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Where Do We Go from Here?
In the wake of the crackdown on last spring's student protests, colleges and universities must find a way to resist the pressures pushing them in the direction of discipline, policing, and restrictions on political expression.
Turning Challenges into Wins
Leaders of the Faculty Alliance of Miami, a new AAUP-AFT union, share lessons from their first year at the bargaining table.
One Big Union
At the bargaining table and on the picket lines, Rutgers unions have been laying the foundation for wall-to-wall organizing.
Time to Show Robert the Door
Faculty senates can do better than follow Robert’s Rules and their dense, complex, rigid, and hierarchical system of order.
The Silencing of Research
Politicized attacks on faculty members who study equity are undermining the production of knowledge.
Working Together to Diversify the Senior Faculty Ranks
A peer-mentoring initiative at St. John’s University helped faculty to overcome common barriers to promotion to full professor.

Chapter Profile

University of Pennsylvania AAUP Chapter
The advocacy chapter at the University of Pennsylvania has mobilized faculty across ranks for a powerful defense of academic freedom and resistance to external interference.

From the Archives

  • Former AAUP general secretary Ernst Benjamin looks back on the AAUP's evolving emphasis on collective bargaining.