A key collaboration

From: Academe | Date: November 1, 2001| Author: Foard, Douglas W | Copyright information

Phi Beta Kappa, the AAUP, and the Future of the Academy

Both organizations seek the same goal -enhancing higher education. The former head of the nation's main academic honor society explains how his organization tries to protect and strengthen the liberal arts.

It was my privilege in June to address the annual meeting of the AAUP. Since the missions of the AAUP and the Phi Beta Kappa Society are so closely intertwined, I was surprised to learn that I was the first secretary o...

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