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In This Issue: Save the Date: April 23rd AAUP-OR Annual Conference President's Column by José Padín In the News: LA Times column: what Scalia's death means for anti-union legal strategy in Friedrichs case Inside Higher Ed: Scalia's death and affirmative action case Inside Higher Ed: more protests coming Chapter Updates: OSU-AAUP by Tony Vogt PSU-AAUP by Pam Miller United Academics at University of Oregon by Michael Dreiling
View Moreby José Padín, President, AAUP-OR A quick scan of the news at American colleges and universities shows just how precarious faculty rights, shared governance, and academic freedom can be. They cannot be taken for granted. To my mind, ongoing news reports bear two clear conclusions: Where faculty lack collective bargaining rights, their tenure and academic due process rights are also weak — troublingly so. Owing to a fateful 1980 Supreme Court decision, faculty (other than adjunct faculty) at private colleges and universities lack collective bargaining rights. (See the news from Colorado, Illinois, Maryland, Missouri, below). Where collective bargaining rights are…
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