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University of Minnesota
Twin Cities Chapter
News
  • 10/25/2025: The EC sends AAUP counsel letter to Provost Ritter and General Counsel Peterson urging rejecting the Trump compact.
  • 9/30/2025: Court Rules in AAUP v Rubio: Trump Admin Violated First Amendment
  • 9/30/2025: A letter and report sent to the Board of Regents regarding their resolution on institutional speech and documenting its detrimental impact on academic freedom at the University of Minnesota.
  • 9/19/2025: Please consider signing and sharing this letter from AFT/AAUP in support of federal funding for medical research and student aid.
  • 9/4/2025: A Letter Regarding Concerns with Planned Academic Freedom Forum
  • 8/28/2025: A Letter Regarding Appointment and Pay Confusion for NTT Faculty
  • 8/19/2025: A Letter to President Cunningham and the Board of Regents Regarding a Fair Contract for UMN Service Workers
  • 4/10/2025: Our chapter has signed an amicus brief supporting a preliminary injunction in AAUP v. Rubio.
  • 4/7/2025: A letter sent to CLA Dean GerShun Avilez requesting the reconsideration of the pause to P&A mulit-year contract process.
  • 3/27/2025: Please read the Standing with Non-Citizen and Immigrant Students and Colleagues letter to President Cunningham, signed by over 500 members of the University of Minnesota, with specific requests to support non-citizen students, staff, and faculty.
  • 2/3/2025: A Statement in Support of the Report of the Task Force on  Academic Freedom Protections for Contingent Faculty Appointments
  • 1/21/2025: The Take Back the Senate Campaign begins!
  • 1/15/2025: Materials used by Faculty Senators in preparation of the no-confidence vote of Interim President Ettinger and Provost Rachel Croson.
  • 1/13/2025: A letter sent to the Administrative Hiring Task Force.​
  • Previous news items can be found here.

About the AAUP.
The mission of the AAUP, identified on the national website at aaup.org
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Advancing academic freedom and shared governance; defining professional values and standards; promoting the economic security of those who teach and research in higher education; organizing to make our goals a reality; and ensuring higher education's contribution to the common good.
The University of Minnesota Twin Cities chapter works to realize the AAUP mission on the campus. Its members, comprising people who teach or conduct research at the university,  work both within and outside of the existing governance structure to further this mission. The activities of the chapter encompass the following:
  • An organizational role, in which it functions to identify issues from the grassroots and to involve members and non-members in thinking through solutions
  • An advocacy role, in which it apprises the administration and governance of issues and follows up with support from its constituency towards ensuring their resolution
  • A synergistic role with governance, where its members work within the existing governance structure to represent its perspectives and to raise relevant issues
Join the chapter if the mission and the focus strike a chord! Follow the "Join the AAUP" link at the top of the page to find out how.

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