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2021 AAUP Updates

University System of Georgia Eviscerates Tenure

The AAUP released a report on the University System of Georgia’s dismantling of academic tenure and will likely impose censure in 2022 if the board of regents does not restore academic due process to tenured faculty. In an unprecedented action, the board of...

AAUP Condemns Attack on Academic Tenure in South Carolina

South Carolina’s House Bill 4522 is misguided legislation that would do irreparable damage to the quality of education in the South Carolina public university system by severely undermining academic freedom in the state.

AAUP Removes Censure at University of Nebraska, Places Sanction on Illinois Wesleyan University

On Saturday, the governing Council of the AAUP voted to remove the University of Nebraska–Lincoln from the Association’s list of censured administrations, and to add Illinois Wesleyan University to the Association's list of institutions sanctioned for...

US Department of Education Overhauls Public Service Loan Forgiveness

After 50,000 public comments from borrowers and an internal audit of borrowers eligible for Public Service Loan Forgiveness, the US Department of Education has taken a series of steps to resolve long-standing issues with the troubled program. Read more about...

Next Steps for the New Deal for Higher Ed

The Build Back Better Act funds essential financial aid programs, but fails to deliver on the reforms we need. It goes without saying that we are disappointed in these developments.

AAUP Testimony on Public Service Loan Forgiveness Reform, Part Two

New regulations have been proposed by the US Department of Education to recognize the difficulties faced by contingent faculty in their pursuit of PSLF; while they are a huge improvement from the current program, the proposed rules must go further to meet the...

University of Florida's Politically Motivated Violation of Academic Freedom Undermines the Common Good

UF’s decision constitutes an egregious violation of faculty members’ academic freedom and is almost certainly a violation of their free speech rights as citizens. The AAUP stands in solidarity with these scholars in accordance with our mission statement to...

University of Georgia System under Investigation

The AAUP will conduct an investigation of the system after its board of regents voted to adopt a post-tenure review policy that makes it possible to fire a tenured faculty member without a dismissal hearing.

Lawsuit Challenges Classroom Censorship

Yesterday, plaintiffs including the University of Oklahoma chapter of the AAUP filed a lawsuit challenging an Oklahoma law that severely restricts faculty at public institutions in the state from teaching about race and gender.

Good and Bad News in Latest AAUP Report on Shared Governance

The AAUP's latest report on faculty governance finds over all, faculty representation is up over time, but faculty participation in presidential searches is down, as is full participation of part-time faculty members.

AAUP President Warns of Investigation, Potential Censure, If Tenure Is Gutted in the University System of Georgia

AAUP president Irene Mulvey says the AAUP will investigate and censure the University System of Georgia as the board of regents nears a vote that would essentially remove tenure protections.

AAUP Testimony on Public Service Loan Forgiveness Reform, Part One

New regulations have been proposed by the US Department of Education to recognize the difficulties faced by contingent faculty in their pursuit of PSLF; while they are a huge improvement from the current program, the proposed rules must go further to meet the...

Special Committee to Report on Structural Racism and Violations of Shared Governance at UNC

A pattern of egregious violations of principles of academic governance and persistent structural racism in the University of North Carolina System has prompted AAUP to take action. Among several issues the report will discuss is the widely publicized mishandling...

AAUP and AFT Applaud "Meaningful Down Payment" on Urgently Needed New Deal for Higher Ed

“The Build Back Better Act represents a historic and long-overdue investment in higher education—as well as a meaningful down payment on the additional changes needed to aid our colleges and universities, and the people who make them run. Increased Pell Grant...

AAUP Files Brief Condemning Political Attacks on Teaching About Race and Racial Justice in Texas

“The unmistakable aim of such efforts is to impose thought control on American education and thereby on the American people," the brief states.