AAUP Updates

Help students, faculty, and staff at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln stop proposed elimination of vital programs!

A new report by the AAUP's Committee on College and University Governance outlines how recent legislation marks a troubling trend toward curtailing the authority of faculty senates at state institutions, relegating them to merely advisory or consultative roles.

In a historic wall-to-wall labor union lawsuit led by the AAUP, a judge has issued a preliminary injunction that will stop the Trump-Vance administration’s attempt to unlawfully stifle free speech and academic freedom across the UC system. This marks a huge win...

A report published today is the first systematic empirical study of government investigations and private lawsuits against US colleges and universities under Title VI of the 1964 Civil Rights Act.

The H-1B visa program was created to provide a path for the US to attract skilled professionals from around the world to fill urgent needs. When the government makes it impossible for these professionals to come to the US, universities lose.

The AAUP and AFT warn that the Trump administration’s offer to give preferential treatment to colleges and universities in exchange for allegiance to a partisan ideological agenda is entirely corrupt.

The AAUP and partners sued to block the Trump administration from carrying out large-scale arrests, detentions, and deportations of noncitizen students and faculty members for ideological reasons.

In response to news that the University of California administration plans to provide the US Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights with personally identifiable information of numerous UC faculty, students, and staff, the AAUP and the Council of UC...

A new Committee A report addresses the issue of discrimination in higher education and the recent surge in US Department of Education investigations utilizing Title VI in programs that receive federal funding.

In a moment when it is becoming increasingly difficult to predict the consequences of our online speech and choices, the AAUP and Faculty First Responders are issuing guidance to AAUP members and other academic workers.

With a broad coalition of faculty, staff, students, and labor unions, we are asking the court to block the Trump administration from further use of financial threats to coerce the UC system to accede to demands that will harm faculty, staff, and students.

The AAUP notes with great alarm the rash of recent administrative actions to discipline faculty, staff, and student speech in the aftermath of the murder of Charlie Kirk.