American Association of University Professors (AAUP) Archives

American Association of University Professors (AAUP) Archive

NEWS BRIEFS: AAUP Guidance in Response to Trump Administration Incursion on Higher Ed, “Don’t Comply Unless Required”

AAUP: “The Trump administration and many Republican-led state governments appear poised to accelerate attacks."

by Future U/ January 21, 2025/ Public Higher Ed/

PERSPECTIVES: Public Battle Continues Between FIRE and AAUP

AAUP: "increasingly partisan critics of freedom of speech/First Amendment, and taking positions that threaten academic freedom."

by Future U/ December 11, 2024/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed/

PERSPECTIVES: A Call for Action in Higher Education, Embrace Activism

Mia McIver, Chair, Higher Ed Labor United (HELU): "We need politically engaged leaders and organizations to fight for higher ed.”

by Future U/ October 30, 2024/ Higher Ed, Perspectives/

PERSPECTIVES: AAUP President, “Professors Are Not the Enemy”

"We are in a crucial moment that will decide the future of higher education for decades to come."

by Future U/ August 12, 2024/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed/

PERSPECTIVES: We Must Take Right-Wing Operatives Seriously

(We must) "use skills we have as academics to organize our workplaces and communicate the value of what we do."

by Future U/ July 27, 2024/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: AAUP-initiated “Day of Action in Higher Ed” Yields Participation at 100-Plus Campuses

"The day was an attempt to push back against coordinated attacks on higher education."

by Future U/ April 18, 2024/ News Briefs, Public Higher Ed/

NEWS BRIEFS: Higher Education’s National Day of Action, Wednesday, April 17

We commit to working together to build the universities and the democracy that our society needs and deserves."

by Future U/ April 6, 2024/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Battle to Control Higher Education Nothing New, AAUP President Says

Mulvey: "Egregious violations of academic freedom are a call to action for faculty and enlightened administrators."

by Future U/ February 27, 2024/ Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: AAUP Report Documents Political Assault on Florida Public Higher Education

American Association of University Professors: “Among the report’s key conclusions are that the unprecedented takeover of New College of Florida and …

by Future U/ February 13, 2024/ Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed/

PERSPECTIVES: AAUP Vows to Fight “Tooth and Nail” to Counter Florida’s Assault on Public Higher Education

“What is happening in Florida will not stay in Florida."

by Future U/ May 28, 2023/ Public Higher Ed/

AAUP President: “Academic Freedom and DEI are not Mutually Exclusive or in Competition”

AAUP President Irene Mulvey disagrees with commentators who question the academic freedom-DEI relationship.

by Future U/ March 22, 2023/ Higher Ed, Perspectives/

NEWS BRIEFS: AAUP Committee Commends AGB’s Stance On Academic Governance

The Board of the Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges (AGB) recently issued a statement on shared governance. That …

by Future U/ November 30, 2017/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed/