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The US District Court for the Northern District of California has issued a preliminary injunction in AAUP et al v. Trump et al (the wall to wall union lawsuit challenging the administration’s unlawful use of Title VI to reshape the University of California system.
Read the order here:
The US District Court for the Northern District of California has issued a preliminary injunction in AAUP et al v. Trump et al (the wall to wall union lawsuit challenging the administration’s unlawful use of Title VI to reshape the University of California system.
Read the order here:
“We can’t build the vision of higher ed that we all want without first standing up to fascism.”
— Todd Wolfson, AAUP President
— Todd Wolfson, AAUP President
December 24, 2025 at 11:52 PM
“We can’t build the vision of higher ed that we all want without first standing up to fascism.”
— Todd Wolfson, AAUP President
— Todd Wolfson, AAUP President
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Restructuring with a hard r
I feel like "academic hiring" discourse is always kind of downstream of the fact that in the 50s we started building a giant public system to make a college education almost universally available and in the 80s and 90s we started taking it apart to go back to the only-the-rich model
December 20, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Restructuring with a hard r
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Excellent essay by Michael Schwalbe on the problem of UNC System Office now asserting that syllabi are works for hire. @aaup.org
ncnewsline.com/2025/12/23/c...
ncnewsline.com/2025/12/23/c...
UNC system’s new 'work for hire' policy is a right-wing Trojan horse • NC Newsline
COMMENTARY: As faculty objecting to the policy argued, making syllabi public isn’t really about transparency for the benefit of students, as Hans claims, but about making faculty and their courses eas...
ncnewsline.com
December 23, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Excellent essay by Michael Schwalbe on the problem of UNC System Office now asserting that syllabi are works for hire. @aaup.org
ncnewsline.com/2025/12/23/c...
ncnewsline.com/2025/12/23/c...
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The AAUP chapter at Oklahoma University released a statement demanding that the President and Board of Regents defend Mel Curth, the instructor put on administrative leave after the viral fallout for failing Samantha Fulnecke’s essay, from death threats and targeted harassment.
December 11, 2025 at 10:33 PM
The AAUP chapter at Oklahoma University released a statement demanding that the President and Board of Regents defend Mel Curth, the instructor put on administrative leave after the viral fallout for failing Samantha Fulnecke’s essay, from death threats and targeted harassment.
UVa's Board of Visitors rushed the appointment of Scott Beardsley as the next President of the University.
“The appropriate next step is to fully pause the presidential appointment process until the new administration is in place and the Board of Visitors is appropriately constituted.”
“The appropriate next step is to fully pause the presidential appointment process until the new administration is in place and the Board of Visitors is appropriately constituted.”
Beardsley’s appointment as president sees largely negative reception from state leaders
Youngkin and Earle-Sears appear to have stood alone in congratulatory reactions from state officials, as Democrats moved quickly to say they were not backing down from the fight to stop the…
www.cavalierdaily.com
December 24, 2025 at 12:39 AM
UVa's Board of Visitors rushed the appointment of Scott Beardsley as the next President of the University.
“The appropriate next step is to fully pause the presidential appointment process until the new administration is in place and the Board of Visitors is appropriately constituted.”
“The appropriate next step is to fully pause the presidential appointment process until the new administration is in place and the Board of Visitors is appropriately constituted.”
“The University of Oklahoma’s decision is a deeply troubling violation of academic freedom & due process.
The university’s actions are an escalation of far-right efforts to politicize, surveil & discipline instruction, undermining the integrity of higher education.”
- Todd Wolfson, AAUP President
The university’s actions are an escalation of far-right efforts to politicize, surveil & discipline instruction, undermining the integrity of higher education.”
- Todd Wolfson, AAUP President
Oklahoma Instructor Is Fired Over Student’s Gender Essay That Cited Bible
www.nytimes.com
December 23, 2025 at 9:58 PM
“The University of Oklahoma’s decision is a deeply troubling violation of academic freedom & due process.
The university’s actions are an escalation of far-right efforts to politicize, surveil & discipline instruction, undermining the integrity of higher education.”
- Todd Wolfson, AAUP President
The university’s actions are an escalation of far-right efforts to politicize, surveil & discipline instruction, undermining the integrity of higher education.”
- Todd Wolfson, AAUP President
"The New School was founded a little over a century ago precisely because you can’t put a price on critical inquiry and the free exchange of ideas. The dismantling of this promise spells disaster not only for the university itself but for the radical democratic aspirations it once represented."
The Dismantling of the New School
The New School was founded as an institution dedicated to critical inquiry and the free exchange of ideas. The current austerity measures at the university are dismantling the radical democratic aspir...
jacobin.com
December 23, 2025 at 9:43 PM
"The New School was founded a little over a century ago precisely because you can’t put a price on critical inquiry and the free exchange of ideas. The dismantling of this promise spells disaster not only for the university itself but for the radical democratic aspirations it once represented."
"Providing public access to syllabi during a period of heightened partisanship and rising political violence looks like partisan pandering with a cost."
— North Carolina AAUP
Link to petition challenging this dangerous decision in thread. Sign on and support faculty at the UNC system!
— North Carolina AAUP
Link to petition challenging this dangerous decision in thread. Sign on and support faculty at the UNC system!
UNC to require faculty to publicly post syllabi in 2026-27
The 16-campus system has faced conservative-led public records requests this year focused on diversity- and race-related instruction.
www.highereddive.com
December 23, 2025 at 4:59 PM
"Providing public access to syllabi during a period of heightened partisanship and rising political violence looks like partisan pandering with a cost."
— North Carolina AAUP
Link to petition challenging this dangerous decision in thread. Sign on and support faculty at the UNC system!
— North Carolina AAUP
Link to petition challenging this dangerous decision in thread. Sign on and support faculty at the UNC system!
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A narrative from a faculty member on the current escalation of ICE activity in Columbus.
Please see the list of resources at the end for ways to get involved with orgs doing the work on the ground.
Please see the list of resources at the end for ways to get involved with orgs doing the work on the ground.
December 22, 2025 at 6:59 PM
A narrative from a faculty member on the current escalation of ICE activity in Columbus.
Please see the list of resources at the end for ways to get involved with orgs doing the work on the ground.
Please see the list of resources at the end for ways to get involved with orgs doing the work on the ground.
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It's a failure of the academic imagination to think cutting core mission is the best route to right-sizing. Keep your teachers and researchers and lower class sizes (post pandemic students need more attention). Get ur savings by cutting admin fat and all the contracts with groups like Huron.
SFSU offers buyouts to all tenure-track and tenured faculty
The Voluntary Separation Incentive Program is a “balancing act,” where there is a stronger incentive for tenured and tenure-track faculty to retire and open up room to hire back lecturer faculty.
goldengatexpress.org
December 23, 2025 at 1:17 PM
It's a failure of the academic imagination to think cutting core mission is the best route to right-sizing. Keep your teachers and researchers and lower class sizes (post pandemic students need more attention). Get ur savings by cutting admin fat and all the contracts with groups like Huron.
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Academics! Join us!
Join the AAUP members on your campus!
Texas Conference of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP)
aaup-texas.org
December 22, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Academics! Join us!
What is happening at the University of Oklahoma is an outrageous violation of due process.
"They hide behind vague statements & assertions of ‘trust us.’ At this point, they need to show us and not tell us."
— OU AAUP
"They hide behind vague statements & assertions of ‘trust us.’ At this point, they need to show us and not tell us."
— OU AAUP
Instructor who gave U of Oklahoma student a zero on anti-trans paper removed from teaching
Graduate assistant Mel Curth found Samantha Fulnecky's paper unscientific and offensive in referring to trans people as "demonic."
www.yahoo.com
December 23, 2025 at 2:57 PM
What is happening at the University of Oklahoma is an outrageous violation of due process.
"They hide behind vague statements & assertions of ‘trust us.’ At this point, they need to show us and not tell us."
— OU AAUP
"They hide behind vague statements & assertions of ‘trust us.’ At this point, they need to show us and not tell us."
— OU AAUP
“Rather than heeding calls to pause the search until a fair & transparent process can be initiated, the Board regrettably chose to push an appointment without a duly constituted membership. This undermines the legitimacy of today’s appointment that will continue to be challenged.”
- Todd Wolfson
- Todd Wolfson
U.Va. leaders react to Beardsley’s presidential appointment
A common theme among reactions gathered was frustration with the Board’s timing.
www.cavalierdaily.com
December 22, 2025 at 8:55 PM
“Rather than heeding calls to pause the search until a fair & transparent process can be initiated, the Board regrettably chose to push an appointment without a duly constituted membership. This undermines the legitimacy of today’s appointment that will continue to be challenged.”
- Todd Wolfson
- Todd Wolfson
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“The message that it sends is that the people impacted by racial discrimination and harassment don’t matter,” said Paige Duggins-Clay, an attorney with a Texas nonprofit that has worked with families who’ve filed racial harassment complaints with OCR.
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
Monkey Sounds, “White Power” and the N-Word: Racial Harassment Against Black Students Ignored Under Trump
Since Trump returned to office, the Education Department’s civil rights office has not resolved a single racial harassment investigation. It sends a message that “people impacted by racial discriminat...
www.propublica.org
December 20, 2025 at 3:34 PM
“The message that it sends is that the people impacted by racial discrimination and harassment don’t matter,” said Paige Duggins-Clay, an attorney with a Texas nonprofit that has worked with families who’ve filed racial harassment complaints with OCR.
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
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The cuts at the New School in the @nytimes.com. It’s not too late to cut the cuts and stop the clock on this cruel timeline for staff and 40% of full-time faculty www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/n...
Falling Enrollment, Money Woes: The New School Seeks a Path to Survival
www.nytimes.com
December 21, 2025 at 6:11 AM
The cuts at the New School in the @nytimes.com. It’s not too late to cut the cuts and stop the clock on this cruel timeline for staff and 40% of full-time faculty www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/n...
The Trump admin's appeal of AAUP Harvard v. DOJ is "just a continuation of their shameless campaign to halt critical research funding in an attempt to chill universities & faculty from engaging in any speech, teaching & research that Donald Trump disfavors.”
- Todd Wolfson, AAUP President
- Todd Wolfson, AAUP President
Trump administration will appeal judge's order reversing federal funding cuts at Harvard
Harvard has been Trump's top target in a campaign to leverage federal control of research funding to push for reforms at elite colleges.
www.boston.com
December 22, 2025 at 3:34 PM
The Trump admin's appeal of AAUP Harvard v. DOJ is "just a continuation of their shameless campaign to halt critical research funding in an attempt to chill universities & faculty from engaging in any speech, teaching & research that Donald Trump disfavors.”
- Todd Wolfson, AAUP President
- Todd Wolfson, AAUP President
Check out this CFP for a special issue of _Academic Labor: Research and Artistry_ on arts-based engagement & intellectual work in higher ed.
"We encourage submissions that theorize, reflect upon, innovate & critique the practices & discourses of academic labor through a creative/engaged lens."
"We encourage submissions that theorize, reflect upon, innovate & critique the practices & discourses of academic labor through a creative/engaged lens."
CFP for special issue of _Academic Labor: Research and Artistry_ on "Recognizing the Invisible and Expected: Art & Engagement as Critical Response"
ALRA is a cool journal; you should read it if you're interested in academic labor even if you don't submit for this special issue.
ALRA is a cool journal; you should read it if you're interested in academic labor even if you don't submit for this special issue.
ALRA Special Issue: Call for Proposals - The WAC Clearinghouse
wacclearinghouse.org
December 22, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Check out this CFP for a special issue of _Academic Labor: Research and Artistry_ on arts-based engagement & intellectual work in higher ed.
"We encourage submissions that theorize, reflect upon, innovate & critique the practices & discourses of academic labor through a creative/engaged lens."
"We encourage submissions that theorize, reflect upon, innovate & critique the practices & discourses of academic labor through a creative/engaged lens."
Higher ed workers are The Nation's public health heroes of 2025.
All year, faculty, students & staff at biomedical research institutions nationwide fought the Trump admin's funding cuts on research, health, and higher ed.
That was just the beginning. The resistance will be even bigger in 2026.
All year, faculty, students & staff at biomedical research institutions nationwide fought the Trump admin's funding cuts on research, health, and higher ed.
That was just the beginning. The resistance will be even bigger in 2026.
The Public Health Heroes of 2025
The Trump administration wants to destroy our health infrastructure. These warriors aren't letting that happen without a fight.
www.thenation.com
December 20, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Higher ed workers are The Nation's public health heroes of 2025.
All year, faculty, students & staff at biomedical research institutions nationwide fought the Trump admin's funding cuts on research, health, and higher ed.
That was just the beginning. The resistance will be even bigger in 2026.
All year, faculty, students & staff at biomedical research institutions nationwide fought the Trump admin's funding cuts on research, health, and higher ed.
That was just the beginning. The resistance will be even bigger in 2026.
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“Today’s rushed appointment of Scott Beardsley as University of Virginia president by UVA’s Board of Visitors, with little meaningful faculty input, is an affront to the entire UVA community in a time of crisis.”
— joint statement from
@proftwolf.bsky.social & @rweingarten.bsky.social
— joint statement from
@proftwolf.bsky.social & @rweingarten.bsky.social
Rushed UVA Presidential Appointment an Affront
Rather than heeding calls to pause the search until a fair and transparent process can be initiated, the board regrettably chose to push through an appointment without a duly constituted membership. T...
www.aaup.org
December 19, 2025 at 11:57 PM
“Today’s rushed appointment of Scott Beardsley as University of Virginia president by UVA’s Board of Visitors, with little meaningful faculty input, is an affront to the entire UVA community in a time of crisis.”
— joint statement from
@proftwolf.bsky.social & @rweingarten.bsky.social
— joint statement from
@proftwolf.bsky.social & @rweingarten.bsky.social
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“OU’s decision to place an instructor on administrative leave following a routine grading dispute—& subsequent failure to defend her from harassment & discrimination…raises serious concerns about the University’s commitment to educational standards, academic freedom, & instructor safety.”
Faculty Want Answers on Oklahoma’s Suspension Policies
After a graduate teaching assistant was put on administrative leave following a grading dispute with a student that went viral, faculty at the University of Oklahoma are asking leaders to better prote...
www.insidehighered.com
December 18, 2025 at 3:26 PM
“OU’s decision to place an instructor on administrative leave following a routine grading dispute—& subsequent failure to defend her from harassment & discrimination…raises serious concerns about the University’s commitment to educational standards, academic freedom, & instructor safety.”
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The UNC System has published the new syllabus policy. It's every bit as bad as you would expect, & as we warned. Poorly thought out. An invitation to bad actors to dox faculty. And serves no educational purpose that could not already be met with existing tools.
www.northcarolina.edu/apps/policy/...
www.northcarolina.edu/apps/policy/...
www.northcarolina.edu
December 19, 2025 at 11:14 PM
The UNC System has published the new syllabus policy. It's every bit as bad as you would expect, & as we warned. Poorly thought out. An invitation to bad actors to dox faculty. And serves no educational purpose that could not already be met with existing tools.
www.northcarolina.edu/apps/policy/...
www.northcarolina.edu/apps/policy/...
“Today’s rushed appointment of Scott Beardsley as University of Virginia president by UVA’s Board of Visitors, with little meaningful faculty input, is an affront to the entire UVA community in a time of crisis.”
— joint statement from
@proftwolf.bsky.social & @rweingarten.bsky.social
— joint statement from
@proftwolf.bsky.social & @rweingarten.bsky.social
Rushed UVA Presidential Appointment an Affront
Rather than heeding calls to pause the search until a fair and transparent process can be initiated, the board regrettably chose to push through an appointment without a duly constituted membership. T...
www.aaup.org
December 19, 2025 at 11:57 PM
“Today’s rushed appointment of Scott Beardsley as University of Virginia president by UVA’s Board of Visitors, with little meaningful faculty input, is an affront to the entire UVA community in a time of crisis.”
— joint statement from
@proftwolf.bsky.social & @rweingarten.bsky.social
— joint statement from
@proftwolf.bsky.social & @rweingarten.bsky.social