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	AAUP in the Media Learn more about a new AAUP report in "Doing 'Dual Career' Right" in Inside Higher Ed. (9/1) Read about the dismissal of attorney general Ken Cuccinelli's subpoena and the quotes from AAUP senior counsel Rachel Levinson in the Chronicle of Higher Education and Inside Higher Ed. (8/31) "The authority of the AAUP is an authority we have assumed since our founding in 1915, which is to ensure adherence to basic principles and standards of academic freedom and due process,” Robert Kreiser, AAUP associate secretary, tells the LSU Daily Reveille. (8/24) AAUP president Cary Nelson discusses academic freedom and gulf oil research on NPR's Science Friday. Listen to the discussion. (8/23) John Curtis, AAUP director of the Department of Research and Public Policy, calls a new Texas law "intrusive and constraining." Also, listen to AAUP general secretary Gary Rhoades discuss this law with Fox News and read his full statement. (8/23)

What's New

Call for Proposals

Do you have something to say about academic freedom, contingent labor, institutional rankings, budget cuts, online education, hiring, promotion and tenure, or other hot topics in higher ed? Submit a proposal to the AAUP Annual Conference. (8/30)

Partner Accommodation Recommendations

The AAUP’s Committee on Women in the Academic Profession formulated these new recommendations in view of the increasing likelihood that faculty, especially women faculty, will have domestic partners or spouses who are also academics. (9/1)

Victory for Academic Freedom in Climate Science Case

On August 30, the judge dismissed attorney general Ken Cuccinelli's subpoena for records related to the research activities of a former University of Virginia climate change scientist. (8/30)

AAUP Events

Upcoming Conferences

Mid-Atlantic Conference on Leadership Skills
September 25, 2010
Villanova, Pennsylvania

New Leaders Workshop
October 30, 2010
Louisville, Kentucky

AAUP Shared Governance Conference and Workshops
November 12–14, 2010
Washington, DC
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AAUP Annual Conference on the State of Higher Education
June 8-12, 2011
Washington, DC
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AAUP Announcements

ASC Chair Election Ballot Tally

See election results. (6/28)

AAUP in the Media