The abrupt cancellation of NSF grants damages critical research in American higher education and has repercussions far beyond academia.

The AAUP today released our Annual Report on the Economic Status of the Profession, 2024–25. This report presents findings from the AAUP’s annual Faculty Compensation Survey and other key economic ...

President Trump’s travel ban—which bars citizens from twelve countries, imposes restrictions on nationals from seven others, and reportedly may be extended to an additional thirty-six countries—is ...

The AAUP condemns the brutal assault and illegal arrest of David Huerta, vice-president of the California Federation of Labor Unions and president of SEIU California and SEIU-USSW. Huerta’s arrest ...

The AAUP calls on UNC–Chapel Hill’s chancellor and board of trustees to provide a full explanation of why faculty in the College of Arts and Sciences, the School of Law, and the Kenan-Flagler Business ...

We live in a world at war. According to the United Nations, the current century can be characterized as “a new era of conflict and violence.” The 2024 Global Peace Index lists fifty-six distinct ...

The US Supreme Court’s 2011 Stanford v. Roche decision is the single most important recent legal decision addressing faculty patent rights.

As part of its commitment to assisting its members in their contract negotiations, CAUT issues concise memos listing key issues and offering recommended contract language.

Washington State Senate Bill 5247 (the Freedom to Innovate Act) was introduced in the Washington state legislature in 2013. State senator Maralyn Chase introduced the legislation and is committed to a ...

A peer-mentoring initiative at St. John’s University helped faculty to overcome common barriers to promotion to full professor.

Too often this dialogue leads to questions about whether high school graduates from all backgrounds can benefit from a college education. Unfortunately, Indebted fails to shed light on the underlying ...

Now, new and renewed organizing efforts are emerging across the country as a result of threats to the future of our profession posed by the COVID-19 pandemic and by administrative responses (and, in ...