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AAUP Annual Meeting - 2007 |
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AAUP Annual Meeting Announcement:Registration for the AAUP’s 93rd Annual Meeting is open! We will meet again at the historic Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington, D.C., June 7-10, 2007. Register by May 1 to take advantage of the early-bird registration fee. You may download the entire pre-registration packet from the Association’s Web site: http://www.aaup.org/AAUP/About/events/2007AM/ or just click on the link and register online. Secure your hotel reservations directly on the Internet with the Omni Shoreham Hotel: http://www.omnihotels.com/FindAHotel/WashingtonDCShoreham/MeetingFacilities/AAUPAnnualMeeting6.aspx The theme for the 2007 Annual Meeting is “Telling the Truth in Difficult Times.” Speakers include: Joan Bertin, executive director of the National Coalition Against Censorship and consultant to the Association’s Committee A on Academic Freedom and Tenure; Andrew Ross, professor in the Program in American Studies in the Department of Social and Cultural Analysis at New York University and author of Fast Boat to China: Corporate Flight and the Consequences of Free Trade—Lessons from Shanghai; and Neil Gross, assistant professor of sociology at Harvard University and researcher on political views of college and university professors, with Solon Simmons, assistant professor at George Mason University’s Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution. A special feature will be an exhibition of portraits by Maine artist Robert Shetterly, from his nonpartisan series, “Americans Who Tell the Truth.” Panel Presentations, Friday, June 8: What’s Race Got to Do with It? Social Disparities and Student
Success Organizing Around Gender Equity The Social and Political Attitudes of Professors Capitol Hill Day – Thursday, June 7, AAUP members will schedule visits to their senators and representatives to talk about important issues affecting higher education. TIAA-CREF will present a seminar focusing on “Estate Planning and Charitable Giving” on Friday morning, June 8. Note to chapter and conference presidents, secretaries, and executive directors: Delegate forms are available online at the site noted above. There are specific requirements for registering your delegates so please download the forms and submit them in a timely manner to avoid any deadline problems. See you in Washington, |