Marking the seventy-fifth anniversary of the American Association of University Professors, an Academe article on “The Association and the Courts” recounted a significant change in the AAUP’s advocacy strategy in the late 1950s. During the first half century or so, the organization relied almost entirely on developing and issuing clear statements of policy and pursuing systematic investigations of apparent violations of academic freedom. Such inquiries often resulted in the imposition of formal censure on errant administrations as well as in media attention.
