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Open to all. Head over to our website to register. www.brownchapteraaup.org/get-involved
Open to all. Head over to our website to register. www.brownchapteraaup.org/get-involved
November 11, 2025 at 5:27 AM
Open to all. Head over to our website to register. www.brownchapteraaup.org/get-involved
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Leonard Bright, president of the Texas A&M Chapter of the AAUP said faculty were not consulted on the proposed changes, which he called “a direct violation” of their expertise + freedom to teach. “If that’s the case, there’s just going to be a further black eye on higher education here in Texas.”
Texas A&M to vote on banning “race and gender ideology”
The proposal appears to mark the first time a Texas university system offers definitions of what kind of instruction related to race and gender should not be permitted.
www.texastribune.org
November 10, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Leonard Bright, president of the Texas A&M Chapter of the AAUP said faculty were not consulted on the proposed changes, which he called “a direct violation” of their expertise + freedom to teach. “If that’s the case, there’s just going to be a further black eye on higher education here in Texas.”
Teach-in November 7th at Noon Come One, Come All!
October 31, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Teach-in November 7th at Noon Come One, Come All!
Brown folks:
Friday 10/16
Rally at noon
Teach-in at 1:00
Friday 10/16
Rally at noon
Teach-in at 1:00
October 14, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Brown folks:
Friday 10/16
Rally at noon
Teach-in at 1:00
Friday 10/16
Rally at noon
Teach-in at 1:00
Who's surprised?
Billionaire Behind Trump Pressure Campaign on Colleges Owns Predatory University of Phoenix - Republic Report
Private equity billionaire Marc Rowan was revealed last week to be the driving force behind a Trump administration campaign pressuring nine major U.S. universities, including Brown, MIT, and the Unive...
www.republicreport.org
October 11, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Who's surprised?
Hoping President Paxson at Brown University takes a page from Sally Kornbluth.
orgchart.mit.edu
October 11, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Hoping President Paxson at Brown University takes a page from Sally Kornbluth.
Brown Chapter of the AAUP's Statement Urging the University to Reject the Federal Government's “Compact”
www.brownchapteraaup.org/statements
www.brownchapteraaup.org/statements
Statements — Brown AAUP
www.brownchapteraaup.org
October 8, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Brown Chapter of the AAUP's Statement Urging the University to Reject the Federal Government's “Compact”
www.brownchapteraaup.org/statements
www.brownchapteraaup.org/statements
"Our very mode of conduct as academics is counter-authoritarian. Authoritarians want fixity, and they project it onto their opponents, but we remain open to change, self-critique, and revision. This is why we are seen as a problem."
-- Amanda Anderson
-- Amanda Anderson
Opinion | When Viewpoint Diversity Means Conformity
Trump’s compact isn’t just coercive. It’s incoherent.
www.chronicle.com
October 8, 2025 at 2:16 AM
"Our very mode of conduct as academics is counter-authoritarian. Authoritarians want fixity, and they project it onto their opponents, but we remain open to change, self-critique, and revision. This is why we are seen as a problem."
-- Amanda Anderson
-- Amanda Anderson
From the students:
Our Universities Must Not Fold to Trump's Authoritarian Compact | Common Dreams
This compact goes against every democratic principle our country and our schools should uphold, and we reject the Trump administration’s attempt to cajole universities into compliance through explicit...
www.commondreams.org
October 6, 2025 at 7:06 PM
From the students:
A terrific blog post. A must read. balkin.blogspot.com/2025/10/the-...
Balkinization: The Art of Replacing the Law with the Deal
A group blog on constitutional law, theory, and politics
balkin.blogspot.com
October 6, 2025 at 3:26 PM
A terrific blog post. A must read. balkin.blogspot.com/2025/10/the-...
A petition from StandStrongBrown. If you're a member of teh Brown University community, please consider signing.
standstrongbrown.org/reject-trump...
standstrongbrown.org/reject-trump...
Brown must reject Trump’s so-called “Compact for Academic Excellence” – Stand Strong Brown
standstrongbrown.org
October 4, 2025 at 9:19 PM
A petition from StandStrongBrown. If you're a member of teh Brown University community, please consider signing.
standstrongbrown.org/reject-trump...
standstrongbrown.org/reject-trump...
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UPenn professors have responded forcefully to the Trump administration's that colleges sign a "compact" in order to secure funding:
"When an invitation is accompanied by consequences for not accepting it, it is in fact a threat, not an invitation." aaup-penn.org/statement-by...
"When an invitation is accompanied by consequences for not accepting it, it is in fact a threat, not an invitation." aaup-penn.org/statement-by...
Statement by the AAUP-Penn Executive Committee on the Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education | AAUP–Penn
October 2, 2025 We have received reports that Penn has been “invited” to sign a so-called “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education” by the federal government, and that failing to do so wou...
aaup-penn.org
October 2, 2025 at 5:27 PM
UPenn professors have responded forcefully to the Trump administration's that colleges sign a "compact" in order to secure funding:
"When an invitation is accompanied by consequences for not accepting it, it is in fact a threat, not an invitation." aaup-penn.org/statement-by...
"When an invitation is accompanied by consequences for not accepting it, it is in fact a threat, not an invitation." aaup-penn.org/statement-by...
"Signatories commit ... to revising governance structures as necessary to create such an environment, including but not limited to transforming or abolishing units that purposefully
punish, belittle, and even spark violence against conservative ideas." acrobat.adobe.com/id/urn:aaid:...
punish, belittle, and even spark violence against conservative ideas." acrobat.adobe.com/id/urn:aaid:...
October 2, 2025 at 8:19 PM
"Signatories commit ... to revising governance structures as necessary to create such an environment, including but not limited to transforming or abolishing units that purposefully
punish, belittle, and even spark violence against conservative ideas." acrobat.adobe.com/id/urn:aaid:...
punish, belittle, and even spark violence against conservative ideas." acrobat.adobe.com/id/urn:aaid:...
They are relentless. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/u...
Trump Administration Asks Colleges to Sign ‘Compact’ to Get Funding Preference
www.nytimes.com
October 2, 2025 at 12:00 PM
They are relentless. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/u...
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the postcard cited in judge young's ruling isn't just at the top, it's a framing device. the whole opinion is a letter to the postcard writer. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
![I hope you found this
helpful. Thanks for writing.
It shows you care. You
should.
Sincerely & respectfully,
Bill Young
P.S. The next time you’re in
Boston [the postmark on the card
is from the Philadelphia area]
stop in at the Courthouse and
watch your fellow citizens, sitting
as jurors, reach out for justice.
It is here, and in courthouses
just like this one, both state and
federal, spread throughout our land
that our Constitution is most vibrantly
alive, for it is well said that “Where a
jury sits, there burns the lamp of
liberty.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:maiw2rfujepnphhrejytvuu5/bafkreidbrekbkq3duu4ev7w4wmiamoiupplzgmu5nj5np4yyjze2svfyoy@jpeg)
September 30, 2025 at 5:47 PM
the postcard cited in judge young's ruling isn't just at the top, it's a framing device. the whole opinion is a letter to the postcard writer. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Academic freedom will not survive by encouraging professors to censor themselves more.
“Too much of the response to the Trump admin’s repression has been driven by fear & cowardice. We need to fiercely support #academicfreedom as a fundamental right for all.”
— @johnkwilson.bsky.social
“Too much of the response to the Trump admin’s repression has been driven by fear & cowardice. We need to fiercely support #academicfreedom as a fundamental right for all.”
— @johnkwilson.bsky.social
Discretion Is Not the Better Part of Academic Freedom
In a free society, we strive to eliminate the punishments that make discretion a rational choice—and not glorify discretion as a virtue when it is actually a vice.
www.insidehighered.com
September 29, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Academic freedom will not survive by encouraging professors to censor themselves more.
“Too much of the response to the Trump admin’s repression has been driven by fear & cowardice. We need to fiercely support #academicfreedom as a fundamental right for all.”
— @johnkwilson.bsky.social
“Too much of the response to the Trump admin’s repression has been driven by fear & cowardice. We need to fiercely support #academicfreedom as a fundamental right for all.”
— @johnkwilson.bsky.social
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"Declining international student enrollment is a piece of the larger puzzle undermining the financial health of higher ed. [We see] programs shut down, campuses shut down, smaller public or private institutions closing & a curtailment of opportunities for students."
— Todd Wolfson, AAUP President
— Todd Wolfson, AAUP President
'A perfect storm' — more colleges at risk as enrollment falls and financial pressures mount
In part due to the Trump administration's changes to the student visa policy, there are fewer students on college campuses this fall.
www.cnbc.com
September 30, 2025 at 2:10 PM
"Declining international student enrollment is a piece of the larger puzzle undermining the financial health of higher ed. [We see] programs shut down, campuses shut down, smaller public or private institutions closing & a curtailment of opportunities for students."
— Todd Wolfson, AAUP President
— Todd Wolfson, AAUP President
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“This case—perhaps the most important ever within…this district court—presents the issue whether non-citizens lawfully present here in United States actually have the same free speech rights as the rest of us. The Court answers unequivocally ‘yes, they do.”
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
Judge Rules Trump’s Targeting of Pro-Palestine International Students Unconstitutional, Siding With Harvard AAUP | News | The Harvard Crimson
A federal judge ruled on Tuesday that the Trump administration violated the First Amendment rights of international students and professors who participated in pro-Palestine advocacy, handing a victor...
www.thecrimson.com
September 30, 2025 at 8:03 PM
“This case—perhaps the most important ever within…this district court—presents the issue whether non-citizens lawfully present here in United States actually have the same free speech rights as the rest of us. The Court answers unequivocally ‘yes, they do.”
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...