The Western Michigan University Chapter of the American Association of University Professors (WMU-AAUP) supports the purposes of the National AAUP "to facilitate a more effective cooperation among teachers and research scholars in universities and colleges, and in professional schools of similar grade for the promotion of the interests of higher education and research, and in general to increase the usefulness and advance the standards, ideals, and welfare of the profession," & shall have as its objectives the advancement of the policies adopted and supported by the National AAUP and the Michigan AAUP, and the promotion of the highest standards of teaching, research, and professional conduct at Western Michigan University.