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All university employees who teach or research, regardless of status (tenured, tenure-track, non-tenure track, post-doc, full- and part-time, emeritus) are eligible to join the AAUP National and the University of Iowa Chapter. The AAUP is a national confederation of both union and advocacy (i.e., non-union) chapters. The UI Chapter is an advocacy chapter.

JOIN THE UI CHAPTER HERE

Sign up to receive updates about the UI Chapter’s events, trainings, and campaigns. While we believe that membership in AAUP National is critical to the health of higher education in Iowa, our UI Chapter activities are open to everyone on campus, regardless of membership in the AAUP National.

Please join us and encourage others in your department and across campus to do so.

All are welcome. Our AAUP chapter is a big tent, with room for multiple perspectives and experiences. We seek to engage with faculty from all disciplines and colleges, and we celebrate the intellectual, political, and identity-based diversity of our members. Everyone has a seat at the table, aligned in our values of academic freedom, transparency, and mutual respect.

JOIN THE AAUP NATIONAL HERE

Benefits of becoming a dues-paying member of the AAUP:

  • Eligibility to vote in AAUP elections at the national, local and chapter levels and to serve in a leadership position at the chapter level.

  • Membership in AAUP Advocacy Local 6741 of the American Federation of Teachers, AFL-CIO, which represents non-union, advocacy chapters from campuses across the the country. Local 6741 provides trainings and other support to members.

  • Representation at the national level to protect academic freedom and tenure and to push for equitable working conditions for all faculty.

  • Advocacy, including through pathbreaking lawsuits, to ward off assaults on academic freedom.

  • National campaign to “Organize Every Campus” to protect the collective concerns of all faculty - tenured and non-tenured, full and part-time.

  • A subscription to the journal Academe, featuring articles on current issues in higher education.

  • Access to AAUP trainings (online and in-person), briefings and publications on the current state of higher education.

  • Assistance for faculty members facing career-threatening difficulties (through Committee A).

  • Member benefits through the AFT, including access to trauma counseling services, legal insurance plans, and mortgage benefits.

    PLEASE NOTE: AAUP National maintains its member list separately from our local mailing list. While we do our best to coordinate, the safest way to receive local updates is to sign up with us through the first link above.