Help students, faculty, and staff at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln stop proposed elimination of vital programs!

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.

How does a successful associate professor with a distinguished publication record, a visible leadership role among women scientists on campus, and prestigious grant funding for interdisciplinary ...

This report was prepared by a subcommittee of the AAUP’s Committee on College and University Governance and approved by its parent committee in September 2025. As part of the broader political assault ...

Among the most quietly invidious developments occur­ring in US colleges and universities over the last two years is the consolidation of the Right’s appropria­tion of the language of “institutional ...

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 Association’s Nominating Committee seeks nominations for candidates for election as members of the AAUP’s governing Council at the June 2026 Biennial Association Meeting. Nominations are due by ...

The series is cohosted by the ISA’s Academic Freedom Committee and the AAUP’s Center for the Defense of Academic Freedom. The ability to teach, research, and speak on issues of public importance ...

AAUP Council positions will be filled in a secret ballot election of credentialed delegates of AAUP chapters and sections at the 2026 Biennial Association Meeting, to be held on June 12 and 13 at the ...

Today, the AAUP released the 2022–23 Annual Report on the Economic Status of the Profession, which presents key findings from the AAUP’s annual Faculty Compensation Survey. Data collection for the ...

A new joint statement out today from the AAUP’s Committee A on Academic Freedom and Tenure and Committee on College and University Governance discusses how the Trump administration and many state ...

As an apparent reaction to student protests since last October, a number of college and university administrations have hastily enacted overly restrictive policies dealing with the rights to assemble ...