Tenure was not designed as a merit badge for research-intensive faculty. . . . Tenure was conceived as a right rather than a privilege. —AAUP, Tenure and Teaching-Intensive Appointments, 2010 The 1940 ...

The National AAUP stands with the University of Virginia Chapter of the AAUP, the Virginia AAUP Conference, and the University of Virginia Faculty Senate in condemning the Department of Justice’s ...

When we think of accreditation, we mostly think of a process that takes place on our campuses. This thought may or may not be agreeable to us. We rarely consider accreditation’s political role as a ...

When academically qualified people do not have the financial resources needed to enroll and succeed in college, higher education fails to fulfill the promise of promoting social mobility—and may ...

The AAUP’s governing Council voted to place Muhlenberg College on the AAUP's list of censured administrations. The censure is based on the findings of a report of an AAUP committee of inquiry ...

I. Introduction From its initial statement of principles in 1915 and its earliest investigations into violations of academic freedom, the American Association of University Pro­fessors has emphasized ...

Since 2001, faculty, students, and staff at more than seventy US colleges and universities have researched their institutions’ histories of involvement with the enslavement of people of African ...

The following statement, prepared by a subcommittee of the Association’s Committee A on Academic Freedom and Tenure, was approved by Committee A in October 2019 and adopted by the AAUP's Council in ...

"Ten to fifteen hours per week, on campus.” This is the typical response from faculty members and administrators who are asked how much undergraduate students should work at paying jobs while ...

1. Introduction This statement is a call to mutual understanding regarding the government of colleges and universities. Understanding, based on community of interest and producing joint effort, is ...

The abrupt cancellation of NSF grants damages critical research in American higher education and has repercussions far beyond academia.

Published January 2024. The following statement was approved for online publication by the Association’s Committee on College and University Governance. Political interference in US higher education ...