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 ofContinue reading “Faculty at Vanderbilt and Washington University respond to “State of the Scholarship” report”
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Executive Committee’s Open Letter to Chancellor Diermeier regarding the “Compact”
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Coverage of Vanderbilt Faculty Letter Regarding Student Activists and Free Expression on Campus
Our Open Letter currently has over 170 signatories. A group of faculty have met with Provost Raver to reiterate our demands and have written a follow-up letter (see below). NEWS COVERAGE The student sit-in and subsequent response have been covered widely in the news, including: New York Times, Is This the End of Academic Freedom?,Continue reading “Coverage of Vanderbilt Faculty Letter Regarding Student Activists and Free Expression on Campus”
Vanderbilt University faculty calling on administration to reconsider campus reopening plan
Professors are also worried about the administration’s decision to house up to 6,000 undergraduates on campus. Source: Vanderbilt University faculty calling on administration to reconsider campus reopening plan
Vanderbilt AAUP announces petition to Vanderbilt University administration
On July 6, 2020, Vanderbilt University’s AAUP chapter released a petition to Vanderbilt University to rethink the university’s approach to fall 2020.
Vanderbilt AAUP 