• The new issue of Academe looks ahead to the AAUP's second century as a voice for scholars on campus and in the public sphere. 

  • The 2015 volume, edited by Michael Bérubé, examines academic freedom issues relating to the Steven Salaita case, unionization, Catholic institutions, IRBs, Title IX, and more. 

  • Our survey includes data on more than 375,000 full-time faculty, making it the largest independent faculty compensation survey in the United States. And it is the only survey of its kind to include extensive information on benefits.

  • Through the One Faculty campaign, AAUP staff, leaders, and members are working together to develop tools that faculty can use on our campuses to gain concrete improvements in job security and working conditions for faculty on contingent appointments.

AAUP in the News

Fri, 12/11/2015  |  Inside Higher Ed

Rutgers faculty members, citing philosophical concerns and errors, push back against the use of corporate software "Academic Analytics" to evaluate their productivity. “I think in everybody in academia has an interest in collective and individual measures of productivity, but these are very blunt forms of measurement,” said David Hughes, a professor of anthropology and president of Rutgers’ AAUP-AFT union chapter.

Thu, 12/10/2015  |  KCRG-ABC Cedar Rapids

AAUP issued a report on the University of Iowa's presidential search. “[T]he board constructed the process in an attempt to preclude any meaningful faculty role in the selection of the final candidate. At that sole but crucial point, the board treated the faculty as irrelevant,” the authors wrote.

Wed, 12/09/2015  |  The Detroit News

Despite protest and disapproval from the Eastern Michigan University community, the Board of Regents chose to postpone a vote on its involvement with the Education Achievement Authority (EAA), ensuring the partnership will last through most of 2016. EMU-AAUP president Howard Bunsis posited the board may act differently if members were elected by voters, rather than appointed by the governor.

Resources

  • Academe Magazine
    Feature articles, columns, and book reviews exploring developments in higher education.
  • Redbook
    The AAUP's key reports and policy documents.
  • Salary Survey
    The AAUP's annual report on faculty compensation.
  • Guidebooks
    Advice on navigating faculty handbooks, the FMLA, and more.

AAUP Updates

A report released today presents the results of an investigation into the search process leading to the selection of Bruce Harreld as president of the University of Iowa.

A report out from the AAUP finds severe departures from generally accepted standards of academic governance and details how the administration at the New Jersey community college sharply diminished the role and influence of the faculty in the college’s governance system.

In a statement issued today, the AAUP and three other groups support efforts to make college campuses as safe and weapon-free as possible. We oppose “campus carry” laws and encourage colleges and universities to embrace critical incident planning that includes faculty and staff and to advise all faculty and staff of these plans. 

Long-serving full-time faculty members on renewable term appointments should be afforded the same procedural protections against involuntary separation as tenured faculty members.

Announcements

The Association’s Nominating Committee seeks nominations for candidates for election to the AAUP’s governing Council in spring 2016. Nominations are due by Monday, December 14, 2015.

Did you know that AAUP has an online career center to help colleges and universities connect with qualified applicants? 

AAUP Activists

Participants at the 2015 AAUP/AAUP-CBC Summer Institute in Denver. More photos on Flickr

Upcoming Events

March 18, 2016 to March 19, 2016

A meeting of the AAUP's Executive Committee

June 3, 2016 to June 4, 2016

A meeting of the AAUP's Committee A on Academic Freedom and Tenure.