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 ...

When the AAUP speaks, it is the voice of the profession. Read a sampling of what the media is saying about the AAUP.

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.

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This presentation will discuss the faculty’s role in conditions of financial exigency and in budgetary and salary matters, as that role is defined in the AAUP’s Statement on Government of Colleges and ...

Multiple federal laws combine with existing employer policies on medical leave, family leave, and disability accommodations to mitigate impediments to academic success for faculty welcoming a new ...

On November 7, college students and workers across the country are coming together to demand college affordability, the freedom to teach, learn, and research without partisan interference, and safety ...

On September 12, 2025, the AAUP, with a broad coalition of higher education groups, filed an amicus brief in the Federal Circuit in support of a challenge to the Trump Administration’s reduction of ...

Since the US Supreme Court’s infamous NLRB v. Yeshiva University decision in 1980, faculty members at private colleges and universities have confronted major roadblocks to unionization. Yeshiva labels ...

Join us for a webinar in support of the upcoming November 7 Day of Action. As students organize for educational access and affordability, the freedom to learn, campus safety, and a better future, the ...