Report: Eighty-fifth annual meeting

The Association's Eighty-fifth Annual Meeting was held June 12-13, 1999, at the Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington, D.C. In attendance were 276 active members and guests, including delegates from 95 chapters and 49 state conferences, nondelegate members, field staff, and visitors. Professor James T. Richardson, president of the Association, presided at the meeting. Professor William L. Meyer (University of Vermont) served as parliamentarian.

June 9-10

On Wednesday afternoon, June 9, the executive committee of the Collective Bargaining Congress (CBC) met. That evening the CBC held a reception, dinner, and business meeting. A second business meeting was held on the morning of June 10.

On Thursday, June 10, the executive committee of the Assembly of State Conferences (ASC) held a dinner meeting. Session I of the business meeting of the ASC took place on Thursday evening. Session II was held on Friday morning, June 11.

June 11

The following annual meeting panels were held on June 11. Guarding Shared Governance: The AAUP's Response to the Report of the Association of Governing Boards-Jane Dineen Panek (Education), Molloy College, moderator; Larry G. Gerber (History), Auburn University; and Denise M. Tanguay (Management), Eastern Michigan University.

Talking with Those Who Govern: Keeping Lines of Communication Open with Boards of Trustees, Regents, and Commissioners-David Rubiales (History), Yuba College, moderator; David F. Gruber (Philosophy), Truman State University; Daniel Reagan (Political Science), Ball State University; and Linda Vaden-Goad (Social Psychology), University of Houston.

Implementing Ex corde Ecclesiae-Jonathan Alger, AAUP counsel, moderator; Charles Currie, SJ., president, Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities; and Robert Moore (Sociology), St. Joseph's University (Penn.).

Assessing and Developing Successful Campus Retirement Programs-Sylvia Aron (Social Work), Adelphi University, moderator; Ernst Benjamin, AAUP staff; Diane Oakley, vice president, TIAA-CREF; and Suzanne Taylor, executive director, University of Rhode Island AAUP chapter.

Accrediting Anytime, Any Place: How Accreditation Can Protect the Quality of Higher Education in a Changing Academic Environment-James E. Perley (Biology), College of Wooster, moderator; Eileen Kuhns (Sociology/Anthropology), Catholic University; Jean Avenet Morse, executive director, Commission on Higher Education, Middle States Association; and Denise M. Tanguay (Management), Eastern Michigan University.

The Chapter's Role as Educator: AAUP Chapters and Faculty Governance-Jack P. Nightingale, AAUP staff, moderator; Kenneth Calkins (History), Kent State University; Galya Diment (Slavic Languages and Literature), University of Washington; and Jane Dineen Panek (Education), Molloy College.

Members of Committee E on Retirement led a discussion at a forum on retirement issues on Friday afternoon. Later in the afternoon, Mayor Anthony A. Williams of the District of Columbia addressed the Council.

A breakfast meeting on June 11, sponsored by Committee W on the Status of Women in the Academic Profession, featured an address by Professor Nancy Hopkins (Biology), Massachusetts Institute of Technology, titled "The MIT Study on Gender Discrimination: The Committee's Strategy, Recommendations, and Next Steps."

Also on June 11, a luncheon was scheduled with education writers from newspapers. The luncheon featured a panel, Boards and Beats: Press Views on Faculty Governance. Members of the panel were Iris F. Molotsky, associate secretary, moderator; Andrew Brownstein, Albany (N.Y.) Times Union; Patrice Jones, Chicago Tribune; and Mary Beth Marklein, USA Today.

June 12

A luncheon on June 12, cosponsored by Committee W and Committee L on Historically Black Institutions and the Status of Minorities in the Profession, featured an address by Judith A. Winston, general counsel at the U.S. Department of Education, titled "Affirmative Action and Discrimination in Higher Education."

On the afternoon of June 12, a forum on affirmative action featured members of Committee L. Members of Committee W moderated a second forum on issues affecting women in higher education.

In a roundtable discussion of community college issues, participants examined the changing expectations of faculty, the meaning of tenure in the two-year sector, the impact of distance education, and developments in shared governance.

On the afternoon of June 12, Committee G on Part-Time and Non-Tenure-Track Appointments and Committee T on College and University Government held open meetings. Committee R on Government Relations held a business meeting.

June 13

A plenary roundtable on distance education was held at the close of the annual meeting. Leaders of this discussion were Cheryll Conklin, executive director, Eastern Michigan University AAUP chapter; Carl Cuttita (English), Union County College (N.J.); Janet Nepkie (Music), State University of New York, College at Oneonta; and Donald R. Wagner (Political Science), State University of West Georgia.