The KU Chapter of the American Association of University Professors helps preserve and defend academic freedom at KU for all faculty, students & staff.
07/16/2026
The KC Star just ran a good piece on the awful CRT/DEI gag orders and bullying of faculty by morons in Topeka. Multiple branches of the AAUP are clearly speaking against such stupidity.
‘Chilling effect’: Kansas professors alarmed by new Regents definitions of CRT, DEI Kansas professors fear new Regents CRT/DEI definitions could chill classroom discussion and academic freedom.
03/31/2026
10 Years ago almost to the day, University of Kansas faculty members and AAUP leaders attended the AFL-CIO Organizing Institute to learn how to organize a union. Last week, KU's first union contract was signed. Congrats to the KU Faculty! Here's to overcoming daunting challenges and issues!
Organizing Institute | AFL-CIO The Organizing Institute trains aspiring and experienced organizers the craft of union organizing.
01/22/2026
The Kansas Conference of the AAUP weighed in on the latest KBOR outrage.
Another State’s Public Universities Are Tightening Post-Tenure Review and Dictating Teaching Loads Faculty say changes by the Kansas Board of Regents undermine their autonomy, while the board says they are necessary to placate a legislature that might favor more drastic measures.