The mission of AAUP-KSU is to promote the interests of higher education, to advance the standards and ideals of the profession, to enhance the faculty's role and authority in university governance, to promote the welfare of its individual members, and to represent them before the various publics to whom Kent State University is accountable

AAUP-KSU represents each full-time Kent State University faculty member, regardless of membership, in issues and disputes related to the Collective Bargaining Agreement. All full-time Kent State University faculty members are encouraged to contact AAUP-KSU for assistance and/or information regarding an issue or dispute related to the Collective Bargaining Agreement.