The National AAUP stands with the University of Virginia Chapter of the AAUP, the Virginia AAUP Conference, and the University of Virginia Faculty Senate in condemning the Department of Justice’s ...

The AAUP’s governing Council voted to place Muhlenberg College on the AAUP's list of censured administrations. The censure is based on the findings of a report of an AAUP committee of inquiry ...

In accord with principles of shared governance described by the AAUP and other organizations over the course of several decades, the faculty should participate meaningfully in major decisions about ...

FAQs on Election of AAUP State Conference Officers. This provides general guidance for AAUP State Conferences on the federal and AAUP requirements governing nominations and electi ...

The AAUP and allies representing educators and researchers has filed a legal challenge to the recent mass termination of grants by the National Science Foundation (NSF), a move that threatens American ...

When academically qualified people do not have the financial resources needed to enroll and succeed in college, higher education fails to fulfill the promise of promoting social mobility—and may ...

"Ten to fifteen hours per week, on campus.” This is the typical response from faculty members and administrators who are asked how much undergraduate students should work at paying jobs while ...

Tenure was not designed as a merit badge for research-intensive faculty. . . . Tenure was conceived as a right rather than a privilege. —AAUP, Tenure and Teaching-Intensive Appointments, 2010 The 1940 ...

The following statement, prepared by a subcommittee of the Association’s Committee A on Academic Freedom and Tenure, was approved by Committee A in October 2019 and adopted by the AAUP's Council in ...

Published January 2024. The following statement was approved for online publication by the Association’s Committee on College and University Governance. Political interference in US higher education ...

This statement was prepared by the Association’s Committee on Teaching, Research, and Publication. It was adopted by the Association’s Council in June 1975 and endorsed by the Sixty- First Annual ...

Published June 2023. This year’s Annual Report on the Economic Status of the Profession examines the economic conditions of the academy in a year that has seen both the World Health Organization and ...