Academic Freedom for a Free Society
American
Association of University Professors
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Oregon State University Chapter
National AAUP
Local AAUP Activities:
OSU Chapter Goals
Officers and Board Members
Meetings and Minutes
Recent Projects
Faculty Sites:
National AAUP Site
State of Oregon AAUP Conference
Links to other AAUP Chapters
AssocIation of Oregon Faculties (AOF)
Interinstitutional Faculty Senate (IFS)
OSU Faculty Senate
OSU/OUS Guidelines:
OSU Faculty Handbook
OSU P&T Guidelines
OSU Program Reduction Guidelines
Oregon Administrative Rules
Internal Management Directives
Oregon Revised StatutesSelected AAUP Policy Statements:
On Academic Freedom & Tenure (1940)
Institutional Regulations on Academic Freedom and Tenure (1999)
Tenure: Current Perspectives and challenges (2002)
Reources on Academic Freedom and Tenure (2003)
On Corporate Funding of Academic Research (2001)
Post-tenure Review: An AAUP Response (1999)
Statement on Government of Colleges and Universities (1966)
On collegiality as a criterion for faculty evaluation (1999)
Part-time and non-tenure track positions:Guidlines for good practice
Part-time and non-tenure-track faculty
The Role of Faculty in Budgetary MattersFaculty participation in Selection, Evaluation,and Retention of Administrators
What is the AAUP? The American Association of University Professors is the only organization on campus dedicated to protecting faculty interests and rights. The AAUP's primary goal is to allow faculty and their disciplines to develop in a self-directed manner, without interference from administrative, economic, and political biases. This goal is approached by promoting Academic Freedom and Shared Governance, as specified through comprehensive guidelines developed over the last century. When these guidelines are violated, the AAUP works through rational and ethical persuasion to uphold them.
Why should I join the AAUP? Because challenges to academic freedom and shared governance are increasing. Reduced state funding has opened the door to budgeting strategies that often conflict with academic values. Tenure-track positions are being progressively replaced by part-time appointments, and governance structures are becoming more authoritarian. Resources are being redistributed in favor of more lucrative fields, leading to a marginalization of many core disciplinary areas. You may believe that your own discipline and position are safe, but this may not always be case, and other disciplines at OSU are already quite vulnerable. Please help us in supporting higher education.
Recent Events and Issues at OSU
OSU-2007:
OSU-2007: Effects on Academic Freedom
Events:
Entomology Dept. dissolved without faculty input
Tenure-track professor terminated without cause
Extension faculty face reductions and terminations
OSU Library defends Academic Freedom
Another tenure-track professor terminated without causeFaculty Issues:
OSU's Post Tenure Review Process
OSU's Promotion and Tenure Process
OSU's Grievance Procedure
General Issues:
Corportization of Academia
Corporate Interference in Research
Can Administrators be Evaluated?
Treatment of contingent faculty
How would universities function without tenure?
Articles of Interest:
Can faculty be managed?
Corporate models of academic governance
Knowledge: Information or commodity?
The radicalism of the Liberal Arts tradition
Assaulting solidarity - Privatizing Education
