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Upcoming Meetings

Emergency Town Halls:
Friday, May 3, 4:00 pm, on Zoom
Monday, May 6, 5:00 pm, on Zoom

May meeting:
Friday, May 17, 11:30 am–1:00 pm
623 S Wabash, Room 407B, and Zoom

Who We Are

Our Mission

To advance best practices of higher education in the fields and disciplines represented at the college.

We achieve our mission by championing academic and creative excellence, working collaboratively to uphold both the mission of Columbia College Chicago and AAUP, and advocating for the advancement of academic freedom, shared governance, and the economic security, professional development, and well-being of faculty.

Our Vision

To foster a thriving, inclusive community of teaching, learning, scholarship, and creative practice that attracts and retains a diverse faculty and student body, in collaboration with institutional stakeholders.

Our Values

  • guaranteeing academic freedom in an environment where free speech, critical discourse, and differing perspectives can contribute to the common good
  • cultivating a community of care across all levels of the institution, wherein we leverage our privilege to advance the well-being of others
  • collaborating to transform policies, procedures, and practices across all curricular, pedagogical, and administrative areas to advance diversity, equity, accessibility, inclusion, and justice at all stages of development and implementation
  • ensuring accountability of all college stakeholders for their decisions, processes, and actions
  • securing equity and justice in compensation, professional development, and workload practices

Columbia AAUP Advocacy Chapter News

Soliciting Responses to Embargoed Report

Sent as email to all members and all full-time faculty from the Executive Committee, May 3, 2024. dear colleagues, In light of the President’s reversal of the decision to release the final report provided to the Board yesterday, your AAUP…

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