Never in the history of our nation has a university so thoroughly bent to the will of an autocrat. All who care about higher education must stand up and fight back against this unprecedented ...

Today, the AAUP released a new report, Artificial Intelligence and the Academic Professions, sharing survey findings and calling for the establishment of policies in colleges and universities that ...

The new AAUP Community College Shared Governance Survey, conducted in partnership with the Center for the Study of Community Colleges, provides information about what practices prevail nationally ...

Years ago, the process of faculty evaluation carried few or none of the sudden-death implications that characterize contemporary evaluation practices. But now, as the few to be chosen for promotion ...

This year's Annual Report on the Economic Status of the Profession presents findings from the AAUP’s annual Faculty Compensation Survey.

A report based on data from the AAUP shared governance survey looks at faculty authority in key areas of decision-making.

A review of "The Prosecution of Professor Chandler Davis: McCarthyism, Communism, and the Myth of Academic Freedom" by Steve Batterson, reviewed by Joan W. Scott.

This page showcases the work done by fellows while at the Center for the Defense of Academic Freedom. Also check out events hosted by the Center as well as fellow Don Moynihan's Substack: "Can We ...

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 ...

This page provides a short overview of the common challenges that academic workers face when they seek unionization. It then describes the special legal and ideological challenges that some faculty ...

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 ...

Keeping track of these issues, both for yourself and for the people you work with, helps the entire office space feel less alienating.