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On June 29, 2026, the Vanderbilt Board of Trust published online A “Declaration of First Principles,” and on August 3, 2026, the U.S. Department of Education released a “National Call to Action to University Presidents and Governing Boards.” We respond as Vanderbilt faculty. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE The Vanderbilt University Chapter of the American Association of…
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In June 2026, the administrations at Vanderbilt University and Washington University at St. Louis in St. Louis released a “State of the Scholarship” report criticizing scholarship in the humanities and humanistic social sciences. We respond as faculty in a joint statement with the AAUP of Washington University. The Vanderbilt University and Washington University chapters of…
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