University "Codes of Responsible Conduct"--Fashionable Gesture, Radical Imposition of Obligations to Mutual Spying, or Traps for the Unwary?

(Pix (c) Larry Catá Backer 2014) Ethics has become an increasingly import aspect of governance cultures in public and private institutions. ...

A Statement on Civility From Administrative Elites at Penn State--Civility and Its Discontents in the Academy; Defining the Space and Terms of Debate Within or Beyond Social Norms

The issue of civility has become a more interesting subject for debate within and among universities.  No less so, it seems, among Universit...

Resolution to Honor the Late Penn State Vice Provost W. Terrell Jones

(Terrell Jones) It is with great sorrow that I report the recent passing of Terrell Jones, whose presence we will miss greatly here at Penn ...

New Essays From the AAUP Journal of Academic Freedom

Apologies for the long silence. I have been absent far too long--duty called. But I am back now and things will be gearing up as we consider...