AAUP Foundation

The AAUP Foundation is organized to fund the charitable and educational purposes of the AAUP, including supporting principles of academic freedom and the quality of higher education in a free and democratic society. 

 

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Supporting Faculty
a speaker at a rally stands on a snow-covered lawn before a statue of Benjamin Franklin in front of a University of Pennsylvania building and next to a bare-branched tree; a crowd of people, one person holding a sign saying "HANDS OFF OUR UNIVERSITY" with the logo of the AAUP-Penn chapter, faces her

The AAUP-Penn chapter remained vigilant as, its executive committee said, "billionaire donors orchestrated a coordinated national assault on Penn faculty and students—slandering our colleagues as antisemites for speaking out against the war in Gaza, seeking to control what could be taught and studied in our classrooms, and attempting to strip us of basic rights to make academic decisions and speak on issues of public concern. At the donors' behest, the Republican-controlled House launched a witch hunt against our faculty and students. In response, our chapter's membership grew rapidly, and so did our responsibilities. Support from the AAUP Foundation was essential in allowing us to pay legal bills to protect our members and safeguard our chapter's future."

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Featured Grant

logo for Historians for Peace and Democracy with a partial circle surrounding calligraphy-style lower-case text and a peace sign on the leftFighting Educational Gag Orders

Historians for Peace and Democracy engages history faculty members in developing educational resources that counteract legislative threats to academic freedom. "The AAUP Foundation's grant was very helpful for us in putting together our new Honest History for High School Teachers series, which we hope will promote critical inquiry in K–12 education."

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Featured Programs

Academic Freedom

The AAUP Foundation supports projects that safeguard academic freedom to encourage free inquiry, promote the expansion of knowledge, and create an environment in which learning and research can flourish, thereby enhancing the quality of higher education and benefiting society.

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Legal Defense

The AAUP Foundation supports faculty members in cases at the trial and appellate levels that implicate important legal rights, involve legal issues of national significance in higher education, and affect the careers of academics.

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