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2023 AAUP Updates

The AAUP Condemns Escalating Assault on Academic Freedom at Penn

The AAUP condemns the escalating assault on academic freedom at the University of Pennsylvania and across the United States. Academic freedom and the autonomy of colleges and universities are being undermined by an opportunistic governmental interest in...

Spartanburg Faculty Senate Dissolved in Effort to Silence It

A new report examines the abolishment by the Spartanburg Community College administration of the faculty senate, an action it admits taking to prevent the senate from voting to oppose the administration’s imposition of a policy requiring faculty members to be...

Censorship Will Not Defeat Antisemitism

Attempts to clamp down on free expression do little to combat the scourge of antisemitism or other unacceptable forms of hatred and prejudice including those based on race, gender identity, sex, and religion. Academic freedom and antidiscrimination initiatives...

Meaningful Higher Education in Florida May Not Survive, Says AAUP Report

A new report undertakes an in-depth review of a politically and ideologically driven assault unparalleled in US history. If sustained, this assault threatens the very survival of meaningful higher education in the state, with dire implications for the entire...

AAUP Website Request for Proposals

The AAUP has issued a request for proposals to obtain proposals from external vendors for the purpose of adopting a replacement for its existing website content management system.

Academic Freedom and Outside Speakers

A statement released today reaffirms the "right to hear" principle concerning the presence of controversial outside speakers on college campuses, and expands on the relationship between controversies involving invited speakers and increasing partisan political...

Polarizing Times Demand Robust Academic Freedom

The AAUP condemns the climate of intimidation that now attempts to silence people who express unpopular views on the current conflict in the Middle East. College and university leaders have no obligation to speak out on the most controversial issues of the day...

Remembering John T. McNay

We were saddened to learn of the death of longtime AAUP leader John T. McNay this past Friday, October 27. John was active in the University of Cincinnati chapter, a former president of the Ohio state conference, a member of the AAUP's governing Council, and the...

Defending the Freedom to Learn

The AAUP joins four other education advocacy groups, spanning from pre-K to higher education, in launching a Freedom to Learn pledge, highlighting how far-right attacks on public education and academic freedom are part of the same extremist push to hurt learning...

Academic Freedom in Times of War

As the Israel-Hamas war rages and campus protests proliferate, institutional authorities must refrain from sanctioning faculty members for expressing politically controversial views and should instead defend their right, under principles of academic freedom, to...

Attack on ASU Professor a New Low

AFT president Randi Weingarten and AAUP president Irene Mulvey released a statement condemning the attack on Arizona State University professor David Boyles by Turning Point USA operatives.

Draconian Compensation Plan Violates Principle of Tenure at Tufts

The AAUP filed an amicus brief in a case involving Tufts University's implementation of a compensation plan that requires medical school faculty to raise a portion of their salaries through external grant funding. The plan violates Tufts’s own definition of...

Illinois State University Faculty File for Union Authorization

An overwhelming majority of tenure-line faculty at Illinois State University filed union authorization cards this week. Upon certification, the United Faculty of ISU will be affiliated with the AAUP, the AFT, and the Illinois Federation of Teachers, serving as...

New Podcast Episodes Examine Racial Equity in Higher Ed

In episode 1, we discuss grappling with the history of higher education in order to figure out how to ensure that traditionally marginalized voices not only have a seat at the table but are leading the way forward. Episode 2 focuses on how to achieve greater...

AAUP Calls Out Lack of Faculty Involvement as WVU Board Votes on Massive Program Cuts

Today, the AAUP sent a letter to the administration of West Virginia University warning that it “would view with grave concern any terminations of tenured faculty appointments for financial reasons that are effected in a manner inconsistent with” AAUP...