In this episode we discuss the AAUP's new statement On Institutional Neutrality. As college and university communities begin to suffer the consequences of unchecked power, the statement reaffirms that institutional neutrality is neither a necessary condition for academic freedom nor categorically incompatible with it—and that respect for faculty voices and shared governance procedures is essential to sound decision-making and the protection of those who dissent.

Our guests are the report's coauthors, Joan Wallach Scott and Brian Soucek. Scott is a historian and an  emerita professor at the Institute for Advanced Study and a member of AAUP’s Committee A on Academic Freedom and Tenure.  Soucek is professor of law and chancellor’s fellow at the University of California, Davis, School of Law. He is also a member of AAUP’s Committee A.  The episode is hosted by Anita Levy, a senior program officer in the Department of Academic Freedom, Tenure, and Governance.

Links: 

• The statement, On Institutional Neutrality 
• FAQs on Institutional Neutrality