Manfred Philipp,
Chair, University Faculty Senate 

With the growing corporatization of American higher education today, and the changing structure of the academic workplace, the academic freedom of the faculty faces serious new challenges. Increasingly in the last decade administrators have centralized power, placing curbs on faculty speech on university policy, and excluding meaningful faculty participation in institutional governance. Together with the growing use of contingent faculty unprotected by tenure or due process, these changes threaten the academic freedom of all college and university teachers, and change the very nature of the university in a democratic society.

The panel with Gary Rhodes and Manfred Philipp will explore this issue both within the national context, and within the ambit of the City University.

All members are invited and encouraged to participate in the question and answer session following the presentations.