INDIANA CONFERENCE AAUP
Spring 2010 MEETING PROGRAM

SATURDAY, April 10, 2010
University of Indianapolis Campus
Schwitzer Student Center, Trustees Dining Room

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9:30 a.m.	Registration, Trustees Dining Room, Schwitzer Student Center
10.00 a.m.	Rich Schneirov, President's Report and Discussion
11:00 a.m.	Tony Maidenburg, Interim President of the Independent Colleges of Indiana.
12 noon	Lunch (in the same room) Featured Speaker: Teresa Lubbers, Commissioner, Indiana Commission for Higher Education

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SPECIAL NOTICE: Registration and lunch are FREE for this meeting. Take this as an opportunity to invite a colleague.

While it is completely voluntary, we are inviting you to make a contribution to the Faculty for Higher Education fund. Contributions to this fund help monitor higher education issues as they are processed by the Indiana State Legislature.

Please check one of the options on the form below and return by Thursday, April 8. Mail to: Prof. Perry Kea, Dept. of Philosophy & Religion, University of Indianapolis, 1400 E. Hanna Ave., Indianapolis, IN 46227 or contact him at (317)-788-3242 or kea@uindy.edu

____	I plan to attend the ICAAUP Spring meeting, and I have voluntarily included a check to Faculty for Higher Education.
____	I cannot attend the ICAAUP Spring meeting, but I have voluntarily included a check to Faculty for Higher Education.
____	I do not wish to make a contribution to Faculty for Higher Education, but I plan to attend the ICAAUP Spring meeting.
Name(s) and institution(s) attending this meeting:

Directions and maps to the University of Indianapolis are available at http://www.uindy.edu/maps/. The Schwitzer Student Center is #7 on the campus map. There is ample parking right by Schwitzer.

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The Academic Freedom Controversy at Notre Dame

The Indiana Conference of the American Association of University Professors expresses its support for University of Notre Dame President the Rev. John Jenkins in standing by the university's decision to invite President Barack Obama to speak at its May 17 commencement. (Read More.....)

Television Interviews on Academic Freedom

Recently, interviews were conduced on the topic of academic freedom.  These interviews appeared on the following local television stations:

    * WTHR - TV13 - News Interview
    * WRTV - TV6 - News Interview
    * Newslink Indiana TV - News Interview

[View with Windows Media Player]

[View with Quick Time]

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Ivy Tech Needs Professional Standards For its Faculty

Like other institutions of higher education, Ivy Tech Community College aspires to contribute to the economic and social development of the state of Indiana; but its treatment of its faculty does not look like that of colleges and universities in this and other states.  (Read More....)

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