2024 Summer Institute

Registration is now open for the 2024 Summer Institute, which will be held August 1–4 at Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan. Summer Institute is a four-day workshop series where academic activists develop their skills in organizing, bargaining, defending shared governance, and more.

This year's sessions include:
• Responding to Artificial Intelligence
• The Redbook in Action: Defending Academic Freedom and Campus Free Speech
• Affirmative Action: One Year after the Supreme Court's Decision
• Developing an Escalating Contract Campaign Plan
• Bargaining Fundamentals
• Negotiating without Collective Bargaining Rights
• Campus Health & Safety
• Title IX: Current and Future Issues
• Building Powerful Coalitions across Faculty Rank
• HBCU Plenary Panel Discussion
• And more!

The AAUP has also reserved a room block available for attendees in the Detroit Hilton Garden Inn, with discounted rates available until July 1 at 11:59 EST. Spots are limited, so be sure to register in advance! You can reserve your spot in the hotel block, register for the Summer Institute, and read the full program of sessions here.
View the complete program and reserve your spot now!

You can learn more about the Summer Institute and find information and photos related to last year's program here.