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Politically Controversial Academic Personnel Decisions

A new AAUP report issued for comment states that political or religious beliefs should not be grounds to hire, fire, or discipline faculty. 

Review of Policies on Financial Exigency and Program Discontinuance

 Faced with a flood of program closings and terminations, the AAUP has established a subcommittee to review policies.

The Faculty Role in Financial Exigency

Widespread program closures represent a massive transfer of power from the faculty to the administration over curricular matters. These developments are addressed in a new draft report, The Role of the Faculty in Conditions of Financial Exigency.

“Here’s The News”: AAUP Releases Faculty Salary Report

Salaries for full-time faculty members at American colleges and universities continue to recover slowly from the ongoing recession in higher education, but the longer-term trends are not promising. That’s the finding in this year’s annual report on faculty compensation and the economics of higher education issued by the American Association of University Professors.

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