NYSC AAUP FALL 2024 MEETING AGENDA & CONFERENCE PROGRAM

 – -NYSC AAUP Fall 2024 (Virtual) Conference 

HOT TOPICS IN HIGHER EDUCATION: Academic Freedom, Protests, Elections

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2024

(8:30am-3:30pm)

Link to (FINAL) Fall 2024 Conference Program: https://nyscaaup.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/NYSC-AAUP-Fall-2024-Conference-ProgramPDF-2.pdf

The NYSC AAUP Conference is open to AAUP members in good standing and their invited guests. Preregistration is required. 

LINK: Registration Fall 2024 | New York State AAUP Conference (nyscaaup.org)

8:30-9:00am –  Networking, Welcome and Opening Remarks  (Mary Rose Kubal, President, NYSC AAUP & Sally Dear-Healey, Executive Director, NYSC AAUP)

MORNING PROGRAM

Moderator: TBD

Keynote Speakers:

9:00am-10:30am –
Todd Wolfson, Ph.D.
President, AAUP
“AAUP and the Fight for the Future of Higher Education“

10:30-12:00pm –
Isaac Kamola, Ph.D.
Director, AAUP Center for Academic Freedom
“Manufacturing Backlash: Right-Wing Think Tanks and the Legislative Attack on Higher Education, 2021–2023“

12:00-12:30pm – LUNCH (You are welcome to share lunch with other attendees or join us again at 12:30)

AFTERNOON PROGRAM

Moderator: TBD

Invited Panelists:

12:30-1:00pm –
Ellen Schrecker, Ph.D.
Yeshiva University
“It’s Worse than McCarthyism: The Current Attack on Higher Education”

1:00-1:30pm –
Michael Thaddeua, Ph.D.
Columbia University
“The Crisis at Columbia: A Faculty Perspective”

1:30-2:00pm –
Alan Singer, Ph.D.
Hofstra Universitiy
“Defending Faculty Role as Public Intellectuals in Contentious Times“

2:00-2:30pm –
Tom Beaudoin, Ph.D.
Fordham University
“Acrimony and Advocacy: A Brief Report from the Fordham University Chapter”

2:30-3:15pm – Q & A and Open Forum          

3:15pm-3:30pm – CLOSING REMARKS 

FRIDAY BUSINESS MEETING (9/20/24) – 2:00pm-5:00pm

The business meeting is open only to AAUP members in good standing. Preregistration is required. A Zoom invite and agenda will be sent to vetted registered attendees prior to the meeting.

2:00-2:30pm – Check-in and Socializing

2:30-4:30pm – Business Meeting

4:30-5:00pm – Reports & Open Forum