The Chronicle: 5 Views of the AAUP
The American Association of University Professors has been around for 92 years, and still hangs on to its reputation as the premier faculty association and defender of academic freedom. But starting in the 1970s, after it entered into the realm of collective bargaining, its membership began to dwindle, even as academe continued to grow.
As the organization works to put management and financial problems behind it and seeks to attract new members, The Chronicle asked professors about their relationship — or lack of one — with the AAUP. Here is a sampling of those views.