AAUP Presents

A podcast by the American Association of University Professors on issues related to academic freedom, shared governance, and higher education. Visit aaup.org for more news and information.

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Episodes

The Student Debt Crisis and Public Service Loan Forgiveness

This podcast discusses the student debt crisis, which affects than forty-five million people in the United States who are saddled with debt in excess of $1.7 trillion, and perils and promise of the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program. The guests are Kaitlyn Vitez, Federal Government Relations Specialist, AAUP national office and Jessica Sponsler, art historian and adjunct professor and AAUP’s Pennsylvania state conference president. The podcast is hosted by Mariah Quinn, AAUP's digita...

Mar 02, 2022•33 min•Season 1Ep. 4

AAUP Presents: A conversation with AAUP president Irene Mulvey

We're joined on the podcast by Irene Mulvey, a professor of mathematics at Fairfield University and the AAUP’s current president. We'll cover the AAUP's response to the COVID-19 pandemic, current fights to protect academic freedom and shared governance, and plans for a new deal for higher education. Episode links: AAUP's COVID-19 resources Special report on COVID-19 and Academic Governance Coverage of the University of Florida and the fight over academic freedom University of Georgia system unde...

Dec 02, 2021•18 min•Season 1Ep. 1

AAUP Presents: The Annual Report of the Economic Status of the Profession and Institutional Debt

This podcast focuses on the 2020-2021 Annual Report on the Economic Status of the Profession, which presents findings from the AAUP’s annual Faculty Compensation Survey, as well as taking a deeper dive into the issue of institutional debt, which is covered in a special section of the report. This annual report outlines how years of unstable funding, combined with the impacts of the COVID‑19 pandemic, have created an existential threat to shared governance and academic freedom in higher education...

Nov 23, 2021•21 min•Season 1Ep. 3

AAUP Presents: Shared Governance

This podcast focuses on shared governance in higher ed. The AAUP released three reports this year looking at data collected from our national shared governance survey. The reports looked at the impact of the pandemic on shared governance, the demographics of senate chairs and governance structures, and faculty roles in decision-making. We’ll be discussing those reports and more, as well as discussing the implications of the COVID-19 pandemic on shared governance. This podcast features guests Joe...

Nov 22, 2021•32 min•Season 1Ep. 2

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