The AAUP today released our Annual Report on the Economic Status of the Profession, 2024–25. This report presents findings from the AAUP’s annual Faculty Compensation Survey and other key economic ...

In the almost thirty years since the term intersectionality was introduced, it has been taken up in a range of academic disciplines in the United States and beyond. It has even entered public ...

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The AAUP Journal of Academic Freedom publishes scholarship on academic freedom and on its relation to shared governance, tenure, and collective bargaining. Scholarship on academic freedom is typically ...

The AAUP is a union and membership association of faculty and other academic professionals. Headquartered in Washington, DC, we have members and chapters based at colleges and universities across the ...

The AAUP is an affiliate of the American Federation of Teachers, AFL-CIO.

Since 1915, the AAUP has been crafting policies for the academic profession on both fundamental principles and emerging issues. AAUP business reports are published annually in the Bulletin of the ...

The submissions deadline has now passed, and a new call for papers will be issued in the fall along with this year's volume. The AAUP’s Journal of Academic Freedom invites submissions for the 2025 ...

Events immediately before, during, and after its founding in 1915 helped to set the AAUP on its path as the primary defender of academic freedom in American higher education. Johns Hopkins University ...

Since its founding, the AAUP has been working to ensure meaningful faculty participation in institutional governance. The AAUP's Committee on College and University Governance composed its first ...

Faculty Coeditors Michael C. Dreiling (University of Oregon) and Pedro García-Caro (University of Oregon) Staff Editor Kelly Hand Editorial Assistants Sarah Mink and Austin Rhea The Journal of ...

A state conference is formed when several chapters in a state decide to work together to advance AAUP policies and goals. Through a state conference, existing chapters are able to have more influence ...