University of Washington chapter
American Association of 
University Professors  

Gender and Family Issues

Committee W on the Status of Women in the Academic Profession is one of the most active and important AAUP committees. Below are some of the key guidelines established AAUP as well as recent reports on the continuing salary  and promotion disparity within the profession.

• Statement of Principles on Family Responsibilities and Academic Work, (adopted by AAUP Council, November 2001)
  
• Summary of Recent Studies on Wage Gap Between Men and Women Professors (July 2000)

• Disparities in the Salaries and Appointments of Academic Women and Men An Update of a 1988 Report of Committee W on the Status of Women in the Academic Profession
  
  

AAUP Legal Office reports

Cases Affecting Women in Higher Education