Join AAUP@KSU

AAUP@KSU is the local chapter of a national organization, the American Association of University Professors (AAUP), the primary goals of which are the defense of academic freedom and tenure and the promotion of shared governance in the academy.

oin AAUP@KSU by 1) by joining the email list-serv, and 2) paying local chapter and national AAUP dues using the instructions below.

List-serv
In order to join the AAUP@KSU email list-serv click here and choose the “Subscribe or Unsubscribe” button on the right side of the screen. You’ll be taken to a screen to confirm the subscription or you’ll be prompted to provide KSU Net ID logon credentials first.

Dues
Since its founding in 2005, the AAUP@KSU chapter has approached dues-paying membership from a couple of different perspectives. We respectfully request that faculty members wanting to join the chapter become members of national AAUP and the local chapter.

Recognizing that labor advocacy is new to some, KSU faculty members can support the chapter by paying local dues without a local mandate insisting on national membership. Local members will be added to the AAUP@KSU list-serv. If you have any questions about receiving list-serv notification, contact Jamie McCandless jmccandl@kennesaw.edu

Our meetings are open to anyone in the KSU community as well, creating, effectively, a third tier of participation wherein interested parties may attend, engage in conversation with, and follow news of the organization. Join us for either of our two social events each semester. Should you decide to join national AAUP membership and/or support our local chapter, we’ll be glad to include you on upcoming business meetings and chapter news.

National dues for AAUP range from $60-$272/year depending on one’s salary and can be set up as a monthly ACH bank transaction like any other bill.

Join national AAUP here.

Local dues for AAUP@KSU are as follows: part-time faculty, $5/year; retirees, $5/year; lecturers and senior lecturers, $5/year; assistant professors, $10/year; associate professors, $15/year; full professors, $20/year; administrators regardless of rank, $20/year. 

Pay your dues via Zelle using the email address AAUPatKSU@protonmail.com

If you have any questions about your dues, contact Amy Donahue adonahu3@kennesaw.edu 

AAUP, AAUP Georgia Conference, and AAUP@KSU

Follow the link to join or pay your annual dues to AAUP national.  Membership rates are on a sliding scale.  National AAUP provides may other services to members and to the academic community besides its defense of Academic Freedom and appropriate governance:

  • The AAUP maintains an active lobbying campaign at the state and national level. For each Congressional session it sets priorities in areas like appropriations, labor law, immigration, intellectual property, and academic freedom. It provides periodic reports to members on legislative activity of interest and mobilizes members to communicate with their legislators on vital issues. The Georgia conference of the AAUP has a strong record of legislative lobbying on issues of interest to faculty, including salary levels, changes in the retirement system and sick leave policies.
  • AAUP’s legal office provide workshops and other presentations nationwide. Its staff provides legal advice and assistance to members and institutions, and submits amicus briefs to the Supreme Court and appellate courts to protect vital academic rights and prerogatives.

  • The AAUP’s Research Office collects, compiles, and makes accessible information of interest to members and their institution, most notably The Annual Report on the Economic Status of the Profession which compares salaries for faculty at institutions across the nation.

    Please note:  AAUP national memberships are annual.  If you join in October 2017, your membership runs until October 2018.

    When you join AAUP national, you also become a member of the AAUP Georgia Conference. The Georgia Conference performs an invaluable service in advising and coordinating the responses of AAUP members in Georgia when problems arise on university campuses. For example: 

    • Faculty pay. "Across the board” pay increases really aren’t. Increases in benefits are deducted from any pay increases, so the actual average pay increase is well below the advertised percentage increase. Who decides these things, and how can we influence or at least publicize the answer?
    • Sexual Harassment and Academic Freedom.  Where do you stand on the draft linked here? Do you want your voice included in the discussion?
    • Maybe the university can’t change Board of Regents Policies, but by applying AAUP pressure, the Georgia Conference can try. What BOR Policies would you change, if you could? 
    • Elections are coming up, national, state, and local. If your least favorite candidates are elected, are you going to wish you were involved in AAUP so you could try to influence policy at the national and state levels?

If you would like to receive updates on these sorts of matters from the Georgia Conference, you must be a current member of the national organization.