American Association of University Professors

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nonprofit organization professional association

The American Association of University Professors is a professional organization that advocates for academic freedom, shared governance, and fair working conditions in higher education institutions across the United States.

Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
AAUP Collective Bargaining Congress	1
AAUP Policy Documents and Reports	1
AAUP campus chapters	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	nonprofit organization ⓘ professional association ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
field	academia ⓘ
focus	academic freedom ⓘ academic freedom in research and teaching ⓘ collective bargaining ⓘ contingent faculty issues ⓘ due process in faculty discipline ⓘ faculty working conditions ⓘ shared governance ⓘ shared governance in universities ⓘ tenure ⓘ
founded	1915 ⓘ
foundedBy	Arthur O. Lovejoy ⓘ John Dewey NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasMotto	Academic Freedom for a Free Society ⓘ
hasOrganizationalForm	labor union (for some members) ⓘ membership organization ⓘ
hasPublication	Academe ⓘ Journal of Academic Freedom ⓘ
hasSubOrganization	American Association of University Professors self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: AAUP Collective Bargaining Congress American Association of University Professors self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: AAUP campus chapters AAUP state conferences ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Washington, D.C. ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
legalStatus	501(c)(3) organization (core association) ⓘ 501(c)(6) organization (collective bargaining arm) ⓘ
mainActivity	collective bargaining for faculty at some institutions ⓘ developing standards for shared governance ⓘ investigating alleged violations of academic freedom ⓘ issuing policy statements on academic freedom ⓘ publishing reports on higher education ⓘ
membership	academic professionals ⓘ college and university faculty ⓘ graduate students ⓘ
notableWork	AAUP 1940 Statement of Principles on Academic Freedom and Tenure ⓘ American Association of University Professors self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: AAUP Policy Documents and Reports
operatesIn	colleges and universities in the United States ⓘ
purpose	advocacy for academic freedom ⓘ defense of faculty rights ⓘ development of professional standards in higher education ⓘ improvement of working conditions for faculty ⓘ promotion of shared governance ⓘ protection of tenure ⓘ
scope	higher education ⓘ
website	https://www.aaup.org/ ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

American Association of University Professors → hasSubOrganization → American Association of University Professors self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: AAUP Collective Bargaining Congress

American Association of University Professors → hasSubOrganization → American Association of University Professors self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: AAUP campus chapters

John Dewey → memberOf → American Association of University Professors ⓘ

American Association of University Professors → notableWork → American Association of University Professors self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: AAUP Policy Documents and Reports