It seems plain from the title of Soucek’s book that its origins lie in his recoil from the many overstated arguments for “the ...

Today, the AAUP announced a slate of twelve national political endorsements for the 2026 midterm elections. The endorsed candidates for Senate and congressional races will champion higher education as ...

In a letter to Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges and Universities (the Commission on Colleges and Universities) president Stephen Pruitt on SACSCOC’s draft principles ...

The Rutgers AAUP unions have reached tentative agreement on an article guaranteeing academic freedom to everyone covered by the contract, including adjunct faculty and clinicians. It is fully ...

Immigrant families, workers, educators, unions, and immigrant rights organizations filed a lawsuit today, challenging two Trump–Vance administration policies that make it significantly harder or ...

We stand with the Cornell AAUP chapter and share their outrage of the continued culture of misogyny and pervasiveness of violence against women at Cornell and at universities and colleges across the ...

In a letter sent today, Todd Wolfson, president of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP), formally urged the American Association of Universities (AAU) to withhold consideration of ...

A new statement issued today from the AAUP’s Committee A on Academic Freedom and Tenure advises faculty, staff, students, and administrators to “remain clear eyed about the need to refuse to comply” ...

The AAUP calls on UCLA Chancellor Julio Frenk to withdraw his public repudiation of the UCLA School of Law symposium “25 Years After 9/11: Reimagining Freedom, Justice, and Security” and to reaffirm ...

In a direct response to Education Secretary Linda McMahon’s “A National Call to Action to University Presidents and Governing Boards,” AAUP President Todd Wolfson and AFT President Randi Weingarten ...

AAUP President Todd Wolfson and AFT President Randi Weingarten issued the following response to the Department of War directing thirty universities to begin comprehensive reviews of their academic, ...

Secretary Linda McMahon’s August 3, 2026, announcement should be read in the context of the administration’s 2025 higher education “compact,” which offered access to federal benefits in exchange for ...