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Vol. XXXVII No. 1September/October 2024
MIT’s New Chapter of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP)
The American Association of University Professors (AAUP) was formed in January 1915. John Dewey (professor of education and psychology at Columbia) was selected as its first president, and Arthur Lovejoy...
Vol. XXXVII No. 2November/December 2024
Free Expression and Written Revolution
We helped found MITCAF, the MIT Council on Academic Freedom (see “An Invitation to the MIT Council on Academic Freedom” in this issue) because we believe that free expression and...
Vol. XXXVII No. 2November/December 2024
Go Fly A Kite: Academic Freedom and Student Protests
Recently, the Vice President for Research (VPR) reached out to me asking for the content of a project at the Center for Transportation and Logistics (CTL) involving Maersk, the world’s...
Vol. XXXVII No. 2November/December 2024
Where Do We Go From Here? Lessons from last year’s Israel-Palestine campus showdown
This article is reprinted from the fall 2024 issue of Acadame, published by the American Association of University Professors (AAUP). As we head into the new academic year, American colleges...
Vol. XXXVII No. 2November/December 2024
Where Do We Go From Here?
For about 10 years – when I was between the ages of about six and sixteen – I lived with my family in Saudi Arabia. The American school I attended...
Vol. XXXVII No. 2November/December 2024
Work for This Fall and Winter
The last Institute faculty meeting included some lively discussion of two very big topics: learning and process goals for the undergraduate academic program that might be used to guide a...
Vol. XXXVII No. 2November/December 2024
Interim Report Presented at the October 17, 2024 Institute Faculty Meeting Regarding the FNL
Interim Report on Committee to Review Faculty Newsletter Policies and Procedures October 17, 2024 Susan Silbey (Committee Chair) Amy Brand (Director and Publisher, MIT Press) Nazli Choucri (FNL Editorial Board...
Vol. XXXVII No. 2November/December 2024
Interim Report on Committee to Review Faculty Newsletter Policies and Procedures
At the May 15, 2024, Institute faculty meeting, a motion passed to stand up an ad hoc committee to review and revise the policies and procedures of the MIT Faculty...
Vol. XXXVII No. 2November/December 2024
Faculty, Students, Postdoctoral Scholars 1870-2025
Source: Office of the Provost/Institutional Research...