In a decision arising from a lawsuit brough by the AAUP and allies, a court has limited the Trump executive order targeting DEI discrimination and federal contractors to only bar discrimination ...

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 ...

If the diagnosis is correct—that diversity without inclusion is corrosive to the climate for academic freedom—then the ...

Higher education must rebuild trust in its institutions. But what does it actually take to rebuild that trust? This webinar moves beyond institutional reputation, accountability, and public messaging ...

The White House Office of Management and Budget's new 412-page proposal to transfer core decisions on federal research funding from qualified scientific experts to political appointees weaponizes the ...

In the last year, AAUP and AFT members have successfully lobbied Congress to protect science research funding; fought back against the Trump Compact—and won!; organized and turned out for No Kings and ...

This article is part of a series, "Expanding Union Rights in Public Higher Education." In June 2024, The Chronicle of Higher Education reported on the latest in a series of University of Wisconsin ...

I am a constitutional lawyer by trade, and I have written on more than one occasion about the intricacies and nuances of freedom of expression. I have also, over a long career, seen the tensions that ...