All AAUP Policies & Reports

Statement explaining faculty members’ basic rights of ownership of their intellectual property, prevailing academic practice, and exceptions in which colleges and universities may fairly claim full or partial ownership of works created by faculty members.

Report addressing issues of reasons and the opportunity for review, adequacy of notice and academic freedom at Johnson & Wales University.

Report concerning the actions by the administration of the University of the District of Columbia to terminate the appointments of 125 faculty members.

Report concerning the actions taken by the administration of Lawrence Technological University regarding appointment termination following a decision to discontinue the undergraduate programs in business management.

Report concerning the action taken by the administration of Bennington College to terminate an instructor with presumptive tenure.

Report concerning academic freedom at Brigham Young University, a religiously affiliated university, and the denial of tenure.

Report regarding action taken by the administration of the Minneapolis College of Art and Design to dismiss five senior members of the faculty without cause and without hearings.

Report concerning the dismissal of a faculty member from the Saint Meinrad School of Theology for having signed an open letter to Pope John Paul II asking that continued discussion be permitted concerning the question of ordaining women to the priesthood.

Report regarding tenure and the lack of due process in dismissal proceedings at Garland County Community College, now National Park College.

Report addressing the applicability of the Standards for Notice of Nonreappointment to all full-time faculty members on renewable term appointments.

Statement proposing policy and procedures for colleges and universities that wish to formulate a statement of policy on sexual harassment that is separate from existing grievance policies and procedures.

Report discussing the issues of financial exigency, due process, relocation, and program discontinuance at Alaska Pacific University