United Academics
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United Academics Local 6741 is an @aaup.org & @AFT.org local, composed of all non-collectively bargaining AAUP chapter members and at-large members of AAUP. Visit us at https://local6741.org/ & become a member at https://www.aaup.org/membership/join
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Local 6741 is in the BlueSky house!
We are an @aaup.bsky.social & @aft.org local, composed of all non-collectively bargaining AAUP chapter & at-large members of AAUP.
Follow us for news on & organizing resources for faculty in pre-majority union contexts.
Check out our website too! local6741.org
We are an @aaup.bsky.social & @aft.org local, composed of all non-collectively bargaining AAUP chapter & at-large members of AAUP.
Follow us for news on & organizing resources for faculty in pre-majority union contexts.
Check out our website too! local6741.org
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“The report is not an attempt to adjudicate the experience of antisemitism but instead to demonstrate how Title VI…has been used to create an enforcement apparatus that sidesteps long-established AAUP-recommended procedures of shared governance & compromises academic freedom.”
— Rana Jaleel
— Rana Jaleel
December 8, 2025 at 8:52 PM
“The report is not an attempt to adjudicate the experience of antisemitism but instead to demonstrate how Title VI…has been used to create an enforcement apparatus that sidesteps long-established AAUP-recommended procedures of shared governance & compromises academic freedom.”
— Rana Jaleel
— Rana Jaleel
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We cannot allow politicians to pit workers against each other and prevent us from uniting for better wages, benefits, working conditions & a strong social safety net.
“We need to rise together, not just to defend immigrant communities, but to build a world where everyone can thrive.”
— Kent Wong
“We need to rise together, not just to defend immigrant communities, but to build a world where everyone can thrive.”
— Kent Wong
UC workers beat Trump in court — and provided a roadmap for countering his attacks on universities
OPINION: On Nov. 14, a federal judge in S.F. issued a preliminary injunction blocking the Trump administration’s efforts to squash academic freedom at the University of California.
www.sfchronicle.com
December 9, 2025 at 5:08 PM
We cannot allow politicians to pit workers against each other and prevent us from uniting for better wages, benefits, working conditions & a strong social safety net.
“We need to rise together, not just to defend immigrant communities, but to build a world where everyone can thrive.”
— Kent Wong
“We need to rise together, not just to defend immigrant communities, but to build a world where everyone can thrive.”
— Kent Wong
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Hi y'all! 👋 We're the University of Alabama chapter of the American Association of University Professors. We fight for academic freedom, shared governance, and education as a public good.
Are you UA faculty (at any level) and interested in joining us? Get in touch or visit our website!
Are you UA faculty (at any level) and interested in joining us? Get in touch or visit our website!
December 5, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Hi y'all! 👋 We're the University of Alabama chapter of the American Association of University Professors. We fight for academic freedom, shared governance, and education as a public good.
Are you UA faculty (at any level) and interested in joining us? Get in touch or visit our website!
Are you UA faculty (at any level) and interested in joining us? Get in touch or visit our website!
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A repeal referendum driven by a wave of union signature gathering was set to be on the 2026 ballot, but lawmakers decided to just do away with the law for now.
Read the KUER story here: www.kuer.org/politics-gov...
#collectivebargaining
#utah
#union
@aft.org
@aaup.org
@aftutah.bsky.social
Read the KUER story here: www.kuer.org/politics-gov...
#collectivebargaining
#utah
#union
@aft.org
@aaup.org
@aftutah.bsky.social
December 11, 2025 at 4:28 PM
A repeal referendum driven by a wave of union signature gathering was set to be on the 2026 ballot, but lawmakers decided to just do away with the law for now.
Read the KUER story here: www.kuer.org/politics-gov...
#collectivebargaining
#utah
#union
@aft.org
@aaup.org
@aftutah.bsky.social
Read the KUER story here: www.kuer.org/politics-gov...
#collectivebargaining
#utah
#union
@aft.org
@aaup.org
@aftutah.bsky.social
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Sign on to the Massachusetts Teachers Association's petition to oppose the elimination of library & civics educations programs, the removal references to DEI, and dangerously revised accreditation standards that harm low-income, first-generation students.
@massteacher.bsky.social
@massteacher.bsky.social
Reject changes that undermine the mission of public higher education
Accreditation and governing bodies set standards for what quality education in Massachusetts will look like and the changes being considered to lower standards and reduce credit requirements represent...
actionnetwork.org
December 11, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Sign on to the Massachusetts Teachers Association's petition to oppose the elimination of library & civics educations programs, the removal references to DEI, and dangerously revised accreditation standards that harm low-income, first-generation students.
@massteacher.bsky.social
@massteacher.bsky.social
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Hans acknowledged that "outright harassment" will be a consequence, and mumbled something about protecting faculty who are just "doing their jobs" - which he is also in the process of redefining.
AN INJURY TO ONE IS AN INJURY TO ALL. WE FIGHT. @aaup.org
dailytarheel.com/article/univ...
AN INJURY TO ONE IS AN INJURY TO ALL. WE FIGHT. @aaup.org
dailytarheel.com/article/univ...
UNC System President Peter Hans confirms all syllabuses will be public records in forthcoming policy
The Daily Tar Heel obtained a draft of the policy on Wednesday, which denies that syllabuses are the intellectual property of the instructor and stipulates that all instructors must publish course syl...
dailytarheel.com
December 11, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Hans acknowledged that "outright harassment" will be a consequence, and mumbled something about protecting faculty who are just "doing their jobs" - which he is also in the process of redefining.
AN INJURY TO ONE IS AN INJURY TO ALL. WE FIGHT. @aaup.org
dailytarheel.com/article/univ...
AN INJURY TO ONE IS AN INJURY TO ALL. WE FIGHT. @aaup.org
dailytarheel.com/article/univ...
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🚨The “American Higher Education Restoration Act” would carve out a special pathway to tenure for faculty who teach “American Constitutionalism + Western Civilization,” increase the teaching loads for faculty who work in non-STEM disciplines…+ impose new governing board control over hiring. 👇
December 10, 2025 at 1:38 PM
🚨The “American Higher Education Restoration Act” would carve out a special pathway to tenure for faculty who teach “American Constitutionalism + Western Civilization,” increase the teaching loads for faculty who work in non-STEM disciplines…+ impose new governing board control over hiring. 👇
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"The University is supposed to be a place where there is a free exchange of ideas, learning & conversations that develop critical thinking. This is essential for a healthy workforce in North Carolina. Publicly posting course syllabi will stifle this free exchange of ideas & lead to safety concerns."
Publicly posting course syllabi will harm North Carolina’s universities • NC Newsline
The UNC system recently decided behind closed doors that faculty syllabi are no longer their own intellectual property and instead are public records. This is a bad thing for all North Carolinians.
ncnewsline.com
December 11, 2025 at 5:11 PM
"The University is supposed to be a place where there is a free exchange of ideas, learning & conversations that develop critical thinking. This is essential for a healthy workforce in North Carolina. Publicly posting course syllabi will stifle this free exchange of ideas & lead to safety concerns."
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Tune in for another episode of AAUP TV tomorrow, Thursday, December 11 @ 7 PM ET.
Chenjerai Kumanyika, AAUP National Council Member, and Todd Wolfson, AAUP President, will discuss the organized effort to fight extreme austerity attacks at The New School.
Tune in on YouTube (link in thread).
Chenjerai Kumanyika, AAUP National Council Member, and Todd Wolfson, AAUP President, will discuss the organized effort to fight extreme austerity attacks at The New School.
Tune in on YouTube (link in thread).
December 10, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Tune in for another episode of AAUP TV tomorrow, Thursday, December 11 @ 7 PM ET.
Chenjerai Kumanyika, AAUP National Council Member, and Todd Wolfson, AAUP President, will discuss the organized effort to fight extreme austerity attacks at The New School.
Tune in on YouTube (link in thread).
Chenjerai Kumanyika, AAUP National Council Member, and Todd Wolfson, AAUP President, will discuss the organized effort to fight extreme austerity attacks at The New School.
Tune in on YouTube (link in thread).
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Join the livestream tomorrow, Thursday December 11 at 7 PM ET at this link👇
Fighting Extreme Austerity Attacks at The New School
YouTube video by TheAAUP
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December 10, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Join the livestream tomorrow, Thursday December 11 at 7 PM ET at this link👇
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Listen to Sang Hea Kil's story about her dismissal and the ongoing fight to be reinstated in our "Faculty on the Front Lines" series, which shares stories of individuals facing partisan interference and violations of academic freedom.
Faculty on the Front Lines: Sang Hea Kil (San Jose State)
YouTube video by TheAAUP
www.youtube.com
December 11, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Listen to Sang Hea Kil's story about her dismissal and the ongoing fight to be reinstated in our "Faculty on the Front Lines" series, which shares stories of individuals facing partisan interference and violations of academic freedom.
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Sign this letter in support of Sang Hea Kil as she fights for immediate reinstatement.
Dr. Sang Hea Kil - Letter
Subject: Immediate Reinstatement of Dr. Sang Hea Kil Dear President Teniente-Matson and the California State University (CSU) Board of Trustees, We are scholars and educators who are submitting this...
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December 11, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Sign this letter in support of Sang Hea Kil as she fights for immediate reinstatement.
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Sang Hea Kil is the first tenured faculty member fired from a public university in connection to pro-Palestinian advocacy.
“All faculty should be able to protest all genocides without targeted punitive actions."
- Sang Hea Kil
“All faculty should be able to protest all genocides without targeted punitive actions."
- Sang Hea Kil
Tenured US professor fired over pro-Palestinian protests contests dismissal
Sang Hea Kil is first tenured faculty member fired from a public university in connection to the protests
www.theguardian.com
December 11, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Sang Hea Kil is the first tenured faculty member fired from a public university in connection to pro-Palestinian advocacy.
“All faculty should be able to protest all genocides without targeted punitive actions."
- Sang Hea Kil
“All faculty should be able to protest all genocides without targeted punitive actions."
- Sang Hea Kil
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Cory Doctorow : "We need to make tech workers unionized again ... because tech workers that aren't working behind a keyboard, those tech workers, they're peeing in bottles or being injured at 3x the national rate in an Amazon warehouse. That's how tech bosses treat workers they're not afraid of."
December 11, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Cory Doctorow : "We need to make tech workers unionized again ... because tech workers that aren't working behind a keyboard, those tech workers, they're peeing in bottles or being injured at 3x the national rate in an Amazon warehouse. That's how tech bosses treat workers they're not afraid of."
A repeal referendum driven by a wave of union signature gathering was set to be on the 2026 ballot, but lawmakers decided to just do away with the law for now.
Read the KUER story here: www.kuer.org/politics-gov...
#collectivebargaining
#utah
#union
@aft.org
@aaup.org
@aftutah.bsky.social
Read the KUER story here: www.kuer.org/politics-gov...
#collectivebargaining
#utah
#union
@aft.org
@aaup.org
@aftutah.bsky.social
December 11, 2025 at 4:28 PM
A repeal referendum driven by a wave of union signature gathering was set to be on the 2026 ballot, but lawmakers decided to just do away with the law for now.
Read the KUER story here: www.kuer.org/politics-gov...
#collectivebargaining
#utah
#union
@aft.org
@aaup.org
@aftutah.bsky.social
Read the KUER story here: www.kuer.org/politics-gov...
#collectivebargaining
#utah
#union
@aft.org
@aaup.org
@aftutah.bsky.social
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www.highereddive.com/news/george-...
Thankful to my fellow Senators who took a stand to pass this important resolution co-authored by @aaupmason.bsky.social
Thankful to my fellow Senators who took a stand to pass this important resolution co-authored by @aaupmason.bsky.social
George Mason faculty urge leaders to reject Trump deals risking ‘institutional autonomy’
A Wednesday resolution from the faculty senate argued that the university's board and president should not put it under "continuing federal supervision.”
www.highereddive.com
December 5, 2025 at 11:11 AM
www.highereddive.com/news/george-...
Thankful to my fellow Senators who took a stand to pass this important resolution co-authored by @aaupmason.bsky.social
Thankful to my fellow Senators who took a stand to pass this important resolution co-authored by @aaupmason.bsky.social
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“There’s no doubt in my mind that’s the intent…the worst thing is that politically mandated ideas will be taught instead of scientifically accepted concepts in our disciplines, or concepts that are recognized by the disciplinary experts.”
– Andrew Martin, Texas Tech AAUP
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– Andrew Martin, Texas Tech AAUP
@texasaaup.bsky.social
At Texas Tech, Professors Now Need Permission to Teach About Race and Gender
Faculty say the policy is vague and a violation of the First Amendment.
www.chronicle.com
December 5, 2025 at 2:42 PM
“There’s no doubt in my mind that’s the intent…the worst thing is that politically mandated ideas will be taught instead of scientifically accepted concepts in our disciplines, or concepts that are recognized by the disciplinary experts.”
– Andrew Martin, Texas Tech AAUP
@texasaaup.bsky.social
– Andrew Martin, Texas Tech AAUP
@texasaaup.bsky.social
Boom! We getting in the political game.
Because if we don't fight in the political arena for the best interests of universities—which includes their students, faculty, & communities!—then these politicians will keep trying to take over our universities & dictate what we teach & research.
Because if we don't fight in the political arena for the best interests of universities—which includes their students, faculty, & communities!—then these politicians will keep trying to take over our universities & dictate what we teach & research.
That’s right and we are gonna fight for free public higher ed, and end to student debt, an end to contingent and a new compact that prioritizes academic freedom, freedom of speech, shared governance and the right to assembly & protest on campus! JOIN US!
@aaup.org
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Professors Launch PAC to Fight Back Against Trump’s Attacks
The American Association of University Professors, a union whose members are fighting policies from the Trump administration and GOP Congress, launched a PAC this week to spend in federal elections.
news.bgov.com
December 5, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Boom! We getting in the political game.
Because if we don't fight in the political arena for the best interests of universities—which includes their students, faculty, & communities!—then these politicians will keep trying to take over our universities & dictate what we teach & research.
Because if we don't fight in the political arena for the best interests of universities—which includes their students, faculty, & communities!—then these politicians will keep trying to take over our universities & dictate what we teach & research.
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“It didn’t have to unfold this way.”
Northwestern could have resisted these illegal & unconstitutional demands and sued the Trump administration, as Harvard did. Instead, they capitulated, & turned over Northwestern’s policies to federal law enforcement. Why? 🧐
@nu-aaup.bsky.social
#defendhighered
Northwestern could have resisted these illegal & unconstitutional demands and sued the Trump administration, as Harvard did. Instead, they capitulated, & turned over Northwestern’s policies to federal law enforcement. Why? 🧐
@nu-aaup.bsky.social
#defendhighered
December 3, 2025 at 9:17 PM
“It didn’t have to unfold this way.”
Northwestern could have resisted these illegal & unconstitutional demands and sued the Trump administration, as Harvard did. Instead, they capitulated, & turned over Northwestern’s policies to federal law enforcement. Why? 🧐
@nu-aaup.bsky.social
#defendhighered
Northwestern could have resisted these illegal & unconstitutional demands and sued the Trump administration, as Harvard did. Instead, they capitulated, & turned over Northwestern’s policies to federal law enforcement. Why? 🧐
@nu-aaup.bsky.social
#defendhighered
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With rising attacks on university teachers, have you checked out the toolkit the Joint Academic Freedom Committee created for members facing challenges to academic freedom on campus, in the classroom, and beyond?
Read and share with your colleagues: https://rutgersaaup.org/academic-freedom-toolkit/
Read and share with your colleagues: https://rutgersaaup.org/academic-freedom-toolkit/
December 4, 2025 at 2:33 PM
With rising attacks on university teachers, have you checked out the toolkit the Joint Academic Freedom Committee created for members facing challenges to academic freedom on campus, in the classroom, and beyond?
Read and share with your colleagues: https://rutgersaaup.org/academic-freedom-toolkit/
Read and share with your colleagues: https://rutgersaaup.org/academic-freedom-toolkit/
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Texas Tech has revived the office of censor. Faculty need pre-clearance to teach their courses. #academicfreedom @aaup.org
December 4, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Texas Tech has revived the office of censor. Faculty need pre-clearance to teach their courses. #academicfreedom @aaup.org
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"Northwestern officials proudly noted that their pact with the WH explicitly declares that the agreement doesn’t allow the gov't to dictate “the content of academic speech and research” .... But the pact itself restricts speech and research at the university. Saying otherwise won’t change that."
Opinion | The Dishonesty of the Northwestern Deal
The university claims it preserved academic autonomy. It didn’t.
www.chronicle.com
December 3, 2025 at 12:55 PM
"Northwestern officials proudly noted that their pact with the WH explicitly declares that the agreement doesn’t allow the gov't to dictate “the content of academic speech and research” .... But the pact itself restricts speech and research at the university. Saying otherwise won’t change that."
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“These publications have the First Amendment right to be free of viewpoint-based discrimination, but UA is explicitly citing their viewpoints to justify killing their publications. No federal antidiscrimination law authorizes the university to silence student media it dislikes.”
Alabama Ends Black-, Women-Focused Student Magazines
The university pointed to a July Department of Justice memo that warned against “unlawful proxies” for race or sex. It’s another example of administrators restricting student media.
www.insidehighered.com
December 4, 2025 at 5:18 PM
“These publications have the First Amendment right to be free of viewpoint-based discrimination, but UA is explicitly citing their viewpoints to justify killing their publications. No federal antidiscrimination law authorizes the university to silence student media it dislikes.”