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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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

At the AAUP's Center for the Defense of Academic Freedom, we believe that teaching, learning, and the pursuit of knowledge are essential to creating and sustaining multi-racial and plurinational ...

In 2025, the size of the global executive search market will likely exceed $58 billion, and by 2030 it could approach $95 billion. This year, the United States is estimated to ac­count for about $10.3 ...

The report that follows was prepared by a subcommittee of Committee A on Academic Freedom and Tenure and approved for publication by the parent committee in August 2025. The issue of discrimination in ...

Ernst Benjamin: Why I Continue to Support the AAUP Policy in Opposition to Academic Boycotts ...

Today, the AAUP’s Committee A on Academic Freedom and Tenure issued a new report, On Title VI, Discrimination, and Academic Freedom, that addresses the issue of discrimination in higher education and ...

This report summarizes National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) data on patterns of faculty appointments and graduate student employment in US higher education from fall 1987 through fall 2021, ...

Among the various eye-popping demands the Trump administration made of Harvard University in its infamous April 11, 2025, letter was the bullet point on “Viewpoint Diversity in Admissions and Hiring.” ...