The AAUP Mission: Promote and Defend Academic Freedom
ACADEMIC FREEDOM
The AAUP’s central mission is to uphold and promote academic freedom, which is essential for unrestricted teaching and research in higher education institutions. Academic freedom is a social contract between society and the professoriate in defense of free open inquiry as a public good.
SHARED GOVERNANCE
Since its founding, the AAUP has worked to ensure meaningful faculty participation in institutional governance.
HIGHER EDUCATION
The AAUP has played a pivotal role in shaping American higher education for over a century, establishing quality standards and protocols that uphold educational excellence and academic freedom across colleges and universities.
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The Indiana Conference of the AAUP promotes cooperation among AAUP chapters at Indiana institutions of higher education. It works for the betterment of higher education in the state through promoting academic freedom, shared governance, and the rights of faculty.
Indiana Conference of the American Association of University Professors 