Mission

The interdependent purposes of this chapter are to:

1. Work to ensure that the concerns of Lewis & Clark (hereafter, LC) faculty and

instructional staff are represented in the deliberations of existing committees, 

providing supplementary forums when necessary;

2. Strengthen shared faculty governance and ensure that LC faculty and 

instructional staff have a meaningful say in decisions;

3. Defend academic freedom at LC and throughout academe;

4. Protect and advance the professional status and interests of all faculty; including

compensation, equity, justice, accessibility and fundamental worker rights;

5. Promote the interests of higher education and research, and in general increase the

usefulness and advance the standards, ideals, and welfare of the profession;

6. Support the policies and goals of the Association as set forth in Article 1 of the AAUP

constitution, and in all matters act in harmony with the principles and 

procedures of the national Association and its constitution;

7. Develop necessary and proper chapter programs for 

the accomplishment of the aforementioned purposes.