THE AAUP TRADITION:
A RETROSPECTIVE GUIDE TO ASSOCIATION POLICIES
The AAUP Tradition: A Retrospective Guide to
Association Policies was written by Professor Norman Ferris in 1989. It
has not been updated and is offered to readers for its obvious merits as a
history of AAUP and an organizing manual but with the recognition that
parts of The AAUP Tradition need to be revised. Readers are free to
quote and reproduce The AAUP Tradition providing that full credit is
given to Professor Ferris as the author of the work and that no one other
than Professor Ferris shall profit from the publication or distribution of
the work.
Professor Norman Ferris teaches diplomatic history
at Middle Tennessee State University, and is past president of the
Tennessee Conference of AAUP and former chair of the Assembly of State
Conferences. Professor Ferris received the Sumberg Award for distinguished
service to AAUP at the Annual Meeting in June, 1996.
CONTENTS
Introduction
Genesis of This Handbook
The Association: History and Role
The Association: Structure
- Constitution
- Officers and Council
- Elections
- The Annual Meeting
- The Washington Office
- The Budget Process
The Standing Committees
- Committee A on Academic Freedom
and Tenure
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- How Committee A Works
- Committee B on Professional
Ethics
- Committee C on College and
University Teaching, Research, and Publication
- Committee F on Chapters,
Conferences, Members and Dues
- Committee H on the History of the
Association
- Committee I on Association
Investments
- Committee L on the Historically
Black Institutions and the Status of Minorities in the Profession
- Committee N on Representation of
Economic and Professional Interests
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- Background
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- The Association
Factionalized
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- Strikes
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- Arbitration
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- In Recent Years
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- Bifurcation
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- Yeshiva
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- Current AAUP
Collective Bargaining Policy
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- Role and Functions of
Committee N and the CBC
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- Joint Ventures
- Committee O on Organization
- Committee R on Government
Relations
- Committee T on College and
University Government
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- In General
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- The Selection,
Evaluation, and Retention of Administrators
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- Institutional
Budgeting
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- Mergers, Absorptions,
and Financial Exigency
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- Faculty Representation
on Governing Boards
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- Higher Education
Reform
- Committee V on Junior and
Community Colleges
- Committee W on the Status of Women
in the Academic Profession
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- Background
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- Affirmative Action
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- Economic Benefits
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- Other
Anti-Discrimination Measures
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- Non-Tenure Track and
Part-Time
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- Appointments
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- Tenure Quotas
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- Sexual Harassment
- Committee Z on the Economic Status
of the Profession
Chapters
- History and Functions of
Chapters
- How To Form a Chapter
- Duties of Chapter Officers
- Other Relations with the National
Office
- Chapter Rosters
- Further Responsibilities of
Chapter Officers
- Chapter Activities
- Membership Development by
Chapters
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- Collateral
Benefits
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- Publications
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- Government
Relations
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- Defense of Academic
Freedom
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- Categories and
Conditions of Membership
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- How To Recruit New
Members
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- Retaining Current
Members
The State Conferences
- Their History and Role in the
AAUP
- Paying the Bills
- State Conference Committee
Structure
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- Executive
Committee
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- Committee A on
Academic Freedom and Tenure
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- Committee F on
Membership and Dues
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- Assisting Chapters
in Recruiting New Members
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- Assisting Chapters
in Retaining Members
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- Committee R on
Government Relations
- State Conference Meetings and
Programs
- The Assembly of State
Conferences
- ASC Meetings
Employment Issues
- Workloads
- Entering and Leaving
Employment
- Credit for Previous Service
- Job Interviews
- Ideology and Employment
- First Amendment Rights
- Political Participation
- The Status of Librarians
- Departmental and School
Administration
- Renewing and Terminating Faculty
Appointments
Academic Freedom, Tenure and Due Process
- Academic Freedom
- Tenure
- Due Process
- Threats to Tenure
- The Locus of Tenure
- Termination of Tenure for
"Curricular" Reasons"
- Tenure Quotas
- "Term Tenure"
- On Tenure in General
- The Rights of Probationary
Faculty
- Academic Freedom of Students
- Evaluations of Professors
- Evaluations of Professors by
Students
- "Assessment" of Faculty
Performance
- On Evaluation of Tenured
Faculty
- Church-Related Institutions
- Government Interference
- Corporate Relationships
- Outside Speakers
- Administrative Alterations in
Faculty Working Conditions
- Litigation and Judicially
Compelled Disclosure
- Faculty Access to Accrediting
Bodies
- Misconceptions of Academic Freedom
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