Many AAUP standing committees issue periodic reports and statements; some, listed below, are available online. Key policy statements are published in the AAUP's Policy Documents and Reports, also known as the Redbook. A selection of Redbook statements are available online. You may also wish to read AAUP Unionism: Principles & Goals, a statement of the Association's Collective Bargaining Congress, or the recent multi-committee Report on Recommended Principles & Practices to Guide Academy-Industry Relationships.
Accreditation
Institutional Accreditation A Call for Greater Faculty Involvement. (2008) (Prepared by a joint subcommittee of the Association’s Committee on Accreditation and Committee on College and University Governance and approved for publication by the two parent committees)
The Faculty Role in Regional Accreditation Service on Evaluation Teams. (2008) (Prepared by a joint subcommittee of the Association’s Committee on Accreditation and Committee on College and University Governance and approved for publication by the two parent committees)
AAUP Council
Records of the Council
Committee A
Committee A Reports
Investigative Reports
Contingency and the Profession
Contingent Faculty and Governance. (Prepared in conjunction with the Committee on Governance) (2012)
Tenure and Teaching-Intensive Appointments. (2010). (Approved for publication by the Committee on Contingency and the Profession)
Looking the Other Way? Accreditation Standards and Part-Time Faculty. (2008) (Approved for publication by the Committee on Contingent Faculty and the Profession)
The Status of Non-Tenure-Track Faculty. (1993)
College and University Governance
Contingent Faculty and Governance. (Prepared in conjunction with the Committee on Contingency and the Profession) (2012)
Faculty Evaluation of Administrators. (2006)
Financial Exigency, Academic Governance, and Related Matters. (2004) (Prepared by a joint subcommittee with Committee A)
Economic Status of the Profession
Committee on Economic Status Reports (the salary survey)
Government Relations
Government Relations Committee Reports
Historically Black Institutions and Scholars of Color
Historically Black Colleges and Universities: Recent Trends. (2007)
Black Colleges with Highest White Enrollments. (2007)
Teaching, Research and Publication
Mandated Assessment of Educational Outcomes. (1991)
Professional Ethics
On Professors Assigning Their Own Texts to Students. (2004)
Retirement
Survey of Faculty Retirement Policies. (2007)
Women in the Academic Profession
Statement on Campus Sexual Assault (2012)
Recommendations on Partner Accommodation and Dual Career Appointments (2010)
Special Committee on Academic Freedom and National Security in a Time of Crisis
Subpoenas Issued to Drake University. (2004)
Academic Freedom and National Security in a Time of Crisis. (2003)
Special Committee on Athletics
The Role of the Faculty in the Governance of College Athletics. (1989)