COVID-19 Pandemic Resources

The AAUP is closely monitoring the COVID-19 crisis in higher education and will continue to update this page as resources and information become available. 

General Guidance

• FAQs on AAUP Principles and Standards for the COVID-19 Crisis
• Contingent Faculty and the Global Pandemic
• AFT and AAUP Principles for Higher Education Response to COVID-19

Campus Opening

• Statement on Prioritizing Health and Safety as Campuses Reopen
• Leadership during a Crisis (Academe column by Irene Mulvey)
• Guidance for Campus Operation During the Pandemic
• Campus Reopening: Guidelines, Challenges, and the Faculty Voice (recorded webinar)
• How to Reopen Higher Ed (Inside Higher Ed opinion piece by Irene Mulvey and Randi Weingarten)

Remote Teaching

• Remote Teaching and Its Impact on Intellectual Property (recorded webinar)
• FAQs on Remote Teaching and Copyright

Shared Governance, Bargaining, and Decision Making

• Principles of Academic Governance during the COVID-19 Pandemic
• Statement on COVID-19 and the Faculty Role in Decision-Making
• Special Report: COVID-19 and Academic Governance
• Survey Data on the Impact of the Pandemic on Shared Governance
• Impact Bargaining during the COVID-19 Crisis (for union chapters)
• COVID-19 Chapter Toolkit (for union chapters)
• Bargaining in Times of Economic Uncertainty (webinar slides)
• Shared Governance During a Crisis (recorded webinar)

Financial Crisis

• Financial Crisis FAQs
• Financial Exigency and Program Elimination During the COVID-19 Pandemic (recorded webinar)
  Fighting Back against Austerity (recorded webinar)

More Pandemic-Related Resources

• Feature Articles from Academe, Magazine of the AAUP
• Information from US Government Agencies and the World Health Organization
• AAUP National, Chapter, and State Conference Actions
• Resources from Other Organizations
• Recorded webinars from the 2021 Summer Institute Online