This session will be devoted to academic novels and academic administration. Panelists will consider what these novels (as well as television and films centered in academia) have to say about how higher education institutions are run, and what we might learn about how—and how not—to run them. Equally interested in literary studies (genre, form, representation) and Critical University Studies (history, politics, current events). Send 250-word abstract and CV to cohenss@missouri.edu and awtease@norwich.edu by March 9, 2026. (Sponsored by the Association of Departments of English.)