Membership Information
Classes of AAUP Membership as Determined by the National AAUP
a. Active Members. Any person who holds a professional position of teacher
or researcher or related professional appointment, excluding administrators
but including any member of an AAUP-represented bargaining unit in a
college, university, or professional school of similar grade accredited in
the United States or Canada, may be admitted to active membership in the
Association.
b. Graduate Student Members. Any person who is, or within the past five
years has been, a graduate student may be admitted to graduate student
membership. Graduate student members shall have all rights and privileges
accorded to active members under this Constitution, including the right to
hold office and to vote in national elections. Graduate student members
shall be transferred to active membership as soon as they become eligible.
c. Retired Members. An active member who retires may choose to be
transferred to retired membership. Retired members retain all rights and
privileges accorded to active members under this Constitution, including the
right to hold office and to vote in national elections.
d. Associate Members. Any person not eligible for one of the other three
classes of membership may be admitted as an associate member, including
members of the general public. Any person in a college, university, or
professional school of similar grade in the United States or Canada whose
work is primarily administrative shall be eligible for associate membership.
