While state legislature and US Congress offices differ in many ways, there are some common practices that can help AAUP members with their advocacy visits at the state and federal levels.

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 ...

The AAUP Conference and Biennial Meeting includes trainings and workshops on organizing, AAUP policies, governance, political mobilization, and more. It includes the Biennial Association Meeting, ...

This essay discusses how the State of Indiana is reshaping academic freedom and tenure protection by the mandates enacted in Indiana’s Senate Enrolled Act no. 202 (SEA 202) and House Enrolled Act no.

In the 1980s, my family went on expensive vacations funded by Big Pharma. Extravagant gifts were later banned by guidelines introduced by national medical associations in response to mounting evidence ...

For more than two decades libertarian billionaires have made donations to universities to establish academic centers as part of an effort to restructure society around the notion of “individual ...

Do you feel like you’re constantly going to the same few people to do the work of your chapter? Do you know there are more people on your campus who would get involved, if only you could reach them?

Neoliberalism redefined a college education as a private good; reduced state funding for public higher education; emphasized graduation rates, postgraduation employment outcomes, and institutional ...

In many parts of the world, especially Sub-Saharan Africa, universities are confronted with the challenges of dependence on public resources within neoliberal contexts characterized by state ...

Financial activism in higher education—whether exercised through academic boycotts or donor influence—exposes persistent tensions between academic freedom and institutional autonomy. Academic boycotts ...

Public funding for higher education has declined steadily over the past several decades. As a result, colleges and universities increasingly rely on private donations. This shift forces institutions ...

Philanthropy in music education is frequently championed by institutions and donors as a benevolent force that expands student opportunities. However, this essay interrogates the structural inequities ...