Membership

• Join or renew your membership online or by mail
• See dues rates categories based on your annual academic income.  
• Show your support with a lifetime membership!

Please contact membershipservices@aaup.org with any questions.

Use the member portal to:

• Log in for access to member resources on the website 
• Retrieve your password
• Update your profile
• Opt in to receive the print edition of Academe

Click to see AAUP membership benefits, which include access to:

• the expertise of AAUP staff, members, and leaders
• our lineup of guidebooks, toolkits, and webinars to defend academic freedom, ensure economic security, and advance faculty governance
• insurance programs with extensive product offerings nationwide

Active AAUP chapters serve the profession at over 500 accredited colleges and universities by supporting principles and programs that vitally affect the quality of higher education and professional life. Click for info on how to start a chapter.

How members of AAUP union chapters can participate in and strengthen their local unions.

If you represent a chapter:

We encourage chapters to buy AAUP T-shirts, pins, stickers, or other merchandise in bulk, which allows you to get lower prices and to buy from a union vendor. Many brokers work with both union and non-union shops, so be sure to specify what you want. You can work with the vendor of your choice; some options are:

Request

Chapters can request limited quantities of the following items for distribution to members and at campus events:

• AAUP buttons in various styles
• Mini-Redbooks containing several of the AAUP's key policy documents
• A brochure outlining the benefits of membership
• For nonunion chapters, a Join brochure to use in membership organizing

To request items, email communications@aaup.org