The essential guide to the AAUP's recommended policies and best practices for higher education, now in its twelfth edition. For the past century, the American Association of University Professors (AAUP), long viewed as the authoritative voice of the academic profession, has developed gold standards for sound academic practice. The AAUP's Policy Documents and Reports (widely known as the Redbook) presents in a convenient format a wide range of policy documents, some formulated in cooperation with other educational organizations. The twelfth edition includes statements and reports on academic freedom, tenure, and due process; academic governance; professional ethics; recruitment and faculty appointment; librarians and academic professionals; online and distance education; intellectual property, copyright, and outside funding; discrimination; collective bargaining; budgets, salaries, and benefits; and students' rights and freedoms. The new edition features central AAUP policy documents