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The IU Bloomington Chapter of the AAUP advocates for faculty and graduate students and advances academic freedom and shared governance.

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Faculty organizing isn't new.

In 1973, @aaupnational formally adopted its Statement on Collective Bargaining, recognizing collective bargaining as compatible with the Association's longstanding commitments to academic freedom, shared governance, and due process.

More than five decades later, those connections remain central to AAUP's approach to academic unionism because working conditions are also teaching conditions, and decisions affecting faculty ultimately affect the educational environment students experience.

Read the statement: https://www.aaup.org/reports-publications/aaup-policies-reports/policy-statements/statement-collective-bargaining

#throwbackthursday #aaup #indiana #highered #academicfreedom by @iubaaup

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When we talk about making college affordable, tuition is only part of the equation.

What about:
💸 Housing and food?
💸 Books and course materials?
💸 Transportation and childcare?
💸 Enough faculty and advisors to help students succeed?
💸 Availability of the courses students need to graduate on time?

A lower price means less if students cannot access the programs, instruction, and support they need to complete their education.

So let's talk about it: What does meaningful college affordability look like on your campus?

This question will be central to INAAUP's work leading into this fall's @aaupnational Day of Action.

#talkaboutittuesday #highereducation #collegeaffordability #indiana by @iubaaup

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As a new academic year gets underway across Indiana, we’re thinking about the possibilities created every day inside our classrooms that depend on faculty having the freedom to ask difficult questions, follow evidence, introduce students to challenging ideas, and teach according to their professional expertise.

Academic freedom isn't separate from good teaching. It is one of the conditions that makes good teaching possible. Here’s to the faculty across Indiana creating spaces for curiosity, discovery, disagreement, growth, and learning this semester.

#motivationmonday #academicfreedom #highered #inaaup by @iubaaup

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Did you know that while faculty salaries have lagged well below inflation, increasing by only 1.7% since 2022, Administrative salaries have increased 23.1% over that same time period. (Bunsis 87). IU revenue increases but only administrators benefits. Read the Bunsis Report. by @iubaaup

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Did you know that over the last 9 years IU all faculty salaries have fallen well below inflation? Did you know that over that same time, IU has amassed a $2.69 billion cash reserve? And cut employee retirement benefits? Read the Bunsis Report. by @iubaaup

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Did you know that the state provides only 14.2% of IU's total system budget, but the governor controls 100% of the Board of Trustee appointments." (Bunsis 40). Little Investment but total control.

https://iubaaup.org/2026/04/17/press-release-iub-aaup-releases-independent-financial-analysis-of-indiana-university-bloomington/ by @iubaaup

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University budgets are not just spreadsheets. They are statements of priorities.

The AAUP Indiana University Bloomington Chapter recently commissioned an independent financial analysis of Indiana University, bringing much-needed transparency to questions about IU’s financial health, administrative spending, and lagging investment in instruction and faculty compensation. Nearly 200 people joined the online forum with Howard Bunsis to review the findings and discuss what they mean for faculty, students, and the future of IU.

If you missed the event, watch the full webinar and learn more about what the report found.
Watch on their page!

#indiana #aaup #iubloomington #academicfreedom #highered by @iubaaup

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Did you know that IU has increased total student enrollment by more than 10% since 2017, while the number of faculty has only increased 1.8% and tenured faculty has dropped by 7%? Fewer (tenured) faculty are teaching more students. Parents are not getting what they pay for at IU! Read the Bunsis Report here: https://iubaaup.org/2026/04/17/press-release-iub-aaup-releases-independent-financial-analysis-of-indiana-university-bloomington/ by @iubaaup

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