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	AAUP in the Media "Billionaires Charles and David Koch are infringing on intellectual freedom and independence in colleges and universities by controlling entire fields of study and the faculty hiring process." Watch the video featuring AAUP President Cary Nelson and author Jennifer Washburn. Also, read the stories in the Huffington Post and the Florida Center for Investigative Reporting website. (updated 2/1) Read about AAUP member Michael Bérubé's "Avenues of Access," non-tenure-track faculty, program closures, and more in "New MLA President Pledges to Improve Conditions on the Nontenure Track." Elizabeth Coffman highlights Academe's “Academic Freedom and Indentured Students” in her blog Mama PhD. (1/26) The president of Bethune-Cookman University (B-CU), Dr. Trudie Kibbe Reed, will resign. The administration at B-CU is one of 49 institutions currently on the AAUPs' list of censured administrations. Also, read stories in The Chronicle of Higher Education, The Daytona Beach News-Journal, and The Florida Courier's investigative series. (1/24) Times Higher Education features the November-December issue of Academe in "A dreadfully familiar ring." (1/20) Members of the AAUP-affiliated Berkeley Faculty Association "prevented a police crackdown of Occupy Cal protesters who took over a library Thursday evening in the school's anthropology department." Mercury News. (1/20)

What's New

Historic Michigan Campaign Under Way

A victory for this high profile group of academic employees would be a victory for every cohort of unrepresented research assistants across the country. (2/3)

AAUP Statement on Indiana Right-to-Work Law

The AAUP stands behind the right of all employee groups to decide for themselves whether to bargain collectively. (2/2)

AAUP Opposes Book Banning in Arizona

The AAUP opposes the recent move to ban certain books from the Mexican-American Studies Program in Tuscon, Arizona. Read the joint statement and the list of signatories here. (1/31)

AAUP Events

Mark Your Calendar

Annual Conference on the State of Higher Education
June 13–17, 2012
Washington, DC
Register today!

Summer Institute
July 26–29, 2012
Roosevelt University
Chicago, IL

See all upcoming events.

AAUP Election Announcements

Department of Labor Supervision of AAUP Elections

All interested parties are invited to participate in a pre-election conference where the proposed election rules and procedures will be discussed. (1/27)

AAUP in the Media