Our 2009-10 survey Web site opened for data collection on December 10, 2009. The URL is now https://research.aaup.org. Survey contacts should have received an e-mail notification. If the contact person for your institution did not receive an e-mail notification, or if other basic information about your institution has changed or will be changing, please send an e-mail to aaupfcs@aaup.org.

Anyone who is interested may download complete instructions and definitions from the Web site without logging in. There are no significant changes in reporting categories or definitions from last year, although some of the information has been updated or revised slightly. The process for submitting and reviewing data has changed, so please take a look at the new instructions.

Since the opening of data collection was delayed, we are asking institutional representatives to submit data prior to January 1, if at all possible. However, we will continue to accept data throughout January and into February. As always, we encourage you to submit your data as soon as possible to provide time to work through any verification issues that develop. This will also make our aggregate data analysis more accurate, and allow us to begin producing peer comparison reports sooner.

Thank you for your patience, and we apologize for the delay.

AAUP Research Office
John Curtis, Director of Research and Public Policy
Michael Kinsella, Research Assistant
aaupfcs@aaup.org