2024 Summer Institute

The 2024 Summer Institute 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. Registration is closed, but you can view the agenda or access your existing registration here. 

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!

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