Faculty Governance

This page details information on Faculty governance at AUP, the faculty manual and Academic Freedom at AUP, as well as providing links and information for specific committees at AUP. 

AUP faculty members participate in the governance of the University through either direct representation via faculty senate and elected or appointed representation via the various committees.  

The Faculty Manual 

The Faculty Manual is an articulation of the rights, responsibilities, and procedures relating to the faculty of The American University of Paris. It is in alignment with American traditions of higher education.  

All the committee mandates and functions are described in detail in the Faculty Manual. The Faculty Manual also details committee mandates and functions, Academic Management structures, Status of Faculty, the principles for Academic Freedom and University Shared Governance at AUP.  

For an overview of all the standing committees as described in the faculty manual, visit the Standing committee-page.

For information on other committees and Taskforces at AUP visit Provost Taskforces and Other committees. 

For more in depth information on all standing committees with committee compositions and meeting times visit the AUP intranet page for Faculty Governance. 

ACADEMIC FREEDOM AT AUP 

The University subscribes to the following remarks on academic freedom, which have been excerpted and adapted from the AAUP document, Academic Freedom and Tenure, 1940 Statement of Principles and Interpretative Comments: 

Institutions of higher education are conducted for the common good and not to further the interest of either the individual teacher or the institution as a whole. The common good depends upon the free search for truth and its free exposition. 

Academic Freedom: 

• The teacher is entitled to full freedom in research and in publication of the results. 

• The teacher is entitled to freedom in the classroom in discussing his or her subject, but should not introduce into his or her teaching controversial matter which has no relation to his or her subject. 

• The college or university teacher is a citizen, a member of a learned profession, and an officer of an educational institution. When he or she speaks or writes as a citizen, he or she should be free from institutional censorship or discipline. As a scholar and an educational officer, teachers should remember that the public may judge their profession and their institution by their utterances. Hence, they should be accurate, should show respect for the free exchange of ideas, and should make every effort to indicate that they are not institutional spokesmen.