AAUP President Todd Wolfson, AFT President Randi Weingarten, and AFT Secretary-Treasurer Fedrick Ingram have issued statements in response to President Donald Trump’s directive requiring colleges and ...

The AAUP condemns the recent abduction and assault of union activist Chris Smalls by the Israel Defense Forces.

On July 25, the US Department of Justice Civil Rights Division sent a letter launching an investigation into the George Mason University Faculty Senate—because faculty members dared to show support ...

Yesterday the AAUP sent a letter of support for Ramzi Kassem, a professor of law at the City University of New York singled out by US Representative Elise Stefanik in a recent hearing of the US House ...

The AAUP's annual Bulletin collects in one place the reports, policy statements, and official AAUP business materials of an ...

In July 2025, Republicans in Congress passed—and President Donald Trump signed into law—new provisions that will strip critical funding from our colleges and universities to pay for tax cuts for the ...

Join Isaac Kamola, director for the Center for the Defense of Academic Freedom, for an overview of teaching resources on how to respond to current attacks on campuses and classrooms.

The AAUP released a new report, Artificial Intelligence and Academic Professions, calling for policies that prioritize economic security, faculty working conditions, and student learning conditions as ...

This page showcases the work done by fellows while at the Center for the Defense of Academic Freedom. Also check out events hosted by the Center as well as fellow Don Moynihan's Substack: "Can We ...

“Allowing the government to infringe upon, monitor, and ultimately make decisions about the hiring of faculty and admission of students is a stunning breach of the independence of colleges and ...

This year's Annual Report on the Economic Status of the Profession presents findings from the AAUP’s annual Faculty Compensation Survey.

This year's Annual Report on the Economic Status of the Profession, 2024–25, presents findings from the AAUP’s annual Faculty Compensation Survey and other key economic trends related to US higher ...