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At the Indiana AAUP, we advance academic freedom + shared governance in our state by supporting those who teach, research & learn for the common good. inaaup.wordpress.com

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Indiana Conference of the AAUP @inaaup.bsky.social · 14h
Higher education is built around asking questions, evaluating evidence, exchanging ideas, & participating thoughtfully in public life. Check your registration, register to vote, find your polling place, & access official election information through Indiana’s voter portal. www.in.gov/sos/election...
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Indiana Conference of the AAUP @inaaup.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The IU Kokomo Library recently launched the IU Kokomo Research Spotlight, a monthly student-produced podcast and public lecture series designed to introduce more people to the research faculty are doing, and why that work matters beyond campus. open.spotify.com/show/2xGEShh...
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The IU Kokomo Research Spotlight
Podcast · IU Kokomo Research Spotlight · We're a student-produced podcast highlighting the interesting and impactful research projects underway at Indiana University Kokomo. We talk to students and fa...
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Indiana Conference of the AAUP @inaaup.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Faculty organizing isn't new. In 1973, AAUP formally adopted its Statement on Collective Bargaining, recognizing collective bargaining as compatible with the Association's longstanding commitments to academic freedom, shared governance, and due process. www.aaup.org/reports-publ...
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Indiana Conference of the AAUP @inaaup.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The semester is well underway, and our September Newsletter is here! Whether you're already active in your local chapter or looking for a place to start, there's something here for you. Read and share it with a colleague who should be part of the conversation: inaaupnews.org/september-20...
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Indiana Conference of the AAUP @inaaup.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
When we talk about making college affordable, tuition is only part of the equation. What about: 💸 Housing and food? 💸 Books and course materials? 💸 Transportation and childcare? 💸 Enough faculty and advisors to help students succeed? 💸 Availability of the courses students need to graduate on time?
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Indiana Conference of the AAUP @inaaup.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
“Professors are sometimes spoken of as working for the college; they are the college.” — Paul Chadbourne, 1873 More than 150 years later, the point still resonates. Higher education does not exist without the people who teach, research, advise, mentor, create, and serve their campus communities.
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Indiana Conference of the AAUP @inaaup.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
AAUO & AFT's new Blueprint for Strengthening and Transforming Higher Education lays out a vision for higher education rooted in academic freedom, affordability, shared governance, public investment, and respect for the people who make our institutions work. www.aaup.org/blueprint-st...
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A Blueprint for Strengthening and Transforming Higher Education
The AAUP and AFT jointly launched a new comprehensive policy platform ahead of the 2026 midterms aimed to counter the Trump administration’s far right extremist attacks on American higher education an...
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Indiana Conference of the AAUP @inaaup.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
This week, we're celebrating Max Van Dongen, Asst. Lecturer in BSU's Department of Media and recipient of CCIM's 2026 Outstanding Teacher Award. Cheers to another year of teaching, mentoring, creating, researching, & helping students discover what they're capable of. #facultyfriday
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Indiana Conference of the AAUP @inaaup.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Constitution Day is about more than celebrating a document. It’s an opportunity to talk about the rights and freedoms it is meant to protect. On 9/17, our colleagues are hosting a Lunch & Learn focused on academic freedom + free speech. 📚 Chapter leaders: Check in w/ @bsuaaup.bsky.social!
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Indiana Conference of the AAUP @inaaup.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Indiana students attending public colleges & universities will once again see undergraduate tuition & mandatory fees held @ 2024 levels this academic year. Making higher ed affordable is an important goal. But tuition is only one side of the equation. indianacapitalchronicle.com/2026/08/26/i...
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Indiana in-state tuition freeze continues for second year • Indiana Capital Chronicle
Indiana's two-year in-state college tuition freeze will continue through the 2026-27 academic year.
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Indiana Conference of the AAUP @inaaup.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
As a new academic year gets underway, we’re thinking about the possibilities created every day inside our classrooms that depend on faculty having the freedom to ask difficult questions, follow evidence, introduce students to challenging ideas, and teach according to their professional expertise.
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Indiana Conference of the AAUP @inaaup.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Our colleagues at @uarj.bsky.social have launched a new training hub with practical opportunities to help faculty and other higher education stakeholders become more informed and effective participants in that process. We encourage Indiana faculty to learn more & register: uarj.org/trainings
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University Alliance for Racial Justice @uarj.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
We have launched new training opportunities for faculty, staff, students, & community members to build knowledge & practical skills needed to engage in Indiana higher ed policy. 9/16 | Understanding How Policy Becomes Campus Reality 9/30 | How to Testify at the Indiana Statehouse uarj.org/trainings
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Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: UARJ Training, Part I: Advocating for Higher Education. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: UARJ Training, Part I: Advocating for Higher Education. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
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Indiana Conference of the AAUP @inaaup.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
A recent AAUP report raises a question for higher ed: what happens when government funding & regulatory authority become leverage for changing university policies, teaching, or research? 'Extorted Compliance' examines growing threats to institutional autonomy: inaaup.wordpress.com/2026/08/17/w...
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Who Gets to Decide What Universities Teach? The Growing Threat of “Extorted Compliance”
Colleges and universities have always existed in conversation (and sometimes tension) with the governments, communities, donors, and students they serve. Academia tends to live within the understan…
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Indiana Conference of the AAUP @inaaup.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
If you’ve been wondering what’s happening across Indiana’s campuses, we’ve put together a back-to-campus guide with steps every faculty member can take. This year is beginning amid continued changes to higher ed & faculty shouldn’t have to navigate them alone. inaaup.wordpress.com/2026/08/17/b...
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Back to Campus, Ready to Organize: A Faculty Guide for the 2026–27 Academic Year
A new academic year always begins with a familiar rush: new students, new schedules, revised syllabi, committee meetings, overflowing inboxes, and the optimistic fiction that this will be the semes…
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Indiana Conference of the AAUP @inaaup.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Throwback to 2014 with Steven Salaita in our sister state, Illinois. The case quickly became a dispute over Academic Freedom. An AAUP investigation later concluded that the university’s actions violated principles of academic freedom and appropriate academic procedure. www.aaup.org/reports-publ...
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Indiana Conference of the AAUP @inaaup.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
This newsletter focuses on the questions faculty across Indiana will be navigating in the months ahead: academic freedom, institutional autonomy, state higher education policy, faculty organization, and the role of AAUP chapters in responding collectively. inaaupnews.org/august-2026-...
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Indiana Conference of the AAUP @inaaup.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Who holds university trustees accountable? Indiana University Trustee Sage Steele recently drew scrutiny after a social media post about former federal health official Anthony Fauci raised questions about IU’s newly adopted trustee code of conduct. www.ipm.org/news/2026-08...
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Does Sage Steele’s post about ‘waterboarding’ Fauci violate code of conduct for IU trustees?
The post has received over 600,000 views and, predictably in these times, over 500 comments from people who are both in favor and against Steele’s statement.
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Indiana Conference of the AAUP @inaaup.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Academic freedom depends on universities being places where scholarship, teaching, research & inquiry are guided by expertise and the pursuit of knowledge, rather than by political pressure. Free universities help sustain society. We all have a stake in protecting intellectual independence.
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Indiana Conference of the AAUP @inaaup.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
For this week's Faculty Friday, we’re celebrating Steven Alan Carr for helpoing students think critically about film, media, culture, history, and the forces that shape the stories we tell and consume. Thank you for the work you do for students, scholarship, and higher education in Indiana!
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Indiana Conference of the AAUP @inaaup.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
On this rainy day in Indiana, we're sharing a bright spot from Texas, where faculty organizations and civil rights advocates are refusing to allow classroom censorship to become the norm. lambdalegal.org/newsroom/aau...
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Legal Advocates Seek Preliminary Injunction to Block Texas Tech's Unconstitutional Classroom Censorship Policies
The motion asks the court to immediately halt enforcement of university policies that restrict faculty teaching on certain topics related to race, gender identity, and sexual orientation.  Today, plai...
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Indiana Conference of the AAUP @inaaup.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
AAUP & AFT called on Yale to reject any closed-door agreement that would compromise academic freedom, shared governance, due process or institutional independence. Read the letter: www.aaup.org/news/aaup-af...
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Indiana Conference of the AAUP @inaaup.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
AAUP has long recognized the rights of teachers & students as essential parts of academic freedom. Protecting the freedom to teach also means protecting the freedom to learn. This week, we’re reminded that defending academic freedom means defending curiosity itself. #academicfreedom
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Indiana Conference of the AAUP @inaaup.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
“Extorted Compliance: A Threat to Institutional Autonomy, Academic Freedom, & Shared Governance,” lays out a disturbing pattern: the Trump admin has used federal research funding as leverage to pressure universities to threaten the core functions of higher ed. www.aaup.org/reports-publ...
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Extorted Compliance: A Threat to Institutional Autonomy, Academic Freedom, and Shared Governance
Published July 2026.This report was prepared by a joint subcommittee of the Association’s Committee A on Academic Freedom andTenure and the Committee on College and University Governance and was appro...
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Indiana Conference of the AAUP @inaaup.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Shared governance means faculty hold primary responsibility for areas in which their professional expertise is essential, including: • Curriculum and course content • Teaching methods • Research • Faculty status and evaluation • Academic aspects of student life www.aaup.org/issues-highe...
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Indiana Conference of the AAUP @inaaup.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Academic freedom is not a private privilege reserved for professors. It is part of the infrastructure that allows knowledge to grow, errors to be challenged and the public to benefit from honest inquiry. www.aaup.org/reports-publ...
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Indiana Conference of the AAUP @inaaup.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Flashback to earlier this year when the impact of Indiana’s “intellectual diversity” law and the uncertainty it has created for faculty navigating teaching, research, tenure, and classroom discussion was being thoroughly examined by journalists. www.highereddive.com/news/inside-...
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Inside the ‘minefield’ of Indiana’s intellectual diversity law
The measure aims to promote diverse viewpoints in classrooms. But some experts say it's part of a troubling trend to restrict certain speech in classrooms.
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Indiana Conference of the AAUP @inaaup.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
A new CAP report warns that drafted federal rules could reshape college accreditation in ways that reduce student protections, weaken oversight, & give the federal government more leverage over what faculty teach, research, & publish. www.americanprogress.org/article/the-...
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The Trump Administration Moves To Tighten Grip on Colleges
New rules would gut key student protections on program quality and give the federal government leverage to exert ideological control over American higher education.
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Indiana Conference of the AAUP @inaaup.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
New data shows major research universities accepted 15% fewer doctoral applicants for fall 2026 compared to fall 2025. This is the second consecutive year of substantial reductions. Read more: www.sfexaminer.com/decline-of-p...
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Indiana Conference of the AAUP @inaaup.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Universities serve the public best when they are free to pursue knowledge wherever the evidence leads. Academic freedom protects the ability of faculty to teach, research, question, and challenge ideas without political interference. #motivationmonday
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Indiana Conference of the AAUP @inaaup.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
For Faculty Friday, we are recognizing Leonard Williams, Professor Emeritus of Political Science at Manchester University! Professor Williams provides thoughtful teaching, compassionate mentorship, open inquiry, and the belief that students deserve to be taken seriously as thinkers. Thank you!
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Indiana Conference of the AAUP @inaaup.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Throwback to 1915, when the AAUP was founded to define and defend academic freedom in American higher education. More than a century later, that mission is still urgent. 1915 Declaration of Principles on Academic Freedom & Academic Tenure: www.aaup.org/NR/rdonlyres...
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Indiana Conference of the AAUP @inaaup.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Shared governance is the principle that universities work best when faculty have a meaningful role in institutional decision-making, including decisions about curriculum, academic standards, teaching, research, budgeting, technology, hiring, program review, & long-term university strategy.
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Indiana Conference of the AAUP @inaaup.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
AAUP is investigating academic freedom + shared governance violations across TX public universities, including restrictions on what faculty can teach, political control over curriculum, & more. We're watching in Indiana, as we have seen similar issues here. www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-t...
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AAUP Investigating Academic Freedom, Shared Governance in Texas
An American Association of University Professors committee is investigating academic freedom and shared governance violations across Texas, where public university leaders have restricted what faculty...
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Indiana Conference of the AAUP @inaaup.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Academic freedom is often discussed as a principle, a policy, or a professional protection, but at its heart, it is about people. It protects professors asking difficult questions, students learning how to think critically, researchers following evidence where it leads, and more. #motivationmonday
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Indiana Conference of the AAUP @inaaup.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Higher education is under pressure from legislative interference. Tell OMB how politicizing research funding would affect your students, your work, your campus, and the public good. Academic freedom survives when we defend it in public by midnight on July 13. www.regulations.gov/docket/OMB-2...
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Indiana Conference of the AAUP @inaaup.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
A recent NPR story on First Amendment settlements following firings over social media posts about Charlie Kirk’s death raises urgent questions for Indiana higher education. Our thoughts: inaaup.wordpress.com/2026/07/02/a...
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Academic Freedom Is Tested When Speech Becomes Controversial
A Blog regarding First Amendment settlements and how they should be a warning to Indiana colleges and universities. A recent NPR story examining First Amendment settlements following firings over s…
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Indiana Conference of the AAUP @inaaup.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
We join advocates across the state in mourning the sudden passing of Mark Russell. Mark’s work lived at the intersection of public education, civil rights, racial justice, community advocacy, and public policy. His legacy lives through all advocacy work.
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Indiana Conference of the AAUP @inaaup.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Before Prof Adams faced the loss of her position, she was removed from teaching a diversity, human rights, & social justice course after a classroom lesson on racism drew a complaint. This should concern anyone who cares about academic freedom: www.campusreform.org/article/prof...
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Indiana Conference of the AAUP @inaaup.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Shared governance is more than a meeting, a committee, or a final vote after major decisions have already been made. In Indiana, as public colleges and universities face increasing political pressure, shared governance is not optional. It is essential. www.insidehighered.com/opinion/care...
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What We Mean When We Say “Shared Governance” (opinion)
Faculty and administrators often have very different ideas of the rights and responsibilities involved, Lee Bebout and Jeff Crane write.
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AAUP @aaup.org · 15/06/2026
“We’re seeing the unfolding of a decades-long effort by right-wing think tanks to weaken the accreditation system..at stake is a systemic effort to make higher ed more vulnerable to political interference & to cost-cutting, quality reducing measures.”
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Indiana Conference of the AAUP @inaaup.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Indiana AAUP condemns Indiana University’s termination of Lecturer Jessica Adams from the IU School of Social Work. This case raises urgent concerns about academic freedom, due process, political interference, and more. Read our full statement: inaaup.wordpress.com/2026/06/15/i...
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Indiana AAUP Denounces IU’s Termination of Lecturer Jessica Adams, Calls for Immediate Review
The Indiana Conference of the American Association of University Professors condemns Indiana University’s decision to terminate Jessica Adams from her position as a Lecturer in the Indiana Universi…
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Indiana Conference of the AAUP @inaaup.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Teaching is alive & responsive to students, shaped by inquiry, + open to the unexpected moments when real learning happens. When educators are pressured to avoid difficult questions & follow politically imposed agendas, students lose access to the full promise of higher education. #motivationmonday
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Indiana Conference of the AAUP @inaaup.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Accreditors help determine whether institutions can access federal student aid, including loans and Pell Grants. Indiana faculty know what happens when higher education policy is driven by ideology rather than evidence. www.newamerica.org/insights/in-...
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In Final Stretch of Accreditation Negotiations, Trump Administration Resists Compromise
The U.S. Department of Education is still pursuing sweeping accreditation changes that politicize higher education oversight.
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Indiana Conference of the AAUP @inaaup.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Throwback: In 2021, Judith Suissa and Alice Sullivan warned that replacing intellectual engagement with denunciation is “anti-intellectual,” “anti-democratic,” and “educationally disastrous.” In 2026 Indiana, that warning lands in a broader and urgent context. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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Indiana Conference of the AAUP @inaaup.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
A recent essay in U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings argues that academic freedom at service academies and war colleges is a national security imperative. In Indiana, attacks on academic freedom and program integrity are threats to the public mission of higher education. www.usni.org/magazines/pr...
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Academic Freedom Is a National Security Imperative
Why should the military care about academic freedom?
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Indiana Conference of the AAUP @inaaup.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
A recent Inside Higher Ed opinion urges graduate faculty, deans, directors of graduate studies, and provosts to make academic freedom part of graduate student preparation. www.insidehighered.com/opinion/care...
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Indiana Conference of the AAUP @inaaup.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Pride Month calls higher education to do more than offer symbolic recognition. It calls us to protect the conditions that make learning possible: dignity, safety, inquiry, evidence, debate, and intellectual engagement. Universities must remain a place where difficult questions can still be asked.
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Indiana Conference of the AAUP @inaaup.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Dr. Rubenstein: teacher, researcher, & public voice reflecting the best of Indiana higher education w/curiosity, rigor, service, and a deep commitment to students and discovery. We are grateful for his work advancing knowledge & helping the public understand why higher ed & research are important.
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Indiana Conference of the AAUP @inaaup.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Throwback to last year, when our VP Miriam R. Pelikan Pittenger with Hanover College shared the centennial swag from AAUP’s national summit, where she was a presenter and our Conference Delegate! The 2026 AAUP Higher Ed Summit is next week. Will we see you in Chicago?
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