Janus v. AFSCME, United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit read more >

Documents examined by the Center for Media and Democracy (CMD) expose a national effort by the Milwaukee-based Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation to defund and dismantle unions read more >

Founded in 2001 by the legendary African American civil rights attorney Julius Chambers, the UNC Center for Civil Rights brings together students and faculty, as well as policy experts and practicing attorneys, to advocate for the poor and for racial and ethnic minorities. read more >

Today a strong majority of graduate employees at the Unversity of Chicago filed authorization cards with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) read more >

New guidance from the United States Department of Labor heightens the potential for faculty on contingent appointments read more >

Women candidates tend to do better as recruitment processes progress, a study finds. read more >

At an October campaign rally in Columbus, Ohio, Donald Trump, then the Republican nominee for president, gave his most substantive speech on higher education policy. read more >

Donald Trump performed far better among union voters than previous Republican candidates, but since taking office has enacted disastrous anti-worker policies. Now, some unions are organizing their members around an explicitly progressive analysis, hoping to unlock the power of workers to help lead the resistance. read more >

Momentum is building for three of these measures, and their impact on institutions of higher education will not be welcome. read more >

National Association of Scholars calls on universities to close their Confucius Institutes. Defenders say there's nothing sinister about the Chinese-backed centers. read more >

Recent moves by the Education Department have raised the alarms of students, advocates, and reformers alike. read more >

The AAUP endorsed the College for All Act, introduced this month by Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Pramila Jayapal, which would make four-year public college free for families making less than $125,000 and make community college free for all. read more >

The AAUP released their annual faculty compensation report on Tuesday, April 11. This week, The Chronicle of Higher Education and Inside Higher Ed have released articles on the report. read more >

New York is set to offer free tuition to public colleges for state residents who earn less than $125,000 a year read more >

“Either you come up with conversion to tenure or you come up with a good way of stabilizing and improving their working conditions and treating them like the professionals they are.” read more >

This week, the AAUP released a report on the investigation of the case of Nathanial Bork, an adjunct faculty member dismissed from the Community College of Aurora (CCA) in the fall semester of 2016. read more >

The topic of contingent faculty representation was a panel discussion at the 44th annual conference of the National Center for the Study of Collective Bargaining in Higher Education and the Professions. read more >

Judge Neil Gorsuch has been proclaimed a “natural successor” to former justice Antonin Scalia on the US Supreme Court, and, unfortunately, would likely continue Scalia’s work to dismantle many of the protections extended to workers, the public, minorities, and the disabled. read more >

Six media clips to keep you informed. read more >

The AAUP is currently investigating the following two items. read more >