NC-AAUP Annual Conference
was held April 4-5, 2008, at University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. We had an audience of about 120 people for our keynote Speaker Jennifer Washburn, fellow at the New America Foundation and author of University Inc.: The Corporate Corruption of Higher Education. Click here for video of her speech. Read More


New Slate of Officers Elected, as well as delegates to AAUP meeting in June
Our election results are in, and we have a slate of new officers who will begin their two-year terms starting May 1, 2008. Our thanks to everyone who participated in this process, and congratulations to the new officers.

President – May 2008 to May 2010:
Martha McCaughey, Appalachian State University - 103 votes
(no write-ins)
Secretary – May 2008 to May 2010
Janet Land, Gardner-Webb University - 101 votes
(1 write-in for Toby Poplin)
Member-at-Large, Public Institutions – May 2008 to May 2010
Purificacion Martinez, East Carolina University - 99 votes
(no write-ins)
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New AAUP Chapters at Lees-McRae College, East Carolina University (revived), Guilford College, and University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. . .Read More

NC-AAUP has become a core member of HOPE: The NC-AAUP has long supported repeal of North Carolina's antiquated anti-collective bargaining law (NCGS §95-98), which a United Nations investigating committee has declared violates basic rights of freedom of association. Read More