Founded in 1989, ASPRO is a non-profit, professional organization that represents the UW-System academic staff and their interests with the State Legislature, the Governor's office, the Board of Regents, and the general public. ASPRO is the official lobbying and public relations arm of the academic staff. It is not a union nor does it negotiate or bargain terms of employment.

ASPRO was created in response to the State Legislature's reluctance to approve equity-based salary increases for academic staff. Academic staff recognized the need to work closely with the Legislature and Executive Branch to ensure fair treatment and realized that creating a separate and distinct organization was the most effective method.

ASPRO:

• Develops strategies for representing academic staff interests and needs
• Advocates on academic staff issues with Board of Regents, state and local government officials and the general public
• Educates legislative bodies, state administrators, Board of Regents, and general public about academic staff roles
• Keeps campus governance bodies informed on relevant issues under consideration
• Collaborates with administration, faculty, student groups, alumni associations, professional groups and other organizations with similar concerns.

Please send us your input: Contact ASPRO via on-line web form
To contact the ASPRO office directly, please call (608) 286-9599