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 ...

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 ...

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A new report published today by the AAUP and the Middle East Studies Association finds that the weaponization of civil rights law has been central to attacks on campus speech over the past two years.

What is shared governance, and why is it important? This session will discuss the fundamental principles that should shape governance at every institution of higher education in the US, as articulated ...

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

While state legislature and US Congress offices differ in many ways, there are some common practices that can help AAUP members with their advocacy visits at the state and federal levels.

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 ...