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
.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