The AAUP office reopened on September 7, 2021. Contact information for all staff, including those working remotely or on a hybrid schedule, is available here.
This not only violates fundamental principles of academic governance but poorly serves the teaching and research mission of the university.
University of Illinois Chicago becomes the first large public research university to unionize in Illinois history
5/12/11 Update: University of Missouri St. Louis Chancellor Thomas George and Provost Glen Cope issued a statement declaring that adjunct professor Don Giljum remains eligible to teach at UMSL.
A joint amicus brief to the Virginia Supreme Court explains why scientists and other scholars must be able to communicate freely, without fear of government intrusion.
On April 20, 2011, AAUP president Cary Nelson and Kenneth Stern of the American Jewish Committee published an open letter on the topic of campus antisemitism, and especially how it related to Title VI regulations about discrimination in federally funded programs. The letter was written in response to several recent allegations of antisemitism at campuses around the country.
The AAUP elected thirteen members to its national Council and a chair for the Assemlby of State Conferences.
The attack on professor Michael Mann is similar to the recent attack on University of Wisconsin professor William Cronon.
It’s Not Over Yet: The Annual Report on the Economic Status of the Profession, 2010–11 is now available.
