New Jersey State Conference

American Association of University Professors

ANNUAL MEETING, Saturday, April 8, 2006

All must register in advance: 732-445-2278 x15 or <deniseb@rutgersaaup.com>

Labor Education Center, New Brunswick, Ryders Lane, one light west of U.S. 1

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ACADEMIC FREEDOM

IN A TIME OF SECURITY


 

8:45          Registration, Certification of voting delegates from chapters

                  Coffee, tea, juice, bagels

9:00          Welcome: Judith L. Johnston, NJ AAUP President

                  Introduction of 2005-2006 Executive Committee

                  Award for Outstanding Service to Higher Education

                           Patrick J. Diegnan, NJ Assembly (18th district)

                  Awards for Outstanding Teaching

                           Amy Bahruth, Labor Education, Rutgers University

                           Michael C. Newlon, Molecular Genetics, Microbiology, and
                                    Immunology, UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson

                  Award for Outstanding Research

                           Eric Davis, Political Science, Rutgers University

9:30          Judith L. Johnston

                  “Let Me Count the Ways Professors Practice Accountability”

9:45          Patrick J. Diegnan, Chair, Higher Education Committee, NJ Assembly

                  “Academic Freedom as an Essential Component of
                           NJ’s Higher Education Community”

10:15           Invited Guest Jane Oates,
                  Senior Policy Advisor to the Governor on Higher Education and
                  former Senior Education Advisor to Senator Kennedy

10:45           break

11:00           Jonathan Knight, AAUP, Academic Freedom, Tenure & Governance

                  “Safeguarding Academic Freedom: The Constant Struggles”

11:45           Business Meeting, NJ AAUP

                           Officers’ Reports

                           Election of Executive Committee members and ASC Delegates

12:30           Lunch

1:30            Workshops:
                      * Lobby Training for State Legislative Action in Trenton

                      * Capitol Hill Day in Washington, June 8, 2006