AAUP Conference Proposals, and Illinois AAUP Fall Meeting, October 2, Illinois Wesleyan University

Some AAUP announcements: The AAUP is taking proposals for its annual conference (June 8-11, 2011 in DC) through October 31.

The Illinois conference of the American Association of University Professors will hold its fall meeting on the campus of Illinois Wesleyan University on Saturday, Oct. 2. The event is free and open to the public and runs from 2-4pm at the IWU Center for Natural Sciences (201 E. Beecher St., in Bloomington).

Scheduled speakers for the meeting include:

Jim Matthews, Illinois Wesleyan University, "The Role of Faculty in Accreditation."

Harry Hilton, professor emeritus, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, "The University of Illinois and the Religious Foundations

Leo Welch, chair of the Board of Trustees, Eastern Illinois University, "Legislative Update on Current Issues in Illinois Higher Education."