aaus-list @ ukrainianstudies.org -- RE: [aaus-list] a suggestion

[ajmotyl@andromeda.rutgers.edu]

The American Association of University Professors has some sort of
(presumably sufficiently rule-governed) mechanism for monitoring US
universities. That might be a place to start looking.



> Not to slow the response process, but there is obviously a danger of AAUS
> getting drawn into taking positions on complex issues on incomplete or
> misleading evidence and thus publicly compromising itself (which would no
> doubt delight some individuals). Thus, it is not enough to have a monitor
> and guidelines: we must ensure that there is a procedure for full and fair
> examination of each issue as it comes up. That includes giving both sides
> a "hearing" and opportunity to respond to charges. Perhaps a small group
> of, say, three persons could examine such cases. While the MAUP incident
> may be clear-cut, in other contexts inflammatory charges like antisemitism
> are all too easy to make. This may strike some of you as legalistic, but
> one purpose of rules and procedures is to avoid regettable mistakes.
> Andrew Sorokowski
>
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> The recent scramble re the MAUP case leads me to make the following
> suggestions:
> 1) AAUS should routinely, and immediately, respond to all expressions of
> xenophobia and anti-semitism in Ukraine, and especially by Ukrainian
> academics. It shouldn't be necessary for our colleagues there to appeal to
> us here on a case by case basis.
> 2) AAUS may want to establish something on the order of a "Ukrainian
> Academic Monitor", which will report on academic malfeasance in Ukraine.
> It would of course be necessary to have some sort of widely recognized set
> of guidelines (which surely must already exist). Reports of malfeasance
> would have to be accompanied by full name, address, email, and academic
> affilation -- and, if possible, some sort of evidence. The AAUP includes
> in its publication a list of US universities that have violated academic
> standards and AAUS could do the same.
>
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