing fires and smoke-filled valley and onto the repeated news of disaster-stricken communities in Texas, Florida, Puerto Rico, Mexico, the Caribbean, indeed, around the world. The call to solidarity and community knows no borders. This is the antidote to my grief. As scholars, teachers, and guides to the academic life of students,…
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