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George Mehaffy on 24 Mar 11"AAUP Will Rethink Policies to Account for Colleges in Long-Term Decline March 24, 2011, 11:11 am The American Association of University Professors announced today that it was reviewing its policies on colleges' responses to financial crises in recognition that many institutions face long-term revenue declines. A statement issued by the group says its policies governing colleges' responses to "financial exigency" define that condition as an immediate financial crisis threatening an institution's survival, and fail to account for how many colleges, especially public ones, have been going through a slow bleeding process without facing imminent bankruptcy. An AAUP panel will consider how the group should respond when colleges lay off faculty members or close programs because of prolonged financial pressures that do not threaten their existence in the short term."