• Friday, November 27, 2009
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AAUP Speaks Out Against No-Politicking Rules at U. of Illinois

The American Association of University Professors wants the University of Illinois to immediately withdraw guidelines that would put political activity — such as wearing campaign buttons or T-shirts or attending a political rally on university property — off limits for faculty members, staff members, and graduate employees.

Cary Nelson, the AAUP’s president and a professor at the university’s Urbana-Champaign campus, said in a