Southern Illinois Carbondale's proposal that alumni volunteers do faculty work (without pay) doesn't go over well. read more >

Significant changes to the structure and procedures for faculty participation in institutional governance should not be made unilaterally. read more >

Arizona educators voted overwhelmingly in favor of a walkout, following three days of balloting this week. read more >

The AAUP joined with the American Council on Education and other higher education groups in submitting an amicus brief to the Supreme Court opposing the Trump administration's newest/most recent travel ban. read more >

AAUP's annual report on faculty compensation takes on salary compression, gender inequality and more. Explore our exclusive database of AAUP faculty pay at 1,000 institutions. read more >

After two congressmen write to Texas A&M raising concerns that the Chinese-government backed Confucius Institutes are platforms for political propaganda and espionage, Texas A&M says it will close them. read more >

Upcoming AAUP Events: Committee A Meeting, 2018 Annual Conference, 2018 Summer Institute read more >

Many colleges and universities are facing a gloomy picture, painted by polls, politics and population shifts that are forcing an overhaul of campuses across the country. read more >

Whitney Ray said she fell into a yearlong depression after being sexually harassed by an undergraduate at the U. of North Carolina at Wilmington read more >

University of Rochester professors found out their emails were reviewed and shared, raising questions of how much privacy faculty members should be assured. read more >

Could a one-day walkout at Loyola Chicago set the stage for other campuses? read more >

On the picket line read more >

Undocumented workers find new ally as unions act to halt deportations read more >

Univ. of Cincinnati: Contract Clause Admissible in Wage Bias Trial read more >

University of Washington: Representation Election for Post-Docs read more >

Another Post-Janus Option: Mandating Payment to a Non-Profit read more >

Alternatives to funding Collective Bargaining after Janus in Hawaii read more >

Four National Unions Issue Joint Letter Demanding GSE Bargaining read more >

Our first big event was “Red for Ed” on Wednesday, March 7, when we asked teachers throughout the state to wear red T-shirts to school. read more >

"I asked for records of faculty outside activities - basically faculty consulting activities, consulting for corporations that all faculty members who did consulting were required to file. And the university resisted that, Madison campus resisted, saying that this would [have] a chilling effect on research, on teaching, and it would violate academic freedom, and it was the equivalent of McCarthyism," says Pritchard. read more >