The new AAUP Foundation is the charitable arm of the AAUP enterprise, which also includes the AAUP (a professional association), and the AAUP-CBC (a labor union). All three share a commitment to academic freedom and shared governance and to ensuring higher education’s contribution to the common good.
Featured Program InterestsAcademic FreedomAcademic freedom is necessary to free inquiry, promotes the expansion of knowledge, and is essential to an environment in which learning and research can flourish, thereby enhancing the quality of higher education and benefiting society. |
Faculty AppointmentsIncreasingly, tenure is under attack, as college and university administrations adopt a corporate model of governance and hire more and more faculty off the tenure track. But a stable, high quality professoriate requires academic freedom, fair compensation, and access to professional development and support for all faculty. |
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Shared GovernanceGovernance of higher education institutions traditionally has been a responsibility shared by faculty, administrators, and trustees. Understanding and efficacy of shared governance in colleges and universities is a key to quality higher education. |
Family & WorkAn academic career demands an intense commitment. But faculty members, like anyone else, are members of families with obligations to care for and devote time to their loved ones. Finding the appropriate balance between an academic career and family responsibilities has been especially difficult for women. |
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Recent GrantJournal of Academic FreedomThe AAUP Journal of Academic Freedom provides a publishing venue for scholarship on academic freedom and on its relation to shared governance, tenure, and collective bargaining, which has typically been scattered across a wide range of disciplines.The JAF gathers a diverse array of essays, ranging from historical and international studies to analyses of contemporary conflicts, from accounts of individual faculty experiences to institutional histories. The JAF is published online and is free of charge. |
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