"The draft policy statement not only reinforces the longstanding commitment of the AAUP to apply the principles of academic freedom and shared governance to all faculty, including those on contingent arrangements, it provides guidelines for the implementation of reasonable standards for their employment," says AAUP President Jane Buck. "If adopted, the statement will be one of the most significant recent additions to the association's inventory of policy statements, addressing as it does a major threat to the quality of higher education and the integrity of the professoriate."
The draft is published for comment. Comments will be reviewed, and the draft will be submitted to the association's governing council for adoption as association policy. For more information or to review the full report visit the association's Web site at <www.aaup.org>.
