Presents a range of policies, in some instances formulated in cooperation with other organizations. This edition includes basic statements on academic freedom, tenure, and due process; academic governance; professional ethics; research and teaching; distance education; intellectual property; discrimination; collective bargaining; and more.

Among the new documents not appearing in previous editions are statements on academic freedom and electronic communication; background checks preceding faculty appointments; contingent faculty appointments and the academic profession; corporate funding of academic research; and family responsibilities and academic work. An appendix lists selected judicial decisions and scholarly writings that refer to AAUP standards. The documents in the "Redbook" offer guidance to the academic community - administrators and trustees as well as faculty - for the development of institutional policy and for the resolution of concrete issues as they arise.