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Due to concerns about COVID-19, the AAUP office has transitioned to telework. Please contact staff by email.
The governing Council of the American Association of University Professors voted to add Pacific Lutheran University to the AAUP’s list of censured administrations. The Council also voted to remove Clarkson College of Nebraska. Since 1938 the AAUP has censured administrations of higher education institutions for failing to observe generally recognized principles of academic freedom and tenure. Prior to the restructuring of the AAUP that occurred in 2019, censure was imposed by vote of the annual meeting; it is now imposed by vote of the governing Council.
Censure by the AAUP informs the public as well as the academic community that the administration of an institution has not adhered to the generally recognized principles of academic freedom and tenure jointly formulated in 1940 by the AAUP and the Association of American Colleges and Universities and endorsed by more than 250 professional and educational organizations. As of today, 58 institutions remain on the censure list.