Academic Labor/Employment
This section on Academic Labor and Employment includes documents marking the limiting of faculty rights, especially contingent faculty; the minimization of faculty workplace governance; attacks on AAUP and other academic professional organizations; the firing of faculty; and union struggles on behalf of faculty firings or other rights violations.
Resources
Drop the Charges! Palestine Exception at UCSD E-Mail Campaign
E-mail campaign to support dropping charges against several professors who participated in Gaza solidarity encampments at UC San Diego.
Faculty on the Front Lines: AAUP Members Share Stories of Repression and Resistance
Open Letter to NYU Leadership
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Criteria for Faculty Evaluation
An October 2024 statement drafted by a subcommittee of the Association’s Committee A on Academic Freedom and Tenure.
Responding to Freedom of Information Requests at Public Universities
Guidelines for ways to minimize risks for faculty at public and private universities who might by the target of harassment in the form of Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests.