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 For
the past 93 years, AAUP has been the guardian of academic freedom, shared
governance, and tenure at the University of Washington and universities
throughout the United States. The UW chapter was founded in 1918 and
helped create the Faculty Senate and the system of tenure at UW. It also
has contributed directly to the University's reputation as a premier
institution of higher education. The names of AAUP members today grace
some of the campus's best known buildings. Professors Padelford,
Parrington, Savery, McMahon, and Smith were all members of AAUP.
AAUP operates on both a national and campus level, sustained by the
45,000 members whose dues insure that faculty will have a strong voice.
The national office
in Washington D.C. coordinates activities on many fronts. When Congress
considers higher education bills, AAUP is there to lobby and advise. When
state legislatures write their budgets, AAUP is there. When journalists
look for data and information, AAUP is where they turn. When individual
faculty are involved in employment disputes, they call AAUP, which helps
resolve more than 1,000 cases each year. Most importantly, when college
and university administrations do things that threaten academic freedom,
undercut shared governance, or violate faculty codes, they know that AAUP
will be there, ready to defend practices that the organization
helped invent.
Over the years AAUP committees have established standards that are
recognized by most institutions of higher education. These include the 1940
Statement of Principles on Academic Freedom and Tenure, which is understood around the world as the bedrock for legal reasoning about Academic Freedom. They include policy statements about governance practices of Colleges and Universities that anchor systems of shared governance in most universities, including UW.
These and other policy statements help shape best practices and foundational understandings for universities and colleges across the United States and beyond. They
are compiled and published on policy page of the AAUP website and in the famous AAUP
Redbook. Universities are urged to bring their practices into
compliance with these standards. When violations are flagrant and the
issues warrant, an offending institution can be subject to AAUP
censure.
 AAUP
is a communication center and data resource for higher education. The
national office publishes Academe,
a bi-monthly magazine, and the new publication AAUP Journal of Academic Freedom. Also critical is the Annual
Report on the Economic Status of the Profession which policy
makers, faculty and administrators rely on each year for comparative data on the salaries of faculty at universities and colleges across the country.
The University of Washington chapter of AAUP was founded in 1918 and has played a vital role in making UW the center of excellence
that it is. The chapter helped create the Faculty Senate, the Faculty
Code, and system of tenure (see History)
and protecting and strengthening those institutions remain its core
mission today.
Here are some of the other things we do:
The chapter maintains the
Faculty Issues and Concerns email listserve. More than 1,300 UW
faculty members and librarians rely on it for news and discussion of
campus and national issues.
 The
chapter helps faculty who seek advice regarding disputes, grievance
procedures, including
adjudication.
Ongoing commitments include:
For more information click on the links and buttons above
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Because Academic
Freedom is not free, it is important that AAUP has the members and the
funds to continue its work. Please join. For
membership information click here
Meetings are held each
month.. Members, other faculty and
librarians, and invited guests are welcome. See
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