Post-tenure review understood as a system of periodic, comprehensive evaluation of tenured faculty that goes beyond traditional forms of evaluation dates back to the early 1980s. While skeptical of the value of post-tenure review, the Association adopted in 1999 a policy, Post-Tenure Review: An AAUP Response, that offers practical recommendations for faculty at institutions where post-tenure is being considered or has been put into effect.
An AAUP committee recently conducted an investigation into actions taken by the administration of Virginia State University to dismiss two tenured members of the faculty after subjecting each of them to a post-tenure review process.