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New AAUP Investigation Report

AAUP reports outrageous violations of faculty rights at Clark Atlanta University.

AAUP Releases Annual Report on Faculty Salaries

The 2009–10 salary survey provides the most up-to-date and comprehensive analysis available of faculty salaries at colleges and universities around the country.

Texas Administrators Violated Academic Standards

AAUP issued a new investigation report regarding the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston. 

Donald Payne Receives 2010 AAUP Recognition Award

 On June 10, the AAUP awarded the Henry T. Yost Award to Congressman Donald Payne of New Jersey in recognition of his outstanding leadership on behalf of higher education. 

AAUP Censures Two Administrations and Sanctions One

 Clark Atlanta University and the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston have been placed on the AAUP’s list of censured administrations and Antioch University on its list of sanctioned institutions. 

“Multiple Ways to Salvation”: Tenure and Teaching-Intensive Appointments

 A new report explains why teaching-intensive faculty should be hired and evaluated through the rigorous system of peer review known as the tenure system.

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Administration Violated Academic Good Practice

An AAUP investigating committee reports that, in suspending the faculty senate and refusing to grant governance rights to contingent faculty, the administration of RPI “contravened basic principles of shared academic governance.” 

“It's Not Over Yet”

 It’s Not Over Yet: The Annual Report on the Economic Status of the Profession, 2010–11 is now available.

Censure Removals Bring Closure

 Delegates to the Ninety-seventh Annual Meeting of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) voted on June 11 to remove the University of New Orleans and Loyola University New Orleans, the city’s two universities that remained on the AAUP’s list of censured administrations from its censure list. 

Rights and Responsibilities of Faculty Members Who Have Disabilities

This report addresses practical and legal issues involving these faculty members and reaffirms their entitlement to due process.

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