Coalition for Action in Higher Ed
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Free Higher Ed Now!: A Day of Higher For the Common Good. Join us on April 17, 2025. https://www.dayofactionforhighered.org/
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A National Day of Action for Higher Ed
On April 17, higher ed unions, AAUP chapters, and student organizations across the U.S. are coming together to fight back against the coordinated assault on teaching and learning, and to mobilize for ...
www.dayofactionforhighered.org
⭐️⭐️ Check out a roundup of pictures from events across the country on April 17th 2025, our second annual #DayofActionforHigherEd! We seek to renew the vision of higher education as an autonomous public good, and university workers as its most important resource. 👊👊
www.dayofactionforhighered.org
www.dayofactionforhighered.org
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“We need a higher ed system that’s not rooted in students as customers, but in critical inquiry and the development of smart, thoughtful citizens in a democracy who can see through the lies and stand up for the kind of society we want to build.”
— Todd Wolfson, AAUP President
— Todd Wolfson, AAUP President
Trump’s Attempts to Control Higher Education Follow a Familiar Fascist Playbook
Trumpism has been aided by divestment that hollowed higher ed out from the core, AAUP President Todd Wolfson says.
truthout.org
January 2, 2026 at 2:35 PM
“We need a higher ed system that’s not rooted in students as customers, but in critical inquiry and the development of smart, thoughtful citizens in a democracy who can see through the lies and stand up for the kind of society we want to build.”
— Todd Wolfson, AAUP President
— Todd Wolfson, AAUP President
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This is how you stand up for educators against politically motivated attacks on teaching.
Please sign OU AAUP’s petition demanding that OU protect the freedom to teach & learn, & stand up against targeted harassment & intimidation.
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actionnetwork.org/forms/defend...
Please sign OU AAUP’s petition demanding that OU protect the freedom to teach & learn, & stand up against targeted harassment & intimidation.
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actionnetwork.org/forms/defend...
December 16, 2025 at 7:13 PM
This is how you stand up for educators against politically motivated attacks on teaching.
Please sign OU AAUP’s petition demanding that OU protect the freedom to teach & learn, & stand up against targeted harassment & intimidation.
⬇️⬇️⬇️
actionnetwork.org/forms/defend...
Please sign OU AAUP’s petition demanding that OU protect the freedom to teach & learn, & stand up against targeted harassment & intimidation.
⬇️⬇️⬇️
actionnetwork.org/forms/defend...
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TODAY! 4PM!
CUT THE CUTS Rally at The New School!
• SUSPEND “realignment” measures
• RESCIND all “voluntary separation package agreements”
• CAP on salaries over $200,000
• CALL on the Board of Trustees to hold a public meeting with the entire university community
Livestream link below.
CUT THE CUTS Rally at The New School!
• SUSPEND “realignment” measures
• RESCIND all “voluntary separation package agreements”
• CAP on salaries over $200,000
• CALL on the Board of Trustees to hold a public meeting with the entire university community
Livestream link below.
December 10, 2025 at 2:31 PM
TODAY! 4PM!
CUT THE CUTS Rally at The New School!
• SUSPEND “realignment” measures
• RESCIND all “voluntary separation package agreements”
• CAP on salaries over $200,000
• CALL on the Board of Trustees to hold a public meeting with the entire university community
Livestream link below.
CUT THE CUTS Rally at The New School!
• SUSPEND “realignment” measures
• RESCIND all “voluntary separation package agreements”
• CAP on salaries over $200,000
• CALL on the Board of Trustees to hold a public meeting with the entire university community
Livestream link below.
CAHE Palestine Caucus chairs on Jadaliyya today!
December 8, 2025 at 5:48 PM
CAHE Palestine Caucus chairs on Jadaliyya today!
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AAUP University of Nebraska - Lincoln is packing the Board of Regents meeting RIGHT NOW to say no to a $27.5 million budget cut and to the closure of 4 academic programs!
Catch the livestream of the meeting and the testimonies of organized UNL higher ed workers here👇
nebraska.edu/news-and-eve...
Catch the livestream of the meeting and the testimonies of organized UNL higher ed workers here👇
nebraska.edu/news-and-eve...
December 5, 2025 at 4:21 PM
AAUP University of Nebraska - Lincoln is packing the Board of Regents meeting RIGHT NOW to say no to a $27.5 million budget cut and to the closure of 4 academic programs!
Catch the livestream of the meeting and the testimonies of organized UNL higher ed workers here👇
nebraska.edu/news-and-eve...
Catch the livestream of the meeting and the testimonies of organized UNL higher ed workers here👇
nebraska.edu/news-and-eve...
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“An instructor's freedom to teach includes the right to assess student academic performance. We are gravely concerned that a climate of escalating authoritarian assaults on academic freedom is normalizing politicized interference in classroom teaching & learning.” — Todd Wolfson, AAUP President
Oklahoma college student’s failing grade on gender essay dropped amid outcry
A University of Oklahoma student alleged religious discrimination after receiving a zero on an essay that rejected the concept of multiple genders.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 4, 2025 at 3:05 AM
“An instructor's freedom to teach includes the right to assess student academic performance. We are gravely concerned that a climate of escalating authoritarian assaults on academic freedom is normalizing politicized interference in classroom teaching & learning.” — Todd Wolfson, AAUP President
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UNL AAUP are fighting tooth & nail to stop the Board of Regents from cutting $27.5 million from UNL's budget.
"There hasn’t been enough time for faculty to respond...We want shared governance, which means we have a voice that actually matters.”
— Theresa Catalano, UNL AAUP.
"There hasn’t been enough time for faculty to respond...We want shared governance, which means we have a voice that actually matters.”
— Theresa Catalano, UNL AAUP.
UNL professors launch Week of Action ahead of vote on $27.5 million budget cuts
"There hasn't been enough time for faculty to respond, and there hasn't been enough input from the faculty."
www.klkntv.com
December 3, 2025 at 4:08 PM
UNL AAUP are fighting tooth & nail to stop the Board of Regents from cutting $27.5 million from UNL's budget.
"There hasn’t been enough time for faculty to respond...We want shared governance, which means we have a voice that actually matters.”
— Theresa Catalano, UNL AAUP.
"There hasn’t been enough time for faculty to respond...We want shared governance, which means we have a voice that actually matters.”
— Theresa Catalano, UNL AAUP.
🇵🇸Today! Palestine is a Union Issue! Bill Mullen,
Michael Letwin, Sherena Razek, Jeff Schuhrke,
Olivia Katbi🇵🇸
Michael Letwin, Sherena Razek, Jeff Schuhrke,
Olivia Katbi🇵🇸
December 3, 2025 at 5:06 PM
🇵🇸Today! Palestine is a Union Issue! Bill Mullen,
Michael Letwin, Sherena Razek, Jeff Schuhrke,
Olivia Katbi🇵🇸
Michael Letwin, Sherena Razek, Jeff Schuhrke,
Olivia Katbi🇵🇸
On From the Flag to the Cross: Fascism American Style. Take a listen! lawanddisorder.org/2025/11/law-...
Law and Disorder December 1, 2025 | Law and Disorder Radio
lawanddisorder.org
December 3, 2025 at 5:01 PM
On From the Flag to the Cross: Fascism American Style. Take a listen! lawanddisorder.org/2025/11/law-...
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Comprehensive deep dive into how Zionist reactionaries attacked the University of California. UC failed to anticipate an organized political attack and gave into pressure by violating the rights of all UC students, faculty, staff.
Required reading for UC workers!
jewishcurrents.org/portrait-of-...
Required reading for UC workers!
jewishcurrents.org/portrait-of-...
Portrait of a Campus in Crisis
UCLA capitulated to its own hardline pro-Israel activists long before President Trump came calling. As a result, its students have repeatedly become…
jewishcurrents.org
December 2, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Comprehensive deep dive into how Zionist reactionaries attacked the University of California. UC failed to anticipate an organized political attack and gave into pressure by violating the rights of all UC students, faculty, staff.
Required reading for UC workers!
jewishcurrents.org/portrait-of-...
Required reading for UC workers!
jewishcurrents.org/portrait-of-...
NU AAUP on Northwestern's shameful agreement with the feds.
NU AAUP Condemns Resolution Agreement between the United States of America and Northwestern University, including $75 Million Extortion Payout. academeblog.org/2025/12/01/s...
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@academemagazine.bsky.social
Statement from NU AAUP on the University’s “Resolution Agreement”
BY JACKIE STEVENS Northwestern University’s Interim President Henry Bienen announced on Friday the university had violated commitments to its faculty and students in order to appease an autoc…
academeblog.org
December 2, 2025 at 4:54 PM
NU AAUP on Northwestern's shameful agreement with the feds.
Thanks comrades @scholarsforsj.bsky.social ! This Wed.!
Join this Wednesday's webinar WHY PALESTINE IS A UNION ISSUE (12/3) at 5:30—7:30pm ET, hosted by our comrades at Coalition for Action in Higher Ed!
Registration: zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Registration: zoom.us/webinar/regi...
December 2, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Thanks comrades @scholarsforsj.bsky.social ! This Wed.!
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Marc Rowan--a billionaire responsible for Trump's devastating loyalty oath compact--will step down from his advisory role at the Wharton Business School at the University of Pennsylvania in summer of 2026!
AAUP President Todd Wolfson discusses our November 7th action that led to this step forward.
AAUP President Todd Wolfson discusses our November 7th action that led to this step forward.
November 13, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Marc Rowan--a billionaire responsible for Trump's devastating loyalty oath compact--will step down from his advisory role at the Wharton Business School at the University of Pennsylvania in summer of 2026!
AAUP President Todd Wolfson discusses our November 7th action that led to this step forward.
AAUP President Todd Wolfson discusses our November 7th action that led to this step forward.
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"Restrictions in Texas, Florida, Hungary & elsewhere are not isolated. They're part of a long battle over what truths will shape the next generation. When universities choose openness, societies move forward. When they choose silence, societies fracture."
www.universityworldnews.com/post-mobile....
Faculty senates, legal organisations, student groups and international networks must challenge restrictions. Courts must overturn unconstitutional measures. Universities must adopt strong academic freedom charters and support scholars under pressure.
Faculty senates, legal organisations, student groups and international networks must challenge restrictions. Courts must overturn unconstitutional measures. Universities must adopt strong academic freedom charters and support scholars under pressure.
When universities choose to be silent, societies fracture
Texas A&M University’s restrictions on teaching race or gender reinstall an older moral architecture, asking universities to prepare students fo...
www.universityworldnews.com
December 1, 2025 at 3:10 PM
"Restrictions in Texas, Florida, Hungary & elsewhere are not isolated. They're part of a long battle over what truths will shape the next generation. When universities choose openness, societies move forward. When they choose silence, societies fracture."
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Legislation in the US, sponsored by 22 members of Congress, calls for sanctions on Israel. This marks the first time that a resolution in Congress has explicitly called for sanctions on Israel.
The S in BDS is no longer a taboo in the US. Escalate BDS pressure now.
https://loom.ly/gSsMMig
The S in BDS is no longer a taboo in the US. Escalate BDS pressure now.
https://loom.ly/gSsMMig
HISTORIC: Legislation in the US, sponsored by 22 members of Congress, calls for sanctions on Israel.
Now is the time to escalate BDS pressure.
bdsmovement.net
November 26, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Legislation in the US, sponsored by 22 members of Congress, calls for sanctions on Israel. This marks the first time that a resolution in Congress has explicitly called for sanctions on Israel.
The S in BDS is no longer a taboo in the US. Escalate BDS pressure now.
https://loom.ly/gSsMMig
The S in BDS is no longer a taboo in the US. Escalate BDS pressure now.
https://loom.ly/gSsMMig
Register here for the last of the "Mapping Anti-Palestinian Discrimination" series on 12/3 at 5:30 PM EST, "Why Palestine is a Union Issue": zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: 5. Why Palestine is a Union Issue. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
This panel explores the progress that has been made in representative professional organizations such as the AAUP, scholarly associations, and unions in supporting students and faculty under duress an...
zoom.us
November 26, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Register here for the last of the "Mapping Anti-Palestinian Discrimination" series on 12/3 at 5:30 PM EST, "Why Palestine is a Union Issue": zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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Fantastic win in Maryland. As the Trump admin attempts to destroy vital research, @uam-umd.bsky.social is fighting back & winning...& they're not done yet. As they celebrate this win, they're pushing for greater transparency, support for faculty & an academic freedom fund.
Faculty, join your union!
Faculty, join your union!
We @uam-umd.bsky.social won. Faculty packed town halls, talked to their colleagues and collected hundreds of petition signatures. Now UMD is coughing up $8.75m, during a deficit, to fund faculty whose research is under attack. Not enough, but a helluva thing for a union the state calls illegal.
$8.75M Investment Supports ‘Research Resilience’… | Maryland Today
UMD, MPower Funds Combine to Help Preserve Institutional Capabilities, Lab Operations and More
today.umd.edu
November 25, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Fantastic win in Maryland. As the Trump admin attempts to destroy vital research, @uam-umd.bsky.social is fighting back & winning...& they're not done yet. As they celebrate this win, they're pushing for greater transparency, support for faculty & an academic freedom fund.
Faculty, join your union!
Faculty, join your union!
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Billionaires, who quite often do not see education as a common good, should not be guiding higher education policy.
“I kind of yearn,” Mr. Nassirian said, “for the gilded age when billionaires satisfied their extracurricular interests by collecting Fabergé eggs and prized ponies.”
#DefendHigherEd
“I kind of yearn,” Mr. Nassirian said, “for the gilded age when billionaires satisfied their extracurricular interests by collecting Fabergé eggs and prized ponies.”
#DefendHigherEd
Wealthy People Have Always Shaped Universities. This Time Is Different.
www.nytimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Billionaires, who quite often do not see education as a common good, should not be guiding higher education policy.
“I kind of yearn,” Mr. Nassirian said, “for the gilded age when billionaires satisfied their extracurricular interests by collecting Fabergé eggs and prized ponies.”
#DefendHigherEd
“I kind of yearn,” Mr. Nassirian said, “for the gilded age when billionaires satisfied their extracurricular interests by collecting Fabergé eggs and prized ponies.”
#DefendHigherEd
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“It will not succeed in cowing faculty and academic workers, in sowing division, or in keeping us from supporting our neighbors in need,” the professors said in the statement. “We will continue to fight for the colleges, universities, and communities we deserve.” — @ncaaup.bsky.social
On NC State’s campus, hundreds of students protest as fears of ICE persist • NC Newsline
As final exams approach at N.C. State, stress over studies has been overtaken for some by fear of the federal immigration crackdown in Raleigh.
ncnewsline.com
November 22, 2025 at 5:08 PM
“It will not succeed in cowing faculty and academic workers, in sowing division, or in keeping us from supporting our neighbors in need,” the professors said in the statement. “We will continue to fight for the colleges, universities, and communities we deserve.” — @ncaaup.bsky.social
Tomorrow! Register here: zoom.us/meeting/regi...
November 18, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Tomorrow! Register here: zoom.us/meeting/regi...
🇵🇸Don't miss the last in our series "Mapping Anti-Palestinian Discrimination, Harassment, and Misinformation in Higher Ed" on 12/3. Register for "Why Palestine is a Union Issue". Please share widely!🇵🇸
November 18, 2025 at 4:26 PM
🇵🇸Don't miss the last in our series "Mapping Anti-Palestinian Discrimination, Harassment, and Misinformation in Higher Ed" on 12/3. Register for "Why Palestine is a Union Issue". Please share widely!🇵🇸
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YES!!!
Tae Heung “Will” Kim, a U.S. permanent resident from South Korea, has been released from Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody after being detained for months.
asamnews.com/2025/11/17/w...
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U.S. permanent resident released from ICE custody – AsAmNews
South Korean U.S. permanent resident Tae Heung “Will” Kim has been released from ICE custody after being detained for months.
asamnews.com
November 18, 2025 at 12:13 AM
YES!!!