AAUP Policies & Reports

03.21.2012 | AAUP Audit Reports

Audited reports of the AAUP's financial statements from the past two years.

Annual and Business Reports

03.21.2012 | AAUP Audit Reports

Audited reports of the AAUP's financial statements from the past two years.

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College and University Governance Reports

2013 | College and University Governance: The University of Virginia Governing Board’s Attempt to Remove the President

This report documents a major breakdown in governance at UVA, focusing on the role of the board of visitors and its rector, Helen Dragas, who initiated the effort to force the president’s resignation. It finds that the events at the university resulted from “a failure by those charged with institutional oversight to understand the institution over which they presided and to engage with the administration and the faculty in an effort to be well informed.”

2011 | College and University Governance: Idaho State University

Report, prepared by the Association’s staff, concerning the decision by the Idaho State Board of Education to suspend the operation and bylaws of the faculty senate at Idaho State University and to direct ISU president Arthur C. Vailas to “implement an interim faculty advisory structure.”

2011 | College and University Governance: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Report concerning the action taken in summer 2007 by the board of trustees and the administration of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute to suspend the faculty senate and replace it with a “transitional structure of faculty governance.”

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Standing Committee and Subcommittee Reports

2013 | Confidentiality and Faculty Representation in Academic Governance

A report arguing that requiring faculty members to sign confidentiality agreements as a requirement to serve on university committees is in most cases inconsistent with widely accepted standards of shared governance and with the concept of serving as a representative. 

2013 | Faculty Communication with Governing Boards: Best Practices

From its initial statement of principles in 1915 and its earliest investigations into violations of academic freedom, the AAUP has emphasized the necessity of effective communication among those who participate in academic governance. Based on a consideration of relevant AAUP documents and in view of the current climate in higher education, this new draft statement urges greater communication between faculties and governing boards in colleges and universities.

2013 | Here's the News: The Annual Report on the Economic Status of the Profession, 2012-13

Results of the AAUP's annual survey of full-time faculty compensation.

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