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AAUP in the Media

Rachel Levinson discusses a judge's misuse of Garcetti to deny First Amendment rights to a professor who charged he was denied promotion due to conservative,  Christian beliefs. (3/18)

Prominent Muslim scholar, Tariq Ramadan, barred from the United States for six years under the Patriot Act, will take part in a panel discussion on “Secularism, Islam and Democracy: Muslims in Europe and the West,” sponsored by the AAUP, the American Civil Liberties Union, PEN American Center and Slate in April. (3/18)

AAUP president Cary Nelson discusses the firing of a part-time professor at Towson State, exploitation of contingent faculty, and more on WYPR radio program Midday. (3/10)

Less of each tuition dollar is going to pay for faculty--which could have negative consequences for students, as reported by Smartmoney.com.  (3/10)

 

 

What's New

Fighting Discrimination

After strong protests from faculty, students, and university administrations, Virginia Governor Robert F. McDonnell issued an "executive directive"  stating that "discrimination against enumerated classes of persons set forth in the Virginia Human Rights Act or discrimination against any class of persons without a rational basis is prohibited."   (3/11)

AAUP Events

Upcoming Conferences

AAUP Annual Conference on the State of Higher Education, June 9-12 in Washington, DC. Conference registration and hotel registration are now open.


AAUP Summer Institute, July 29–August 1 at San Diego State University. Registration will open in mid-April.


The ninth Conference on Contingent Academic Labor (cosponsored by the AAUP), August 13-15 in Quebec City. Register now. (3/16)

AAUP Announcements

Employment Opportunities

D.C. and California-
based organizing positions on our collegial, mission-driven national staff. (3/17)