AAUP Issues

Advancing Academic Freedom

Political Attacks on Higher Education

Collective Bargaining

Shared Governance

Campus Protests: The AAUP defends the right to free speech, expression of political convictions, and peaceful protest on university campuses. Our colleges and universities are places of inquiry, and debate. Even when campus constituents disagree, the goal should be to foster communication, learning, and understanding. The critical evaluation of different points of view and the questioning of even the most deeply held beliefs are essential to education. In a democratic society based on the fundamental value of free speech, it is unacceptable to respond to demonstrations with violent repression, as has happened on many college campuses.

Faculty Compensation
Racial Justice

Diversity in Higher Education

Financial Crisis

Contingent Faculty

Tenure

Gender and Sexuality in Higher Ed

Targeted Harassment of Faculty

Intellectual Property and Copyright

Civility and the Right of Faculty to Speak as Citizens

Family and Medical Leave and Pregnancy in the Academy