Start an AAUP Chapter On Your North Carolina Campus
All AAUP chapters promote basic academic freedom, quality education, and other
core AAUP principles, but additional chapter activities are determined by campus
activities and needs. For instance, many AAUP chapters take an active role in
campus politics, in conjunction with faculty senates or separately. Some work
with other local AAUP chapters on state-level issues or serve as collective
bargaining agents for faculty and other academic professionals on campus.
Chapters often hold forums on topics such as salary equity or the tenure
process, host social events, and bring in invited speakers. National AAUP offers
specific information about how to start an AAUP chapter on your campus here:
AAUP HANDBOOK FOR NEW AND DEVELOPING CHAPTERS
If you have started an AAUP Chapter in North Carolina,
please let NC-AAUP know.
NC-AAUP's Chapter Service Program
The
Chapter Service Program of the North Carolina Conference strives to develop
AAUP advocacy chapters at public and private colleges and universities in the
state. The Chapter service program
is designed to:
- Offer support in the establishment
of functioning chapters;
- Assist in the organization of
effective faculty governance bodies;
- Provide assistance to individual
faculty members experiencing
problems with academic freedom, tenure and/or
grievance problems;
- Serve as a state-wide advocate for
the principles of the Association,
including standards of the academic
profession.
Why Campus Chapters Are Important
The
campus chapter provides the first line of defense of academic freedom and
shared governance. A
well-organized, functioning chapter is better able to respond to problems when
they develop on a campus.
The
NC Conference is prepared to assist any chapter or faculty members who seek for
form a chapter. The service is
also available to individual faculty members who are in need AAUP advice or
services.
Services of the Chapter Service Program
The
North Carolina Conference, in collaboration with the Association of State
Conferences and the national AAUP organization, provides the following
services:
Academic Governance
- Review and provide advice for the
revision of faculty handbooks and
other governance documents;
- Advise chapter and other faculty leaders on academic policy;
- Help develop strategies to
strengthen the faculty’s role in university governance;
- Assist in the development of
instruments for the evaluation of administrators.
Academic Freedom and Tenure
- Assist
chapters in the promotion of academic freedom on NC campuses and the
development of acceptable personnel and tenure policies;
- Assist
and advise individual faculty members in their academic freedom,tenure and
grievance cases;
- Refer
academic freedom and tenure cases to national Committee A when appropriate;
- Provide external observers at
faculty hearings;
- Referral
to North Carolina attorneys with experience in higher education legal issues.
Financial Analysis
Services
- Assist
chapters in conducting a comprehensive financial analysis of their
institutions;
- Consultation and assistance
in the effective use of budget and financial data including the publication of
faculty and administrator's salaries;
- Comprehensive
analysis of college and university finances;
- Comparison
of faculty salaries with peer institutions.
- Analysis
and assistance in the design and evaluation of employee benefit plans.
- Assistance
in the evaluation of equity in salary distribution.
Public Relations
- Provide advice and assistance in
the development of chapter newsletters;
- Advise chapters on how to deal with
the press.
Other
Services
- Assist in chapter leadership
training;
- Provide speakers and other
assistance for chapter meetings and workshop.
Contacts
for the North Carolina Chapter Services Program
Cat Warren
1414 Norton St.
Durham, NC 27701
cat_warren@ncsu.edu
919-682-9408
Glenn
Howze
331
Burlage Circle
Chapel
Hill, NC
ghowze@ag.auburn.edu
919-942-1766
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