2011 AAUP Updates

In dismissing the president of the University of Oregon without consultation with the university community, the Oregon State Board of Higher Education violated fundamental standards of shared governance.

The AAUP denounced a move by Middle Tennessee State University administrators to impose a demotion in rank on full-time non-tenure-track faculty while threatening to dismiss any who refuse. 

 As the California Faculty Association plans one-day strikes at two campuses, the AAUP issued a statement of support.

This week saw a historic and inspiring victory as Ohio voters decisively repealed legislation that would have severely restricted the collective bargaining rights of Ohio public-sector workers and especially faculty. Read a letter from the Ohio AAUP conference.

10/24/11 Update: The Illinois Educational Labor Relations Board on Friday rejected a request from the University of Illinois at Chicago administration to stay an order certifying the faculty union. 

The AAUP has issued a supplemental report on Savannah College of Art and Design.

The AAUP encourages the exemption of interviews with legally competent adults from IRB oversight.

The American Association of University Professors stands in solidarity with the movement protesting the huge and growing gap between rich and poor.