Research

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

Faculty Compensation

The AAUP carries out an annual survey on full-time faculty compensation. The results are published in the Annual Report on the Economic Status of the Profession, (available in print as the March-April issue of the AAUP magazine, Academe).  

The Academic Workforce

Trends in Instructional Staff Employment, 1975-2011 (.pdf). A summary of U.S. Department of Education tabulations, including estimates for fall 2011. (Revised April 2013)

The AAUP Contingent Faculty Index 2006. Includes institution-specific data on instructional staff employment status as of 2005.

Resources on Contingent Academic Appointments

Gender Equity

Persistent Inequity: Gender and Academic Employment by John W. Curtis, AAUP Director of Research and Public Policy. April 2011.

The AAUP Faculty Gender Equity Indicators 2006 by  Martha S. West and John W. Curtis. This report provides data on four measures of gender equity for faculty at over 1,400 colleges and universities across the country.

Resources on Gender Equity

Resources for Researching Higher Education

Resources for Researching Higher Education. This list includes links to both national and Web state sites.

Contacting the Research Program 

If you have a question about the faculty compensation survey please contact  aaupfcs@aaup.org.

For research inquiries not related to the salary survey please contact research@aaup.org.