On the federal level, the AAUP most often works within coalitions to leverage our resources and offer our expertise on issues of concern to higher education and faculty. Following are a number of statements and letters to which we have signed on.
AAUP Endorsements of Issues of Concern
Follow-up re: Whistleblowers Protection Enhancement Act (Letter to the chair and ranking member of the Senate Subcomittee on Oversight and Government Management, The Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia, 6/16/2009)
Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) (Letter to the Executive Secretariat Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, 5/29/2009)
Follow-up re: Border Searches (Letter to the Secretary of Homeland Security, 3/20/2009)
Ideological Exclusions (Letter to the Attorney General, the Secretary of State, and the Secretary of Homeland Security, 3/18/2009)
Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act (Letter to President Obama and several members of congress, 1/27/2009)
Transparency in the Financial Bailout Bill (Letter to the chair and ranking member of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. 9/23/2008)
Free Speech Protection Act (Statement supporting the Act, July 2008)
Border Searches of Electronic Materials (Letter to the chair and ranking member of the House Committee on Homeland Security, 5/1/2008)
Classified Materials (Letter to the White House Chief of Staff, 4/11/2008)