American Association of University Professors

The 10 Colleges With The Richest Professors

Posted 04.10.2012

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The average full professor at Harvard University makes slightly less than $200,000 a year, according to a new survey from the American Association of ...

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Prof. Rights Group Slams CU Boulder Over Firings

The Huffington Post | By Matt Ferner | Posted 01.09.2012

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The Colorado Conference of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP), a university professors' rights organization, released a report l...

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Standing Up for Due Process on Campus = "Sticking Up for Penises Everywhere?"

Adam Kissel | Posted 10.30.2011

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Lower standards of evidence will likely produce more guilty findings -- not just of the guilty, but also the innocent. When verdicts are wrong, the cause of justice on campus is ill-served.

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When Academic Administrators Lose Their Moral Compass

Michael Zimmerman, Ph.D. | Posted 07.10.2011

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Bill Watts, associate professor of English at Butler University, has just published a compelling and cautionary account of what can happen when univer...

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University of Illinois Is in the Black, While Faculty and Students See Red

Lennard Davis | Posted 05.25.2011

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When a financial crisis arises, real or not, the administration tends to balance the budget by cutting salaries or new hires and raising student tuition.

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Study: Professor Salaries See Minuscule Increase

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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According to a recent study by the American Association of University Professors, 2009-2010 college faculty salaries saw their smallest change in 50 y...

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