Gumming the Hand that Feeds You: Academic Policy Statements

by Elizabeth J. Carter A policy is a temporary creed liable to be changed, but while it holds good it has got to be pursued with apostolic zeal.—Mohandas Gandhi The policy statements of academic associations such as the American Association of University Professors (AAUP), Modern Language Association (MLA) and Mathematical Association of America (MAA) have long served to distill and promulgate the views of their members on matters spanning academic freedom to hiring practices and distance education. They have never, though, served as engines of compelled change. Should they, though? Why, after all, do they exist? As now drafted and […]
This article is only available to subscribers. If you're a subscriber, log in. To subscribe, choose the subscription that suits your needs: 1 Year Individual Subscription, 1 Year Library Subscription, 1 Year Academic Department Subscription, 1 Year College Teaching & Learning Center Subscription or 1 Year College Faculty Association/Faculty Union Subscription
Tags: AAUP Academic Freedom and Governance Academic Policy Statements ADE ADFL adjunct adjunct labor American Association of University Professors American Sociological Association ASA Association of Departments of English Association of Departments of Foreign Languages Elizabeth J. Carter graduate students Guidelines for Programs and Departments in Undergraduate Mathematical Sciences MAA Mathematical Association of America MLA Modern Language Association Robert Kreiser Rosemary Feal Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages TESOL Tina Straley
Prev Post