The 2026 Biennial Association Meeting occurred on Friday, June 12, from 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. and on Saturday, June 13, from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., at the Hyatt Centric Chicago Magnificent Mile, located at 633 North Saint Clair Street, Chicago, IL 60611.
The Biennial Association Meeting is the formal business meeting of the AAUP. Under the AAUP Constitution, it is held in even-numbered years except when prevented by war or national emergency. The meeting is attended by delegates elected by chapters and sections. AAUP members who are not delegates may attend the meeting but do not have a vote or a formal role in the meeting. The purposes of the meeting are established by the AAUP Constitution and include electing AAUP officers and Council members, voting on amendments to the Constitution, expressing the AAUP’s views on professional matters, voting on proposals and resolutions, and acting on recommendations presented to it by Council.
In the election of officers and Council members, each credentialed chapter or section delegate casts a vote, the weight of which is determined by dividing the number of members in the delegate’s chapter or section by the number of credentialed delegates from that chapter or section. (If that division yields a remainder, it will be distributed to the delegates in the order in which they were listed on the chapter or section’s delegate form.) On other matters, each credentialed delegate will cast a vote of equal weight unless one-fifth of the delegates present request that the vote be weighted as they are in elections.
Read a wrapup of the 2026 AAUP Higher Ed Summit and Biennial Meeting here. Note that AAUP workshops, conference sessions, luncheons, and other activities are not considered part of the formal Biennial Association Meeting.