Since its founding, the American Association of University Professors has been concerned with infringements of academic freedom when colleges interfere with invited speakers. The first time the AAUP seems to have addressed the problem categorically, however, was through a resolution adopted fifty years ago by the annual meeting. The Association…

Many teachers are frustrated by their students' failure to "get involved," take a stand on an issue, or protest. But faculty members themselves neither model nor teach the importance of dissent for fear that they will be seen as insubordinate or disloyal to their colleges or universities. The simplest way to model dissent is by insisting that…

This article presents the address delivered by Roger Bowen, American Association of University Professors' (AAUP) general secretary, last fall to the Coalition of Faculty Associations of Western New York. The AAUP's history could be rendered in a series of biographies about academic dissenters who dared to speak truth to power. His address centers…

Lt. General Abrahamson suggested that SDI policy is developing increased respect for university policies that oppose classified research, with such research conducted in nonuniversity settings, autonomous institutes, or institutions that do not have such policies. Ballantyne describes Cornell University's policy on open research. (Author/MLW)

The practice of excluding aliens because of their beliefs, political utterances, or party affiliations is discussed. The historical use of immigration law to stifle dissent is described, along with a bill that would repeal the ideological exclusion provisions of the McCarran-Walter Act. (MLW)