A report published today is the first systematic empirical study of government investigations and private lawsuits against US colleges and universities under Title VI of the 1964 Civil Rights Act.

In June 1967, a committee composed of representatives from the American Association of University Professors, the United States National Student Association (now the United States Student Association) ...

The statement that follows is directed to governing board members, administrators, faculty members, students, and other persons in the belief that the colleges and universities of the United States ...

Within academia, I’m a rare breed: a conservative Republican who twice voted for George W. Bush. I supported the invasion of Iraq, and I deeply admire Supreme Court Justices Antonin Scalia and ...

Despite positive language by the Supreme Court majority, recognizing that academic speech may need to be treated differently, this case has resulted in a weakening of protections for public employees ...

Who wants performance-based funding and why? Answering those questions is important if we wish to defend funding formulas that support high-quality education. Observers of higher education policy ...

This report details an investigation of the crisis in academic governance that has occurred in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, with a focus on eight institutions: Canisius College (NY), Illinois ...

Investigations by the American Association of University Professors of the administrations of the institutions listed below show that, as evidenced by a past violation, they are not observing the ...

Since the US Supreme Court’s infamous NLRB v. Yeshiva University decision in 1980, faculty members at private colleges and universities have confronted major roadblocks to unionization. Yeshiva labels ...

Freedom of expression, we are often told, is democracy’s lifeblood, the medium through which even the most contentious viewpoints can pass. Free speech, according to this view, is debate’s condition ...

The AAUP condemns the shocking murder of Charlie Kirk and all violent acts committed on college and university campuses. We issued the following response to actions taken in the aftermath of the ...

In the almost thirty years since the term intersectionality was introduced, it has been taken up in a range of academic disciplines in the United States and beyond. It has even entered public ...