The AAUP Redbook

The AAUP Redbook contains nearly all of the AAUP’s documents and reports concerning policy and its implementation. A selection is available online, links to which we have provided below. Each link will take you to the published page on the aaup.org national website.

AAUP Members can purchase a copy of the Redbook at a discounted price.

Academic Freedom, Tenure, and Due Process

• 1940 Statement of Principles on Academic Freedom and Tenure with 1970 Interpretive Comments
• 1958 Statement on Procedural Standards in Faculty Dismissal Proceedings
• Statement on Procedural Standards in the Renewal or Nonrenewal of Faculty Appointments
• Recommended Institutional Regulations on Academic Freedom and Tenure
• On Freedom of Expression and Campus Speech Codes
• On Collegiality as a Criterion for Faculty Evaluation
• Academic Freedom and Electronic Communications
• Contingent Appointments and the Academic Profession

College and University Government

• Statement on Government of Colleges and Universities

Professional Ethics

• Statement on Professional Ethics

Work and Family

• Statement of Principles on Family Responsibilities and Academic Work

Discrimination

• On Discrimination
• Affirmative-Action Plans: Recommended Procedures for Increasing the Number of Minority Persons and Women on College and University Faculties
• Sexual Harassment: Suggested Policy and Procedures for Handling Complaints

Collective Bargaining

• Statement on Collective Bargaining

Student Rights and Freedoms

• Joint Statement on Rights and Freedoms of Students
• Statement on Graduate Students

Constitution

• Constitution of the Association

Appendix

• 1915 Declaration of Principles on Academic Freedom and Academic Tenure