rev. 31 jan 2013
CWRU Chapter of the
American Association of University Professors
Google earth view of CWRU campus
Officers of CWRU AAUP
President Robert Petersen of Pathology
Treasurer Gary Stonum of English
Secretary
Peter Whitehouse of School of Medicine
Past-president Ted Steinberg of History and Law
2013
News from National:
A Historic Restructuring of
the National AAUP Organization
As
of January 1, 2013, the AAUP enterprise consists of
1)
the AAUP, a professional membership association that will look and act similarly to
the previous AAUP;
2)
the AAUP-CBC, a labor union; and
3)
the AAUP Foundation, a public charity.
The AAUP enterprise shall operate cohesively and collaboratively, sharing a
common commitment to academic freedom and shared governance, defining
fundamental professional values and standards for higher education, and
ensuring higher education’s contribution to the common good. Each entity shall
collectively and appropriately coordinate its operations. Each entity is
briefly described below.
- The American Association of
University Professors (AAUP) is a non-profit professional
association organized and operated pursuant to Section 501 (c)(6) of the
Internal Revenue Code. The AAUP is formed to promote the common business
interest of the academic profession by defining fundamental professional
values and standards for higher education, advancing the rights of
academics, particularly as those rights pertain to academic freedom and
shared governance, and promoting the interests of higher education and
research. AAUP will support the activities of the Union and the Foundation
and will be the core operational bedrock entity.
- The American Association of
University Professors Collective Bargaining Congress (AAUP-CBC)
is an unincorporated nonprofit association organized and operating
pursuant to 501 (c)(5) of the Internal Revenue Code. The AAUP-CBC is
formed to promote organizing and collective bargaining among tenured,
tenure-track and contingent faculty, academic professionals, and graduate
students in an effort to achieve stronger institutions of faculty
governance, providing fairer procedures for resolving grievances, securing
the academic and economic status of faculty and professionals in the
academic community, and promoting free inquiry and advancing the standards
and practices that guarantee the quality of American higher education.
- The AAUP Foundation
is a nonprofit corporation organized and operated pursuant to Section 501
(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. The AAUP Foundation is operated
exclusively for charitable and educational purposes and shall only engage
in activities that advance education and the defense of human and civil
rights secured by law; foster the instruction or training of individuals
to improve or develop his/her capabilities; and instruct the public on
subjects useful to the individual and beneficial to the community.
Please see links below for more information on the AAUP and how to join.
link
to the complete2011-2012 nationwide faculty salary report
as it appeared in Academe, the AAUP national magazine.
The AAUP at Case Western Reserve University
Other Links
Ř To learn about joining the local chapter, please contact Prof. Peter Whitehouse at 216-844-6448 or by e-mail (peter.whitehouse@cwru.edu).
Ř Information about joining or renewing your membership in national AAUP is available at http://www.aaup.org/AAUP/involved/join/
Ř For more information about the national AAUP, visit http://www.aaup.org/
Ř Ohio Conference AAUP: http://www.ocaaup.org/
Ř Link to CWRU Faculty Senate: http://www.cwru.edu/president/facsen
Ř Link
to CWRU Faculty Handbook: http://www.cwru.edu/president/facsen/frames/handbook/
Areas of Interest
To give an idea of the many areas of interest to the AAUP, we list here some of the topics discussed in the current AAUP Handbook: dismissal proceedings; non-renewal of appointment; extramural utterances; political activity; artistic expression; campus speech codes; access to personnel files; tenure quotas; periodic evaluation; part-time faculty; non-tenure-track faculty; mandatory retirement; faculty liability; professional ethics; plagiarism; multiple authorship; workloads; affirmative action; sexual harassment; faculty role in budget and salary; intercollegiate athletics; faculty status of librarians; collective bargaining; student rights; accreditation; retirement and insurance benefits; leaves of absence; child-bearing; family emergencies.
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