Past Events

10/02/2024 - 1:00pm to 3:00pm

Part of our fall series of workshops for collective bargaining chapters. In this workshop, participants will focus on the legal framework of bargaining, the mechanics of contract negotiations, how to organize a bargaining team, and other skills needed for member-led bargaining teams to stay on top of the process.

10/01/2024 - 7:00pm

Recently, we joined with AFT, HELU, UAW, and other labor allies to send a strong message to the political establishment: our nation’s democratic future depends on renewed federal investment in public higher education and sustainable working conditions for higher ed employees. Now we want to talk to you about the best ways we can help you organize to achieve those goals and strengthen the work you’re doing on your campuses.

09/26/2024 - 1:00pm to 3:00pm

Part of our fall series of workshops for collective bargaining chapters. In this workshop, we’ll discuss how to gather priorities from members and develop a narrative for your bargaining campaign. Participants will look at bargaining platforms and narratives from other campaigns and leave the session with an outline of their own narrative.

09/13/2024 - 2:45pm

Join Isaac Kamola of the AAUP's Center for the Defense of Academic Freedom for a panel discussion on the threats facing academic freedom.

08/01/2024 - 11:15am to 08/04/2024 - 11:15am

The 2024 Summer Institute will be held August 1–4 at Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan.

06/13/2024 - 9:45am to 06/16/2024 - 9:45am
DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Crystal City
300 Army Navy Drive
Arlington, Virginia 22202

The 2024 AAUP Conference and Biennial Meeting will take place in the Washington, DC, area, starting on Thursday, June 13. The conference includes informational sessions, presentations on pressing issues in higher education, AAUP awards, and plenary sessions. 

05/31/2024 - 2:00pm to 06/01/2024 - 12:00pm
AAUP National Office
555 New Jersey Avenue, NW
Washington, District Of Columbia 20001

A meeting of the AAUP's Committee A for Academic Freedom and Tenure.

05/30/2024 - 3:00pm to 4:00pm

Join us for an online discussion of a new white paper out from the AAUP’s Center for the Defense of Academic Freedom—Manufacturing Backlash: Right-Wing Think Tanks and the Legislative Attack on Higher Education, 2021–2023—which examines the well-funded political operatives and conservative think tanks behind this legislative attack on higher education.

05/07/2024 - 2:00pm to 3:00pm

This webinar will review the registration process that section and chapter leaders must use by May 15 to submit their lists of delegates and alternates for the upcoming AAUP Conference and Biennial Meeting.

04/27/2024 - 9:00am to 04/28/2024 - 10:30am
AAUP
555 New Jersey Avenue NW
Washington , District Of Columbia 20001

A meeting of the AAUP's national governing council.

04/17/2024 - 2:45pm

Join AAUP chapters, higher education unions, and student organizations across the country in a National Day of Action for Higher Education! 

04/04/2024 - 2:00pm to 3:00pm

Please join us for a virtual discussion. Policy experts and local leaders from the AAUP and AFT will delve into how the AAUP’s policies and AFT and AAUP contract language on academic freedom and campus speech apply to the current situation, what faculty at different campuses are facing on the ground, and what our affiliates are doing to support our members and protect campus speech

02/27/2024 - 2:00pm to 3:00pm

This webinar provides an overview of the rules governing the nomination and election of delegates ahead of the upcoming biennial meeting.

02/24/2024 - 9:00am to 02/25/2024 - 12:00pm
AAUP National Office
555 New Jersey Avenue, NW
Washington, District Of Columbia 20001

A meeting of the AAUP's governing Council.

02/21/2024 - 3:00pm to 4:00pm

Whether you are just forming an AAUP chapter or you are part of an established one, this session will give you the practical tools you need to manage an effective organization

02/15/2024 - 2:00pm to 3:00pm

This training is designed for AAUP chapter and conference leaders and field staff interested in learning about a primary role of AAUP chapters: working for the incorporation of AAUP standards on academic freedom, tenure, and governance into the institution’s faculty handbook

02/07/2024 - 3:00pm to 4:00pm

Learn about forming and operating a section ahead of the upcoming biennial meeting. A section is a mechanism to ensure that small chapters’ voices are heard and to allow chapters to pool resources to make attendance at the AAUP's biennial delegate meeting more affordable.

01/23/2024 - 3:00pm to 4:00pm

A webinar on how to form an AAUP chapter and how a chapter can help you change the status quo.

11/11/2023 - 9:00am to 11/12/2023 - 12:00pm
AAUP National Office
555 New Jersey Avenue, NW
Washington, District Of Columbia 20001

A meeting of the AAUP's governing Council.

11/09/2023 - 1:00pm to 2:00pm

Join AAUP researcher Scott Sederstrom for a discussion on recent hiring trends in US higher education.

11/08/2023 - 2:00pm to 3:00pm

Join us for a discussion of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) issues in higher education. We’ll discuss the difference between a DEI statement and a loyalty oath, collective vs. individual academic freedom, why DEI is important for liberal education, and strategies and tactics you can use in your chapter.

10/31/2023 - 1:00pm to 3:00pm

An introduction to working with a mediator, the fact finding process, and preparing for arbitration in bargaining.

10/27/2023 - 2:00pm to 10/28/2023 - 12:00pm
AAUP National Office
555 New Jersey Avenue, NW
Washington, District Of Columbia 20001

A meeting of the AAUP's Committee A for Academic Freedom and Tenure.

10/26/2023 - 1:00pm to 3:00pm

A workshop about creating a game plan for using financial data and facts to counter your administration's claims.

10/24/2023 - 1:00pm to 3:00pm

This workshop covers the basics of bargaining health insurance. Participants will review the core elements of insurance, HRAs and HSAs, how premiums are set, self-insurance, and what information to request. Participants will also discuss common employer narratives about healthcare plans and costs.

10/10/2023 - 1:00pm to 3:00pm

A workshop about proposal packaging, strategies for avoiding impasse, and mapping an endgame timeline.

10/05/2023 - 1:00pm to 3:00pm

An informal opportunity to talk with staff and members about contract articles, proposal writing issues, and source model AAUP language.

10/03/2023 - 1:00pm to 3:00pm

A workshop about effective proposal presentation and basic tips for writing language. Participants will also discuss their most successful and challenging proposals.

09/26/2023 - 1:00pm to 3:00pm

A workshop about the legal framework of negotiations and the mechanics of a strong bargaining team.

09/21/2023 - 1:00pm to 3:00pm

A workshop about communicating bargaining priorities at the table, with members, and in media. Participants will look at platform examples and work on their own bargaining narrative.

08/26/2023 - 11:30am to 08/27/2023 - 11:30am
AAUP National Office
555 New Jersey Avenue, NW
Washington, District Of Columbia 20001

A meeting of the AAUP's governing Council.

07/06/2023 - 3:45pm to 07/09/2023 - 3:45pm

The 2023 AAUP Summer Institute will be July 6-9 at the University of Vermont in Burlington, VT.

06/09/2023 - 2:15pm to 06/11/2023 - 2:15pm
Portland, Oregon

A meeting of the AAUP's governing Council.

06/02/2023 - 2:00pm to 06/03/2023 - 12:00pm
AAUP National Office
555 New Jersey Avenue, NW, Suite 600
Washington, District Of Columbia 20001

A meeting of the AAUP's Committee A for Academic Freedom and Tenure.

04/26/2023 - 3:00pm to 5:00pm

A session for stewards, grievance officers, or staff looking for a refresher or an introduction to the legal framework of a grievance, as well as how to investigate a case, write a grievance, and prepare for each step. Participants will also be encouraged to share the grievance article in their own CBA. Arbitration hearings will not be covered but may in a future workshop.

Register here

03/05/2023 - 10:45am to 12:00pm
Washington, District Of Columbia

A meeting of the AAUP Foundation.

03/04/2023 - 9:00am to 03/05/2023 - 10:30am
Washington, District Of Columbia

A meeting of the AAUP's governing Council.

02/24/2023 - 1:00pm to 2:00pm

Join us for a virtual roundtable featuring contributors to the winter issue of the AAUP magazine, Academe. We'll discuss how achieving racial equity in the tenured faculty ranks will require concrete changes to tenure and promotion policies that too often devalue the work of faculty members of color, how the long-term decline in tenure density threatens the future of higher education in blue and red states alike, and how the 1940 Statement of Principles on Academic Freedom and Tenure sought to solve the contingency crisis of the Great Depression.

07/21/2022 - 10:15am to 07/24/2022 - 10:15am
University of Nevada, Reno
Reno, Nevada

After more than two years of the pandemic and two virtual Summer Institutes, we invite you to reconnect with fellow faculty activists and organizers.

07/07/2020 - 1:00pm to 08/04/2020 - 2:30pm

We will hold an online Summer Institute with free webinars every Tuesday and Thursday between July 7 and August 4 from 1:00 to 2:30 p.m. EDT. Due to guidance issued by the CDC and state and local governments, we are unable to hold the in-person Summer Institute previously scheduled.

07/19/2018 - 10:45am to 07/22/2018 - 10:45am
University of New Hampshire
Holloway Commons
Durham, New Hampshire 03824

The 2018 AAUP/AAUP-CBC Summer Institute is coming to the University of New Hampshire in scenic Durham, New Hampshire, July 19–22.

07/27/2017 - 2:15pm to 07/30/2017 - 2:15pm
University of Cincinnati
Cincinnati, Ohio

The 2017 AAUP/AAUP-CBC Summer Institute is coming to the University of Cincinnati in Cincinnati, Ohio.