Our Role

APSCUF is the national leader in protecting and advancing faculty rights. The APSCUF/State System of Higher Education collective bargaining agreement guarantees bargaining unit participation in the hiring, tenure, and promotion processes, in sabbatical leave determination, and in curricula decisions.

Through these provisions and others, faculty involvement in governance is assured and faculties have a major voice in what were formerly reserved as "management prerogatives." Additionally, no one outside of the faculty may teach or perform faculty work without the prior approval of the local APSCUF and the concerned academic department.

The APSCUF Grievance Procedure guarantees enforcement of these and other rights enunciated in the APSCUF/State System of Higher Education collective bargaining agreement. APSCUF has a nationally acclaimed record for its successes in grievance and arbitration actions that protect faculty rights.

APSCUF has secured payment for unused sick leave upon retirement based on a formula found in the current APSCUF/State System of Higher Education collective bargaining agreement.

APSCUF was the organization mainly responsible for the passage of Act 188 of 1982, the law establishing the State System of Higher Education, creating university status and autonomy for the university system.

Fee remission, an important benefit to many faculty members, is now a reality at every State System campus.

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