If the diagnosis is correct—that diversity without inclusion is corrosive to the climate for academic freedom—then the ...

In a decision arising from a lawsuit brough by the AAUP and allies, a court has limited the Trump executive order targeting DEI discrimination and federal contractors to only bar discrimination ...

Today, the AAUP announced a slate of twelve national political endorsements for the 2026 midterm elections. The endorsed candidates for Senate and congressional races will champion higher education as ...

The AAUP’s Center for the Defense of Academic Freedom (CDAF) welcomed its second cohort of fellows this summer. The group— along with many of the fellows from the first cohort, members of the national ...

This year marks the sixtieth anniversary of the publication of the Statement on Government of Colleges and Universities. The statement was jointly formulated by the AAUP, the American Council on ...

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Many institutions of higher education announce their diversity with a peculiar confidence. They publish brochures replete with faces of many hues, issue annual reports tallying demographic percentages ...

In the United States today, scholar-teachers are experiencing a well-coordinated, well-funded, and government-backed campaign to disrupt their ability to educate and produce knowledge without fear of ...

On a fifth-grade field trip to a working ranch, the man showing us around asked whether anyone in my class knew how many feet were in a mile. I raised my hand. “5,280.” My teachers beamed. The rancher ...

These are not discrete attacks. The fight for the future of higher education—the central focus of the AAUP’s recent work—has become inextricable from a wider fight against rising authoritarianism. As ...