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AAUP President Todd Wolfson issued the following statement in response to Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt's Executive Order issued today immediately eliminating academic tenure at the state’s public regional universities and community colleges.
AAUP President on the Elimination of Tenure at Oklahoma Regional Universities and Community Colleges.
WASHINGTON—AAUP President Todd Wolfson issued the following statement in response to the Governor of Oklahoma’s signing of Executive Order 2026-07, which immediately eliminates the conferral of academ...
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February 6, 2026 at 12:40 AM
AAUP President Todd Wolfson issued the following statement in response to Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt's Executive Order issued today immediately eliminating academic tenure at the state’s public regional universities and community colleges.
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Tom Alter was a tenured professor at Texas State University until September 2025 when he was fired after a pressure campaign led by a right-wing agitator who had secretly recorded and edited comments he made at an online socialist conference.
Listen to his story.
Listen to his story.
February 2, 2026 at 7:03 PM
Tom Alter was a tenured professor at Texas State University until September 2025 when he was fired after a pressure campaign led by a right-wing agitator who had secretly recorded and edited comments he made at an online socialist conference.
Listen to his story.
Listen to his story.
Come one, come all.
February 7, 2026 at 5:28 PM
Come one, come all.
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.
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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”
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Statements — Brown AAUP
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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...
