AAUP Statement on Spellings Commission Report

"Statement of the Committee on Government Relations,
American Association of University Professors (AAUP), regarding the report A Test of Leadership: Charting the Future of U. S. Higher Education

The Commission on the Future of Higher Education appointed by Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings has issued its report, after a year of hearings and deliberations. Although the report raises important issues and has been improved through successive drafts, it remains seriously flawed in its fundamental characterization of American higher education. As the preeminent voice speaking for faculty, and on the basis of its historic commitment to the principles of academic freedom, shared governance, and higher education’s contribution to the common good, the American Association of University Professors must uphold a different vision of what American higher education has been and should be."

The full text of the Government Relations Committee statement, along with other materials on the commission, is available on the AAUP Web site at http://www.aaup.org/AAUP/government/federal/FutureofHigherEd/spellrep.htm