This is the annual meeting for HGP members. This year it is held both at Friendly House and on ZOOM.
We have elections and hear committee reports.
Jennifer Ruth tells us about legislative attempts to restrict discussion of so-called “divisive concepts” in higher education and what is currently being done to defend academic freedom. Ruth is professor of film studies at Portland State University. She is the author of a book titled It’s Not Free Speech: Race, Democracy, and the Future of Academic Freedom. She has written for Ms. Magazine, The Chronicle of Higher Education, and The New Republic.