Attend the Immigration and Community Resource Fair on Tuesday, April 14, noon to 4pm! Join us at Harris Field on NCSU Campus in Raleigh.
This event will feature resources, presentations, and trainings from the NCSU Graduate Worker Union, the North Carolina Conference of the AAUP, ACLU of North Carolina, Siembra NC, the NC Justice Center, and other organizations. For more information, see our Facebook Event page.
The AAUP NC Annual Meeting will be virtual this year—we hope this will allow for greater representation and participation from across the state!
Our annual meetings provide space for members to build community and solidarity in our collective efforts to improve higher education in NC. Members at this meeting also determine the next year’s goals and strategies for the state conference.
Members: Please check your email for the AAUP NC Newsletter
for details about program and registration!
New UNC System policy regulation claiming ownership over all university syllabi goes into effect on January 15, 2026. While each UNC System campus may have different internal guidance on creating course plans for that university's courses, the new regulation mandates that only specific material be included in the university-owned syllabi. Rightwing activists from the James Martin Center and Carolina Partnership for Reform have already submitted public records requests for Spring 2026 syllabi. Update your syllabi to protect your classes from targeted harassment.
UNC System instructors: Only include the required information on the university-owned syllabi.
Follow the AAUP NC guidance detailed on this page. Review our draft example syllabus for complying with new regulations.
Protect Academic Freedom, Vote No to Revising The Code. [Petition] February 26, 2026.
AAUP Condemns UNC System Policy That “Further Empowers Those Attempting to Censor Teaching and Learning.” January 8, 2026.
Protect Academic Freedom, Our Faculty, Our Communities. December 8, 2025.
Statement on US Customs and Border Protection Presence in North Carolina. November 19, 2025.
Statement on UNC Chapel Hill Administration's Violation of a Professor's Constitutional Rights. October 1, 2025.
For more, please see our page for Press Releases Issued by AAUP NC.
See our page on Resources for Protecting Our Immigrant Communities for steps you can take, for information about our rights, and for notes on trusted organizations.
See our page on Free Legal Help for AAUP NC Members to connect with our attorneys about violations of your rights or about the state of the law on academic freedom.
Our mission is to facilitate cooperation among the AAUP chapters in the State of North Carolina; to promote higher education and research in the state of North Carolina; to promote the welfare of the professoriate; to advance the causes of academic freedom, tenure, shared governance, due process, and the other objectives of the AAUP; to represent statewide the interests and concerns of faculty members of public and private institutions of higher learning; and to communicate state-wide concerns to the National AAUP.