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Welcome to the Claremont Colleges AAUP Chapter!
Welcome to the Claremont Colleges AAUP Chapter!
Chapter Officers (2024-25 academic year)
Deborah Carter (CGU), president
Heather Ferguson (CMC), vice president
Brent Armendinger (PZR) secretary
Andrew Aisenberg (SCR), treasurer
Other Executive Committee Members
Sarah Gilbert (PZR)
George Gorse (POM)
Sumita Pahwa (SCR)
Brian Shuve (HMC)
Chapter bylaws updated on April 22, 2022
webpage updated on May 24, 2025
To contact the chapter: email claremontcollegesaaup (at) gmail.com
To join the chapter's mailing list, please fill out this form.
Thank you to all who attended our General Meeting on April 30th!
Thank you to all who attended our General Meeting on April 30th!
We will be following up soon after we complete our semester tasks!
aaup 0430225 gen mtg.pdf7c day of action 2025.pdfThank you all who attended/contacted us!
AAUP National Day of Action Information
Thank you all who attended/contacted us!
AAUP National Day of Action Information
Starting last year, AAUP chapters around the country have organized events to highlight important issues facing our society and higher education institutions. Last year, we sponsored a talk on Academic Freedom by Michael Meranze.
This year, we are hosting a group watch and discussion of the AAUP's National Panel titled "Free Higher Ed Now!"
Please register for the event at this link: https://tinyurl.com/7c20250417
You are welcome to join us for a reception at 3:15pm in the Founders Room of the Claremont Colleges Library.
The main event starts at 4pm in the Ponderosa Room at the Library. It is a classroom located on the 2nd floor of the Mudd side of the Library.
A Description of the Panel Event:
This Teach In will feature leading voices in the fightback for a Free Higher Ed. It will provide analysis and ideas of key issues taken up by the Day of Action: attacks on campus workers; organizing every campus union; fighting for academic freedom and free speech; building power against University governing boards and trustees; speaking out for Palestine; education and debt; higher ed and racial justice. Teach In Speakers: Todd Wolfson, AAUP president, Levin Kim, Higher Education Labor United, Aslı Ü. Bâli Yale University Law School/Middle East Studies Association, Leila Kawar, University of Michigan AAUP, Sean Malloy, UC Merced/California Faculty Association, Dr. Cathy Cohen, Scholars for Social Justice, Barbara Madeloni Labor Notes/Massachusetts Teachers Association, Moderator.
This page describes all the events occurring on April 17, sponsored by national AAUP and you are encouraged to take a look at other events occurring on April 17th! You may sign up for any event you are interested in through the links provided.
Chapter Email to Mailing list (4/9/25)
Chapter Email to Mailing list (4/9/25)
7C AAUP: links, information, resources & demands of our institutions
7C AAUP_ links, information, resources & demands of our institutions.pdfThank you to those who attended the
7C AAUP Executive Committee Meetups
in the first week of April!
Thank you to those who attended the
7C AAUP Executive Committee Meetups
in the first week of April!
Claremont Consortium Colleagues,
We invite you to join fellow AAUP members and executive committee reps for an informal lunch gathering—an opportunity to connect socially and build solidarity during these challenging times in higher education.
Feel free to grab your own lunch and join us on one of two different days next week to accommodate varying schedules:
7C AAUP Lunch Meetups:
Tuesday, April 1 at 12-1:30pm: Sicilian Court (grassy patio between Balch and Denison library) at Scripps
Wednesday, April 2 at 12:15-1:30pm: Claremont McKenna's tables outside the Athenaeum
See links for campus maps if you are unfamiliar with the locations.
These gatherings will offer a chance to discuss how our AAUP chapter might respond collectively to recent challenges to academic freedom and to the continuity of our shared educational mission. But our goal is also to meet, exchange ideas, learn from each other, and strengthen our community.
We hope you can make it! Please feel free to contact any of the EC members and/or email the chapter if you have additional comments.
New! 7C AAUP Chapter Statement to Presidents, Provosts, Academic Deans, and TCCS Campus Safety Administrators
New! 7C AAUP Chapter Statement to Presidents, Provosts, Academic Deans, and TCCS Campus Safety Administrators
110124. 7C AAUP Statement Campus Safety Policing.pdf7C AAUP Executive Committee letter to IFC
7C AAUP Executive Committee letter to IFC
IFC FEC and Governance 103024.pdfNew! 7C AAUP Chapter Statement to Presidents, Provosts, Academic Deans, and TCCS Campus Safety Administrators
New! 7C AAUP Chapter Statement to Presidents, Provosts, Academic Deans, and TCCS Campus Safety Administrators
110124. 7C AAUP Statement Campus Safety Policing.pdf7C AAUP Executive Committee letter to IFC
7C AAUP Executive Committee letter to IFC
IFC FEC and Governance 103024.pdf
7C AAUP Executive Committee Statement in Response to Pitzer President Thacker
7C AAUP Executive Committee Statement in Response to Pitzer President Thacker
042324. AAUP EC Response to President Thacker.pdf7C AAUP Executive Committee Statement on the Arrest of a Pomona Faculty Member
7C AAUP Executive Committee Statement on the Arrest of a Pomona Faculty Member
121423. 7C AAUP EC Statement on Faculty Arrest.pdf2021-2023 Chapter Statements
2021-2023 Chapter Statements
The Claremont Colleges AAUP Chapter has issued a number of statements since 2020. Posted to the left (or above) is the most recent statement. All statements are on this page. A partial list of recent statements includes:
The Claremont Colleges AAUP Chapter has issued a number of statements since 2020. Posted to the left (or above) is the most recent statement. All statements are on this page. A partial list of recent statements includes:
7C AAUP EC Reaffirming the Importance of Academic Freedom & Free Speech. 10/19/23
7C Faculty Letter of Support for Library Staff Contract Negotiations. 5/16/23
Executive Committee Statement on Staff Dismissals 5/12/23
EC Statement expressing concern about KGI faculty contracts 1/19/23
Statement in support of Keck Science faculty 3/3/22
Statement Calling for Minutes from All Meetings of Council of Deans of Faculty and Council of Presidents 10/26/21
Letter from Executive Committee to Pomona President and Dean regarding recent faculty suspensions and staff terminations
Flexibility in Modes of Instruction
Contingent Faculty Working Conditions
Past Event: National Day of Action
for the future of higher education!
Wednesday, April 17th
Past Event: National Day of Action
for the future of higher education!
Wednesday, April 17th
You can see more about the event and register for the teach-in at the event's website: https://www.dayofactionforhighered.org/
Thank you to all who attended!
Thank you to all who attended!
Meranze event flyer 041624 v2.pdfGoogle Maps link to event location is on the pdf (which you can expand above) and here.
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