In 2006, our local chapter played a central role in establishing greater employment security for lecturers, winning renewable terms for the majority of full-time faculty. Today we are organizing once again, taking on lecturers' rights to fair performance evaluation, due process and academic freedom in teaching.

All AAUP members have an equal vote in chapter governance and we work to promote truly egalitarian relations among the faculty.

Tenured faculty play a critical role in our chapter. The most secure faculty have a special opportunity to raise their voices in defense of the profession--on our campus, in our individual disciplinary associations, and in the public sphere.

Faculty at all ranks have concerns about governance, medical care, retirement, home ownership, and stagnating salaries, not to mention soaring expectations accompanied by diminished support for research and travel. Service loads are too high and insufficiently rewarded. Financially, faculty with children and newcomers to California are particularly hard-hit.

Campaign for the Future of Higher Ed. The chapter is your gateway to a network of citizens, students, and faculty concerned with the national education crisis, unfolding with particular ferocity in California.

The AAUP's mission is to advance academic freedom and shared governance for faculty on all types of appointment.

When you join the AAUP, you become a part of higher education’s most influential voice for faculty. You proclaim your profession’s values and standards, and you stand up for higher education's contribution to the common good. Join us today.