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The AAUP is the only national organization exclusively representing the interests of all college and university faculty members. Founded in 1915, the AAUP establishes and maintains standards for academic due process and faculty participation in academic decision-making, participates in precedent setting court cases involving academic freedom and tenure issues, represents faculty interests in state and federal legislatures, provides comprehensive data on the economic status of the profession, and offers professional liability insurance and other membership benefits and services.