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April 13, 2015
Contacts: Robin Burns, Media Relations, or John Barnshaw, Senior Higher Education Researcher
Washington, DC—Colleges and universities are facing unprecedented challenges. State appropriations for higher education are declining dramatically. Private endowments have eroded. Tuition is rising and student access to quality higher education is threatened. Traditional institutions fear they will be overtaken by online and for-profit education providers.
In Busting the Myths: The Annual Report on the Economic Status of the Profession, 2014–15, released today, the American Association of University Professors debunks some myths about the challenges facing higher education and highlights how faculty are a key part of the solution.
For decades, the AAUP’s faculty salary surveys and compensation reports have been authoritative sources of information about the economic status of the profession. This year marks the first consequential improvement (1.4 percent) in inflation-adjusted year-over-year salary for full-time faculty since the Great Recession.
This year’s report also explores four common myths about higher education:
The report is available to the public on the AAUP’s website at http://www.aaup.org/reports-publications/2014-15salarysurvey.
The mission of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) is to advance academic freedom and shared governance, to define fundamental professional values and standards for higher education, and to ensure higher education’s contribution to the common good. Founded in 1915, the AAUP has helped to shape American higher education by developing the standards and procedures that maintain quality in education and academic freedom in this country’s colleges and universities. The AAUP is a nonprofit professional association headquartered in Washington, DC.