AAUP@CU

The mission of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) is to advance academic freedom and shared governance; to define fundamental professional values and standards for higher education; to promote the economic security of faculty, academic professionals, graduate students, post‐doctoral fellows, and all those engaged in teaching and research in higher education; to help the higher education community organize to make our goals a reality; and to ensure higher education's contribution to the common good. 

Founded in 1915, the AAUP has helped to shape American higher education by developing the standards and procedures that maintain quality in education and academic freedom in this country's colleges and universities.

We are the Columbia University Chapter of the AAUP, re-established on December 13th, 2021. Now more than ever we need an effective forum for faculty to organize and advocate for ourselves, for our more vulnerable colleagues, for our students, and for educators nationwide.

When possible our Chapter works with the University Senate, the Arts and Sciences Planning and Policy Committee, and other existing bodies to further faculty governance, but it provides an independent voice and a common space for faculty from all across the University.