AAUP Policy, Research, & Analysis
On Discrimination. 1995 revision.
Affirmative Action Plans: Recommended Procedures for Increasing the Number of Minority Persons and Women on College and University Faculties. 1983.
Does Diversity Make a Difference. (.pdf) 2000. The American Association of University Professors and The Council on Education. Three Research Studies on Diversity in College Classrooms.
Issues in Employment of Faculty Members with Mental Disabilities –Background Materials (.pdf). February 2009. By Rachel Levinson Waldman, AAUP senior counsel. Presentation to the 30th Annual National Conference on Law and Higher Education.
Affirmative Action in Higher Education. 2005.By Ann Springer, AAUP Associate Counsel. An update on Affirmative Action in Higher Education: A Current Legal Overview.
Legal Primer For Administrators. 2005. By Donna R. Euben, AAUP Counsel.Presentation to the 15th Annual Legal Issues in Higher Education Conference.
Legal Update. 2005. By Donna R. Euben, AAUP Counsel. Presentation to the National Center for the Study of Collective Bargaining in Higher Education and the Professions.
Legal Update. 2004. By Donna R. Euben, AAUP Counsel. Presentation to the 31st Annual National Conference on Collective Bargaining.
What Now? The Michigan Cases and the Future of Affirmative Action in Higher Education. 2004. By Ann D. Springer, AAUP Associate Counsel. Informational outline.
How to Diversify the Faculty. Updated 2004. By Ann D. Springer, AAUP Associate Counsel. Informational outline.
Legal Update. 2003. By Donna R. Euben, AAUP Counsel, AAUP Associate Counsel. Presentation to National Center for Collective Bargaining.
Poised On The Precipice: The Michigan Cases And Affirmative Action In Higher Education. 2003. By Ann D. Springer, AAUP Associate Counsel. Informational outline.
Court Cases Involving Tenure As Remedy For Discrimination. 2003. By Donna R. Euben, AAUP Counsel. Informational outline.
AAUP Amicus Briefs in Affirmative Action Cases
The AAUP joined the American Council on Education and other higher education organizations in filing amicus briefs in Gratz v. Bollinger, et al. and Grutter v. Bollinger, et al.
Briefs
Supreme Court Brief
Gratz v. Bollinger, et al. (Sixth Circuit)
Grutter v. Bollinger, et al. (Sixth Circuit)
Press Statements
AAUP Celebrates Supreme Court Decision Upholding Diversity in Student Admissions. June 23, 2003
AAUP Responds to Oral Arguments on Affirmative Action Cases.
April 1, 2003
AAUP Joins in Amicus Briefs Supporting Affirmative Action in Admissions. February 14, 2003
AAUP Supports Diversity, Decries President's Actions. January 16, 2003
AAUP Actions & Initiatives
AAUP Annual Meeting Actions
Resolution on Affirmative Action. June 1997. Passed at Eighty-Third AAUP Annual Meeting.
Resolution on Affirmative Action. June 1996. Passed at Eighty-Second AAUP Annual Meeting.
Academe: Magazine of the AAUP
Opinions expressed in Academe contributed articles and reviews are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent AAUP policy.
Columns
Significant Supreme Court Employment Rulings. July-August 2005. By Donna R. Euben, AAUP Counsel. Legal Watch.
The Wisdom of Solomon. May-June 2005. By Ann D. Springer, AAUP Associate Counsel. Legal Watch.
Disabilities and the Academic Workplace. September-October 2004.
By Donna R. Euben, AAUP Counsel. Legal Watch.
Faculty Diversity in a Brave New World. July-August 2004. By Ann D. Springer, AAUP Associate Counsel. Legal Watch.
Academic Freedom, Loyalty Oaths, and Diversity in Academe. May-June 2001. By Donna R. Euben. Legal Watch.
One Step Forward, Two Steps Bakke. March-April 2001. By Ann D. Springer, AAUP Associate Counsel. Legal Watch.
Affirmative Action: A Testimonial. September-October 2000. By Mary Burgan. From the General Secretary.
The King Is Back? Sovereign Immunity and the Equal Pay Act. July-August 2000. By Donna R. Euben, AAUP Counsel. Legal Watch.
Feature Articles & News
The Demographic Dividend. January-February 2012. By Anne-Marie Nuñez and Elizabeth Murakami-Ramalho.
Are We There Yet? July- August 2009. By Vivian Acosta and Linda Jean Carpenter.
So Few Women Leaders. July- August 2009. By Francesca Dominici, Linda P. Fried, and Scott L. Zeger.
Telling Our Stories to One Another. May-June 2009. By Keith Osajima.
Diversity and Privilege. January-February 2009. By Frances A. Maher and Mary Kay Tetreault
The Long Road to Pay Equity for Women at Adelphi. January-February 2008. By Deborah Cooperstein.
The Supreme Court, Affirmative Action, and Higher Education. January-February 2008. By Robert O’Neil.
Desegregation Plans Struck Down. September-October 2007. By Gwendolyn Bradley. Nota Bene.
Mentoring Across Cultures. July-August 2007. By Betty Neal Crutcher.
Who Needs an Accessible Classroom? May-June 2007. By Sheryl Burgstahler.
Supreme Court to Decide Affirmative Action Cases. January- February 2007. By Ann Springer. Nota Bene.
Disability Law and Your Classroom. November-December 2005. By David Cope.
Will Your Campus Diversity Initiative Work? September-October 2005. By Grant Ingle.
Diversity, Discourse, and the Working-Class Student. July-August 2005. By Janet Galligani Casey.
Ford Foundation Starts New Grant Program. July-August 2005. By Gwendolyn Bradley. Nota Bene.
Affirmative Action Policies Continue to Be Controversial. March-April 2005. By Gwendolyn Bradley. Nota Bene.
University Will Allow NAACP Chapter. January-February 2005. By Martin D. Snyder. Nota Bene.
E-Racing History: America's Struggle with Diversity, Race, and Affirmative Action in Higher Education. May-June 2004. By Walter R. Allen.
Identity and Community in the Academy: Ascription and Affiliation. May-June 2004. By Kristen A. Renn.
Supporting Women and Minority Faculty. January-February 2004. By JoAnn Moody.
Diverse Student Bodies, Diverse Faculties. November-December 2003. By Anthony Lising Antonio.
Affirming Diversity at Michigan. September-October 2003. By Ann D. Springer, AAUP Associate Counsel.
To Be an Ordinary Department. November-December 2003. By Forrest D. Colburn.
Supreme Court Upholds Diversity in Admissions. September-October 2003. Nota Bene.
Affirming Diversity at Michigan. September-October 2003. By Ann D. Springer, AAUP Associate Counsel.
Outsiders Within? July-August 2003. By Benjamin Baez.
Open Admissions at the City University of New York. July-August 2003. By William Crain.
Percent Plans Do Not Increase Diversity, Study Says. May-June 2003. Nota Bene.
Scholarly Group Issues Recruiting Recommendations. March-April 2003. Nota Bene.
AAUP Supports Affirmative Action. March-April 2003. Nota Bene.
Racial Equity and Higher Education. January-February 2003. By K. Edward Renner .
Diversity Project a Success, Sociologists' Group Says. November-December 2002. Nota Bene.
Affirmative Action Upheld in Michigan Case. July-August 2002. Nota Bene.
Underrepresentation of Minorities Bad for Business. May-June 2002. Nota Bene.
Another Ruling in Affirmative Action Case. January-February 2002. Nota Bene.
Making Accommodations: The Legal World of Students with Disabilities. November-December 2001. By Paul D. Grossman.
Faculty Diversification Not Progressing in Chemistry. November-December 2001. Nota Bene.
UC Rescinds Ban on Affirmative Action. September-October 2001. Nota Bene.
Confusion Surrounds Affirmative Action,. July-August 2001. Nota Bene.
"Show Me the Money": Salary Equity in the Academy. July-August 2001. By Donna R. Euben, AAUP Counsel.
September-October 2000. Diversity on Campus
Why Race Matters. By Jeffrey F. Milem.
New Faces, New Knowledge. By Caroline Sotello Viernes Turner.
The Diversity Project: Institutionalizing Multiculturalism or Managing Difference? By Evelyn Hu-DeHart.
Diversity and Its Contradictions. By Benjamin Baez.
How to Diversify the Faculty. By Daryl G. Smith.
Wheaton Does Diversity. By Paula M. Krebs.
Diversity Yes, Preferences No. By Abigail Thernstrom.
Ruling Against Use of Race in Admissions. Nota Bene.
Rights Panel Backs Affirmative Action. July-August 2000. By Hans P. Johnson. Nota Bene.
Activists Defend Affirmative Action in Florida. May-June 2000. By Hans P. Johnson. Nota Bene.
Florida Governor Axes Affirmative Action. January-February 2000. By Hans P. Johnson. Nota Bene.
Other AAUP Resources
How to Recruit and Promote Minority Faculty: Start by Playing Fair.
By Jonathan R. Alger, Past AAUP Counsel.
Building Better Scholarly Environments: One Faculty Member's Perspective on the The Value of Diversity. By Roxanne Gudeman.
Organizing Women Faculty. By Martha S. West.
The Role of Faculty in Achieving and Retaining a Diverse Student Population. October 7, 1997. By Jonathan R. Alger, AAUP Counsel and Gilbert Paul Carrasco, Professor, Villanova Law School.Presented at: "Hopwood, Bakke, and Beyond, " AACRAO Policy Summit.
Educational Benefits of Diversity. A list of links and cites to some of the numerous studies and reports examining and supporting the benefits of racial diversity.
The Failure of Percentage Plans. Updated 2005. An informational outline.
Affirmative Action Is Not Discrimination. December 6, 2002. By Ann D. Springer and Benjamin Baez. The Chronicle of Higher Education Counterpoint.
Diversity bibliography. Compiled and maintained by the Committee on Historically Black Institutions and Scholars of Color.
Read about the AAUP and Minority Serving Institutions.
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