Faculty Welfare Committee/AAUP

Excellence in Education


Fairfield University



AAUP Mission


Advancing academic freedom and shared governance; defining professional values and standards; promoting the economic security of those who teach and research in higher education; organizing to make our goals a reality; and ensuring higher education's contribution to the common good.



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The Faculty Welfare Committee/AAUP at Fairfield University is an ad hoc committee of the General Faculty and a chapter of the national American Association of University Professors. We promote faculty welfare, broadly defined, through chapter programs and activities designed to advance academic freedom, advance the economic and professional status of the faculty, encourage faculty participation in governance, and inform the community about AAUP standards and policy statements to ensure higher education's contribution to the common good.








Academic Freedom 

for a 

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This website is maintained by the officers of 

the FWC/AAUP. Opinions expressed by individual contributors to the site represent

their personal views and are not necessarily positions of the chapter or any other entity. 

For questions or comments, contact 

FWC/AAUP President.



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AAUP Issues


Advancing Academic Freedom

Political Attacks on Higher Education

Collective Bargaining

Shared Governance

Campus Protests: The AAUP defends the right to free speech, expression of political convictions, and peaceful protest on university campuses. Our colleges and universities are places of inquiry, and debate. Even when campus constituents disagree, the goal should be to foster communication, learning, and understanding. The critical evaluation of different points of view and the questioning of even the most deeply held beliefs are essential to education. In a democratic society based on the fundamental value of free speech, it is unacceptable to respond to demonstrations with violent repression, as has happened on many college campuses.

Faculty Compensation
Racial Justice

Diversity in Higher Education

Financial Crisis

Contingent Faculty

Tenure

Gender and Sexuality in Higher Ed

Targeted Harassment of Faculty

Intellectual Property and Copyright

Civility and the Right of Faculty to Speak as Citizens

Family and Medical Leave and Pregnancy in the Academy


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Resources to Protect Students

  • The University has a resource page for undocumented students. It will continue to be updated.
  • The President’s Alliance on Higher Education and Immigration generates practical resources in a timely manner. They also offer a number of live and recorded webinars.
  • The State of Connecticut offers guidance on protecting k-12 students that may be helpful, emphasizing that FERPA protects "personally identifiable student information, including student and family names and addresses. Therefore, if a school district receives any requests for student information, they should consult guidance provided by the district’s legal counsel and adhere to the scope of these protections"
  • The site also recommends that these are things that can be done if an ICE agent visits campus:
    • Report the visit to DPS
    • Request and record immigration agents’ identification, including their name, badge or ID number, telephone number and business card.
    • Ask an agent if they have a judicial warrant to support their request and, if so, to produce such warrant.


Resources to Protect Faculty


• AAUP’s Center for the Defense of Academic Freedom