The policies published in the AAUP’s Policy Documents and Reports, also known as the "Redbook," have been formulated by standing and special committees, at times in cooperation with other organizations, and adopted by the Association's national Council and by the annual meeting of the membership.
Policy Statements
Statement of Principles on Academic Freedom and Tenure. 1940.
Recommended Institutional Regulations on Academic Freedom and Tenure. 2006 revision.
Post-tenure Review. 1999 revision.
On Freedom of Expression and Campus Speech Codes. 1994.
Procedural Standards in the Renewal or Nonrenewal of Faculty Appointments. 1989 revision.
A Statement of the Association's Council: Freedom & Responsibility. 1990 revision. (Available by request from Nanette Crisologo.)
Procedural Standards in Faculty Dismissal Proceedings. 1958.
Committee A Reports
Each of these reports was prepared by a subcommittee of the Association’s Committee A on Academic Freedom and Tenure and was approved by Committee A for publication with an invitation for comments.
Freedom in the Classroom. 2007.
Academic Freedom and Outside Speakers. 2006.
Academic Freedom and Electronic Communications. 2004.
Controversy in the Classroom. 2004.
Statement on Corporate Funding of Academic Research. 2004. (Available by request from Nanette Crisologo.)
Academic Bills of Rights. 2003. (.pdf)
Good Practice in Tenure Evaluation. 2000. (Available by request from Nanette Crisologo.)
Incentives to Forgo Tenure. 2000.
Verification and Trust: Background Investigations Preceding Faculty Appointment. 2004. (Available by request from Nanette Crisologo.)
Previous reports of Committee A
For the Record
Committee A Procedures. Academe, March–April 2005. Reprint of 1962 report on the AAUP’s case investigation procedures.
Academic Freedom and National Security. Academe, November–December 2004. Speech delivered by Robert O’Neil at the Ninetieth Annual Meeting of the AAUP.
Legal Issues & Academic Freedom
Academic Freedom and the First Amendment . 2007. By Rachel Levinson, AAUP Counsel. An informational outline.
Academic Freedom of Students and Professors, and Political Discrimination. 2006. By Ann Springer, AAUP Counsel. An informational outline.
Academic Freedom and Professorial Speech. 2004. By Donna R. Euben, AAUP Counsel. A presentation made to the 25th Annual Conference on Law & Higher Education.
Annual Legal Update: "Hot" Topics in Higher Education Law. 2004. By Donna R. Euben, AAUP Counsel. A presentation made to the 31st Annual National Conference on Collective Bargaining.
Annual Legal Update: "Hot" Topics in Higher Education Law. 2003. By Donna R. Euben, AAUP Counsel. A presentation made to the 30th Annual National Conference on Collective Bargaining.
Academic Freedom of Individual Professors And Higher Education Institutions: The Current Legal Landscape. 2002. By Donna R. Euben, AAUP Counsel. An informational outline.
Tenure: Current Perspectives and Challenges. 2002. By Donna R. Euben, AAUP Counsel. An informational outline.
Investigations & Censure
List of Administrations Censured by the Association
Censured Administrations (alphabetical)
Developments Relating to Censured Institutions
The AAUP's Censure List. 2003. By Jonathan Knight. A descriptive essay on the AAUP's definition of "censure," which evolved through debate on pivotal issues of faculty roles, powers, and duties.
Academic Freedom and Tenure Investigations. Order a searchable CD containing more than 300 AAUP investigating reports.
Some Implications of Tenure for the Profession and Society. By Ernst Benjamin.
Faculty and Management Rights in Higher Education Collective Bargaining: A Faculty Perspective. 1997. By Ernst Benjamin. Presentation made to the 25th Annual Meeting of the Center for the Study of Collective Bargaining in Higher Education and the Profession.
Academe: Bulletin of the AAUP
Opinions expressed in Academe's contributed feature articles and reviews are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the policies of the AAUP.
Columns
Faculty Forum: Harry Potter and the Sinister Measures of Merit January-February 2008. By Judith Sheppard. Faculty Forum.
Ideology in the Academy. July-August 2007. By Rachel B. Levinson. Legal Watch.
Good Principles, Sound Practices. May-June 2007. By Ernst Benjamin. From the Executive Director.
Preaching to the Choir. January-February 2007. By Roger W. Bowen. From the General Secretary.
Faculty Speech. November-December 2006. By Rachel B. Levinson. Legal Watch.
Keeping the Faith. March–April 2004. By Martin D. Snyder. State of the Profession.
Student Right or Faculty Prerogative?July–Aug 2003. By Martin D. Snyder. State of the Profession.
Academic Freedom and Religion. May–June 2003. By Martin D. Snyder. State of the Profession.
Academic Freedom and Student Newspapers. July–Aug 2002. By Martin D. Snyder. State of the Profession.
Pressures on Research and Academic Freedom. November–December 2001. By Mark F. Smith. Government Relations.
Feature Articles & News
Can Academic Freedom Work in Military Academies? July-August 2007. By Jackson A. Niday II and Kathleen Harrington.
Impassioned Teaching. July-August 2007. By Pamela L. Caughie.
University Settles Third Lawsuit. May-June 2007. By Gwendolyn Bradley. Nota Bene.
Academic Freedom Debate. May-June 2007. By Gwendolyn Bradley. Nota Bene.
Virginia State Pays $600,000 to Settle Suit. March-April 2007. By Gwendolyn Bradley. Nota Bene.
Academic Freedom Remains Secure on U.S. Campuses. January-February 2007. By Wendi Maloney. AAUP at Work.
Academic Freedom and Outside Speakers. January-February 2007. By Eric Combest. AAUP at Work.
How We Got Off the Censure List. January-February 2007. By Robert M. Yoho, Jerry E. McGee, James “Cid” Seidelman, Sandra L. Kurtinitis, David F. Turk, James T. Barry. Administrators tell their stories.
AAUP Special Committee Preparing Report. November-December 2006. By Jordan E. Kurland.
New Mexico Highlands Settles with Faculty Member. November-December 2006. By Jonathan Knight.
Ohio Applicants Must Disavow Terrorist Ties. November-December 2006. By Leigh A. Neithardt.
What Does “Academic Freedom” Mean?. November-December 2006. By Michael Bérubé.
Fighting Back: Peace Studies is Not Terrorism. May–June 2006. By George Wolfe.
Fighting Back: A Fair Wage for Staff in Colorado. May–June 2006. By Jeff Livesay.
Faith Statements Do Restrict Academic Freedom. January–February 2006. By Kenneth Wagner.
The Value of Limitations. January–February 2006. By Lee Hardy.
Critical Intellectual Inquiry at Catholic Colleges. January–February 2006. By Bernard Olszewski.
Fighting Back: Free Speech Zones on Campus. September–October 2005. By Patty Kean.
Fighting Back: Homogeneity And Free Speech In Utah. September–October 2005. By David R. Keller.
Joan Wallach Scott on Threats to Academic Freedom. September–October 2005. Interview.
Windows Without Curtains: Computer Privacy and Academic Freedom. September–October 2003. By Martha McCaughey.
Academic Freedom and the "Intifada Curriculum. May–June 2003. By Robert C. Post.
Academic Freedom and National Security in Times of Crisis. May–June 2003. By Robert M. O'Neil.
Academic Freedom as a Human Right: An Internationalist Perspective. May–June 2003. By Balakrishnan Rajagopal.
Hate Groups, Big Dykes, and Other Problems in Academic Freedom. May–June 2003. By Erica Rand.
Reluctant Foot Soldiers: America's Undergraduates Rebuff Opponents of Academic Freedom. May–June 2003. By Daniel P. Denvir.
Victims of Circumstance: Academic Freedom in a Contingent Academy. May–June 2003. By Eric Marshall.
Libraries, Books, and Academic Freedom. May–June 2003. By S. David Mash.
Resolving Academic Freedom: Professional Groups Defend Intellectual Openness. May–June 2003.
The AAUP's Censure List. January–February 2003. By Jonathan Knight.
Angels in America at the Catholic University of America. November–December 2002. By Gary Jay Williams.
Critical Patriotism. September–October 2002. By J. Peter Euben.
Academic Freedom and the Vatican's Ex Corde Ecclesiae. May–June 2002. By Daniel C. Maguire.
Other Resources
Major First Amendment Groups Condemn Government Censorship of Science about Global Warming. February 8, 2007. News story about a statement on the censorship of government climate scientists.
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(updated 1/08)