This briefing is intended to support Universities UK (UUK) members ahead of the implementation of the Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Act. The government introduced the Act with the intention of strengthening freedom of speech and academic freedom in higher education in England, and received Royal Assent in May 2023. The legislation will have…

The importance of advancing equity, diversity, and inclusion for all members of the academic medical community has gained recent attention. Academic medical organizations have attempted to increase broader representation while seeking structural reforms consistent with the goal of enhancing equity and reducing disproportionality. However, efforts…

This report concerns actions taken by the administration of Spalding University to terminate the appointment of tenured professor of social work Erlene Grise-Owens after she criticized the administration's handling of an incident involving a student who brought a gun to a campus parking lot. The social work school's chair immediately alerted…

This report concerns actions taken by the administration of University of Nebraska-Lincoln to suspend lecturer, Courtney Lawton from her teaching responsibilities--initially, for stated safety concerns. Lawton is a sixth-year doctoral student with a part-time appointment as lecturer for the 2017-18 academic year. She received threats after a video…

This article describes how different constituencies in a major research university tried to initiate change despite disagreements over common goals, norms and principles. The context was a culture war. The university administration wanted to impose a corporatising and privatising philosophy which it felt was crucial to preserving the university's…

College faculty teaching in the health professions work within a unionized, neoliberal system designed to produce competent graduates trained to work in the health care hierarchy. The workers trained include community care assistants, two levels of nurses (practical nurses and baccalaureate nurses, the latter in collaboration with university…

Describes the growth and development of collective bargaining by university faculty, and examines some of the objections and benefits resulting from it. (RB)

These regulations are designed to enable the institution to protect academic freedom and tenure and the requirements of academic due process. They will require for their implementation a number of structural arrangements and agencies, which will vary from one institution to another. (LBH)

Contained in this document is the agreement between the State of New York and the United University Professions, Incorporated. The duration of the agreement is from July 1, 1974 through June 30, 1976. Articles of the agreement cover: academic freedom; grievance procedures; employee organization leave; discipline; travel allowance; sabbatical…

Explores the aspects of campus collective bargaining -- issues, causes favoring unionization, benefits to be gained, and results to date. (Author)

This agreement is entered into by and between the Board of Trustees of State Colleges of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the Lowell State College Faculty Federation, AFT Local 2174, AFL-CIO, as the exclusive collective bargaining agent for faculty members in the bargaining unit. Articles of the agreement cover: recognition and definitions,…

The annual compilation for 1976 of the few unresolved cases involving serious departures from the standards for notice supported by AAUP is presented. Institutions involved are Hampton Institute in Virginia, Memphis State University, San Francisco Art Institute, and Shelby State Community College in Tennessee. (LBH)

Presented in this document is the agreement between Rider College and the Rider College Chapter of the American Association of University Professors. Articles of the agreement cover academic freedom, affirmative action, association privileges, tenure, academic governance, evaluation, grievance procedures, general work conditions, workload, fringe…

This document presents the proposed agreement between the Rutgers faculty and Rutgers University for the period 1972 - 1975. Articles of the agreement cover purpose, academic freedom, recognition, scope of bargaining, deduction of professional dues, designation of AAUP representatives and their privileges, salary provisions, faculty grievance…

Articles of the agreement cover recognition of employee representative; negotiation procedures; management rights and responsibilities; association rights and responsibilities; appointment, retention, and evaluation of instructional staff; conditions of employment; faculty benefits; academic freedom and tenure; instructors' rights and…