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Publications & Research

The AAUP produces a variety of publications of interest to higher education professionals. Widely regarded as an authoritative source on sound academic practice, the AAUP's Policy Documents and Reports, also known as the Redbook, contains the Association's major policy statements.

All AAUP members receive newsletters and a subscription to Academe magazine, which contains higher education news, opinion pieces, official Association business, book reviews, timely feature articles, and the AAUP's annual survey of faculty compensation.

Available from the AAUP store are guidebooks on topics such as salary equity, pregnancy discrimination, the Family and Medical Leave Act, navigating faculty appointments, and faculty handbooks as enforceable contracts.

The AAUP research program tracks trends in higher education and produces reports on topics including faculty compensation, gender equity, and contingent faculty.

Guide to Unemployment Benefits

Access to Unemployment Insurance Benefits for Contingent Faculty offers advice for individual contingent faculty members as well as a discussion of strategies for changing policies regarding access to unemployment benefits. The guidebook can be purchased for $6 in the AAUP Store. Its text can also be downloaded from the Chicago COCAL Web site: www.chicagococal.org.

Academic Collective Bargaining

Jointly published by the AAUP and the Modern Language Association, this book examines collective representation, which has long been at the heart of academic governance. Essays in the volume explore the perspectives, successes, failures, and approaches of those who have collectively bargained so that readers can assess the pros and cons of unionization. Order it on the MLA Web site or by phone at (646) 576-5161.