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University of Minnesota
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News
About the AAUP.
The mission of the AAUP, identified on the national website at aaup.org:
- 9/29/2023: Our AAUP chapter has issued a statement on Hamline University’s Recent “Academic Freedom and Cultural Perspectives: Challenges for Higher Ed Today and Tomorrow” Event
- 5/08/2023: Our AAUP executive committee and members have written an Op-Ed in the Minnesota Daily asking "Why is the Administration Gutting CLA?"
- 4/25/2023: Our AAUP chapter has issued a statement on CLA instructional budget cuts.
- 2/23/2023: Our AAUP chapter has issued a statement of support for the UMN Graduate Labor Union (GLU).
- Previous news items can be found here.
About the AAUP.
The mission of the AAUP, identified on the national website at aaup.org:
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:
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- 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
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