Issues in Higher Education

Academic Bill of Rights

Academic Freedom

• Resources on Academic Freedom
• What Is Censure?
• For the Record: Academic Freedom and National Security

Academic Research

• Resources on Academic Research
• Resources on Academic Research Issues

Accreditation

• Resources on Accreditation

Appointments, Promotions, & Discipline

• Resources on Appointments, Promotions, & Discipline

Collective Bargaining

• Resources on Collective Bargaining

Commission on the Future of Higher Education

• Resources on the Commission on the Future of Higher Education

Contingent Faculty

• Resources on Contingent Faculty
• Background Facts on Contingent Faculty
• Campus Equity Week
• About the Coalition of Contingent Academic Labor
• About the Coalition on the Academic Workforce

Copyright, Distance Education, & Intellectual Property

• Resources on Copyright, Distance Education, and Intellectual Property
• Sample Distance Education Policy & Contract Language
• Sample Intellectual Property Policy & Contract Language

Discrimination

• Resources on Discrimination

Diversity & Affirmative Action

• Resources on Diversity and Affirmative Action
• Diversity Bibliography

Ethics

• Resources on Professional Ethics

Faculty Compensation

Faculty Work & Workload

• AAUP Comment to US Department of Labor Regarding the Family and Medical Leave Act
• What Do Faculty Do?

Governance of Colleges & Universities

• Resources on Governance
• Evaluation of Shared Governance
• Introduction to "Indicators of Sound Governance"
• Traits of Effective Senates
• Presidential Search Committee Checklist

Grading

• Resources on Grading

Graduate Students

• Resources on Graduate Students

International Issues

• International Organizations
• Resources on International Issues
• Scholar Rescue Fund

Legal Issues

• Resources on Legal Issues

Minority Serving Institutions

• Resources on Minority Serving Institutions

Post-Tenure Review

• Resources on Post-Tenure-Review

Retirement

• Resources on Retirement
• 2000 Survey of Retirement Programs
• Participants in 2000 Survey on Retirement Policies
• Tables for 2000 Survey on Retirement Program

Sexual Diversity & Gender Identity

• Resources on Sexual Diversity and Gender Identity

Sexual Harassment

• Resources on Sexual Harassment

Teaching Evaluation

Tenure

• Resources on Tenure
• Faculty and Management Rights in Higher Education Collective Bargaining: A Faculty Perspective
• Some Implications of Tenure for the Profession and Society
• Incentives to Forgo Tenure

Women in Higher Education

• Resources on Women in Higher Education
• AAUP Legal Cases Affecting Women in Higher Education
• Fair Pay Legislation (1999)
• Disparities in the Salaries and Appointments of Academic Women and Men (1998)
• Title IX: Gender Equity in College Sports

Work & Family

• Resources on Balancing Family & Academic Work
• Workshops
• Policy Resources
• Professional Associations and Work/Family Issues
• Contacts