North Carolina Conference of the AAUP
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We are an association of all AAUP members in North Carolina #highered. Join us as we advocate for all faculty and instructors through the state. Become involved in a local chapter or start one! https://www.aaupnc.org/
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Duke Energy, Once Outspoken on Diversity and the Environment, Now Whispers www.theassemblync.com/news/busines...
Duke Energy, Once Outspoken on Diversity and the Environment, Now Whispers
North Carolina’s largest utility once promoted DEI efforts and environmental progress. Now evidence of the effort is harder to find.
www.theassemblync.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Duke Energy, Once Outspoken on Diversity and the Environment, Now Whispers www.theassemblync.com/news/busines...
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“ A scholarship at UC San Diego — created to honor victims of Klan violence & help Black students — was forced open to white applicants after a legal challenge…A program meant to repair racial terror…has to include descendants of those who were never targets of it.”
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Opinion | Flipping fairness: California's "colorblind" laws fail Black students
A scholarship meant to repair racial terror now must include descendants of those who were never targets of it. But is it, and programs like it, truly discriminatory?
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November 10, 2025 at 6:29 PM
“ A scholarship at UC San Diego — created to honor victims of Klan violence & help Black students — was forced open to white applicants after a legal challenge…A program meant to repair racial terror…has to include descendants of those who were never targets of it.”
calmatters.org/commentary/2...
calmatters.org/commentary/2...
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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.”
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"Faculty, students, and community members at Indiana University hold a press conference to call on IU leadership to reject the Trump Compact for Academic Excellence and to stop what speakers describe as “over-compliance” with political pressure." youtu.be/At3T3YNyXW8?...
IU AAUP Press Conference on SEA 202, Academic Freedom, and the Case of Jessica Adams (Nov. 7, 2025)
YouTube video by The Bloomingtonian
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November 9, 2025 at 8:40 PM
"Faculty, students, and community members at Indiana University hold a press conference to call on IU leadership to reject the Trump Compact for Academic Excellence and to stop what speakers describe as “over-compliance” with political pressure." youtu.be/At3T3YNyXW8?...
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The ICE raids in Chicago harm students’ ability to learn and the faculty’s ability to teach at Hispanic-serving institutions like the University of Illinois - Chicago.
Aaron Krall, President of University of Illinois Chicago Faculty United, discusses this & more in our recent AAUP TV episode.
Aaron Krall, President of University of Illinois Chicago Faculty United, discusses this & more in our recent AAUP TV episode.
November 9, 2025 at 5:54 PM
The ICE raids in Chicago harm students’ ability to learn and the faculty’s ability to teach at Hispanic-serving institutions like the University of Illinois - Chicago.
Aaron Krall, President of University of Illinois Chicago Faculty United, discusses this & more in our recent AAUP TV episode.
Aaron Krall, President of University of Illinois Chicago Faculty United, discusses this & more in our recent AAUP TV episode.
US public higher ed is now the target of Structural Adjustment Programs little different from those previously imposed by World Bank consultants on the countries of the Global South.
"Outsourcing our flagship state university’s future to drop-in budget consultants is not the way forward" -- Jeffrey Dudas, President of UConn AAUP @uconnaaup.bsky.social
Opinion: UConn's administration should consult its own experts
Genuine collaboration and shared governance - not outside consultants - should guide the decisions of a major university.
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November 9, 2025 at 4:57 PM
US public higher ed is now the target of Structural Adjustment Programs little different from those previously imposed by World Bank consultants on the countries of the Global South.
ACLU warns of growing censorship on UNC system campuses, with particular reference to NC State and Chapel Hill. Note how "institutional neutrality" actually suppresses viewpoints! @aaup.org #highered www.dailytarheel.com/article/opin...
Guest essay: As censorship rises, we urge university leaders to protect free speech
"On Oct. 23, we sent an open letter to leaders of all of North Carolina’s public colleges and universities urging them to reverse policies that undermine constitutionally protected rights to freedom o...
www.dailytarheel.com
November 9, 2025 at 4:28 PM
ACLU warns of growing censorship on UNC system campuses, with particular reference to NC State and Chapel Hill. Note how "institutional neutrality" actually suppresses viewpoints! @aaup.org #highered www.dailytarheel.com/article/opin...
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Student and faculty pressure compelled UNC and Chancellor Roberts to reject Trump's Compact
Good. Now let's keep their feet to the fire. @unc-ch-aaup.bsky.social @aaup.org #highered www.wral.com/news/educati...
Chancellor says UNC won’t sign Trump’s higher education compact ‘as written’
A few dozen people gathered at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill campus to protest the Trump administration's proposed "Compact for Academic Excellence." Chancellor Lee Roberts said the ...
www.wral.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Student and faculty pressure compelled UNC and Chancellor Roberts to reject Trump's Compact
"No system academic course will teach race or gender ideology..." -- Make them scrutinize their business and econ courses, or their comp sci courses, for what they teach about race and gender. Oh but that's not what they mean, is it?
🚨🚨 Texas A&M Board of Regents is meeting next week and set to approve a new policy requiring pre-approval of courses on race and gender. This is a blatant violation of academic freedom.
November 8, 2025 at 11:09 PM
"No system academic course will teach race or gender ideology..." -- Make them scrutinize their business and econ courses, or their comp sci courses, for what they teach about race and gender. Oh but that's not what they mean, is it?
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🚨🚨 Texas A&M Board of Regents is meeting next week and set to approve a new policy requiring pre-approval of courses on race and gender. This is a blatant violation of academic freedom.
November 8, 2025 at 8:06 PM
🚨🚨 Texas A&M Board of Regents is meeting next week and set to approve a new policy requiring pre-approval of courses on race and gender. This is a blatant violation of academic freedom.
Good. Now let's keep their feet to the fire. @unc-ch-aaup.bsky.social @aaup.org #highered www.wral.com/news/educati...
Chancellor says UNC won’t sign Trump’s higher education compact ‘as written’
A few dozen people gathered at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill campus to protest the Trump administration's proposed "Compact for Academic Excellence." Chancellor Lee Roberts said the ...
www.wral.com
November 8, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Good. Now let's keep their feet to the fire. @unc-ch-aaup.bsky.social @aaup.org #highered www.wral.com/news/educati...
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The Cornell AAUP chapter has consistently stated that any deal with the Trump administration would be strategically unwise and a betrayal of Cornell’s principles. This remains the case. At best, we can say that this deal could have been worse.
Read our full statement here:
Read our full statement here:
Statement on Cornell’s agreement with federal government
The Cornell AAUP chapter has consistently stated that any deal with the Trump administration would be strategically unwise and a betrayal of Cornell’s principles. This remains the case. We ar…
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November 7, 2025 at 11:24 PM
The Cornell AAUP chapter has consistently stated that any deal with the Trump administration would be strategically unwise and a betrayal of Cornell’s principles. This remains the case. At best, we can say that this deal could have been worse.
Read our full statement here:
Read our full statement here:
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A lecturer in the Indiana University School of Social Work has been removed from teaching one of her classes — “Diversity, Human Rights, and Social Justice” — while the university investigates a complaint by a student against material she presented. @weiss-a-woni.bsky.social
IU lecturer removed from class during intellectual diversity investigation
School of Social Work lecturer Jessica Adams said a student submitted the complaint to the office of U.S. Senator Jim Banks over a graphic she used in her class. Adams said Banks’ office then contacte...
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November 7, 2025 at 10:30 PM
A lecturer in the Indiana University School of Social Work has been removed from teaching one of her classes — “Diversity, Human Rights, and Social Justice” — while the university investigates a complaint by a student against material she presented. @weiss-a-woni.bsky.social
Hey @theassemblync.bsky.social are you going to ask Lee Roberts any tough questions or take questions from the audience at your 11/17 event? Or will this be a credulous pep rally like your recent Peter Hans event? @koriedean.bsky.social @unc-ch-aaup.bsky.social
www.eventbrite.com/e/a-conversa...
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A Conversation With UNC Chapel Hill Chancellor Lee Roberts
Join us for a discussion and interview on the future of Carolina and growth and change in higher education
www.eventbrite.com
November 8, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Hey @theassemblync.bsky.social are you going to ask Lee Roberts any tough questions or take questions from the audience at your 11/17 event? Or will this be a credulous pep rally like your recent Peter Hans event? @koriedean.bsky.social @unc-ch-aaup.bsky.social
www.eventbrite.com/e/a-conversa...
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Don't ignore the fact that they announced this capitulation on 11/7, the National Day of Action for Higher Education. @aaup.org @cornellaaup.bsky.social #highered
Cornell agreed to pay $30m, hand over admissions data with demographic breakdowns, produce annual "campus climate" surveys to check on antisemitism and changes "since October of 2023," and—here's the dumbest part they agreed to—that the govt can open new investigations whenever it wants.
Appeasers.
Appeasers.
Cornell has reached an agreement with the federal government to restore our funding:
statements.cornell.edu/2025/2025110...
statements.cornell.edu/2025/2025110...
November 7, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Don't ignore the fact that they announced this capitulation on 11/7, the National Day of Action for Higher Education. @aaup.org @cornellaaup.bsky.social #highered
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Higher education workers are out here in NYC at billionaire Marc Rowan's office to say: Hands Off Higher Education!
Rowan is an architect of Trump's loyalty oath compact & the assault on higher ed today.
The university belongs to the students, faculty & staff—not to the billionaires!
@aft.org
Rowan is an architect of Trump's loyalty oath compact & the assault on higher ed today.
The university belongs to the students, faculty & staff—not to the billionaires!
@aft.org
We need teachers, we need books, we need the money the billionaires took! Come out NYC!
November 7, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Higher education workers are out here in NYC at billionaire Marc Rowan's office to say: Hands Off Higher Education!
Rowan is an architect of Trump's loyalty oath compact & the assault on higher ed today.
The university belongs to the students, faculty & staff—not to the billionaires!
@aft.org
Rowan is an architect of Trump's loyalty oath compact & the assault on higher ed today.
The university belongs to the students, faculty & staff—not to the billionaires!
@aft.org
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As a Cornell alum, this is beyond disappointing. Not just morally but strategically - have they not learned capitulation won't protect us?
Breaking News: Cornell University reached an agreement with the Trump administration that would restore hundreds of millions in funding to the university. It's expected to pay a $30 million fine to the government and to invest $30 million in agriculture and farming programs.
Cornell Reaches Deal with Trump Administration to Restore Research Funds
The Ivy League university had warned of layoffs after the Trump administration stripped it of funds this year. The cuts were among the deepest in higher education.
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November 7, 2025 at 5:43 PM
As a Cornell alum, this is beyond disappointing. Not just morally but strategically - have they not learned capitulation won't protect us?
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If the Trump admin had evidence that Cornell systemically discriminated against Jewish students in violation of Title VI, it wouldn't let the university off the hook for a $30m investment in research about AI, robotics, and farming. /1
November 7, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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Useful analysis, though we think Cornell should have told the Trump administration to chew cud
The incredible shrinking attack on U.S. universities continues.
Cornell has signed an agreement—but unlike the UVA agreement, instead of pledging to follow the gov't's highly questionable July "guidance" on discrimination, Cornell simply agrees to hand it out to faculty as a "training resource"!
Cornell has signed an agreement—but unlike the UVA agreement, instead of pledging to follow the gov't's highly questionable July "guidance" on discrimination, Cornell simply agrees to hand it out to faculty as a "training resource"!
November 7, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Useful analysis, though we think Cornell should have told the Trump administration to chew cud
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Trump and Marc Rowan’s loyalty oath compact is 🗑️!!
Out with billionaires & authoritarians in higher ed!
Our universities belong to the students & higher ed workers!
@aft.org
@higheredlabor.bsky.social
@aaupcu.bsky.social
@debtcollective.bsky.social
@psc-cuny.org
@sunrisemvmt.bsky.social
Out with billionaires & authoritarians in higher ed!
Our universities belong to the students & higher ed workers!
@aft.org
@higheredlabor.bsky.social
@aaupcu.bsky.social
@debtcollective.bsky.social
@psc-cuny.org
@sunrisemvmt.bsky.social
November 7, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Trump and Marc Rowan’s loyalty oath compact is 🗑️!!
Out with billionaires & authoritarians in higher ed!
Our universities belong to the students & higher ed workers!
@aft.org
@higheredlabor.bsky.social
@aaupcu.bsky.social
@debtcollective.bsky.social
@psc-cuny.org
@sunrisemvmt.bsky.social
Out with billionaires & authoritarians in higher ed!
Our universities belong to the students & higher ed workers!
@aft.org
@higheredlabor.bsky.social
@aaupcu.bsky.social
@debtcollective.bsky.social
@psc-cuny.org
@sunrisemvmt.bsky.social
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University of Oklahoma AAUP pushes back against Trump admin "unconstitutionally vague" attempts to censor research on race.
#academicfreedom
#academicfreedom
November 7, 2025 at 1:41 AM
University of Oklahoma AAUP pushes back against Trump admin "unconstitutionally vague" attempts to censor research on race.
#academicfreedom
#academicfreedom
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TOMORROW: Join AFT & @aaup.org for a higher ed day of action to push back against Trump’s attacks. Students, faculty & staff are rallying on campuses across the country to stand up for higher ed as a democratic, accessible & transformative public good.
Find an event ⬇️
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November 6, 2025 at 5:33 PM
TOMORROW: Join AFT & @aaup.org for a higher ed day of action to push back against Trump’s attacks. Students, faculty & staff are rallying on campuses across the country to stand up for higher ed as a democratic, accessible & transformative public good.
Find an event ⬇️
www.studentsriseup.org/map
Find an event ⬇️
www.studentsriseup.org/map
This is why DeSantis wants CPHE as the new accrediting agency: to create a safe space for his ideological vandalism while guaranteeing that federal funds continue to support his screwing over of the people of Florida. Do we want this for North Carolina? Hell no! @aaup.org #highered
"[DeSantis] is ignorant of the system, and he’s just peddling a bunch of nativism and stereotypes onto what he thinks is happening at the universities.”
- Dr. Robert Cassanello, UFF President
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- Dr. Robert Cassanello, UFF President
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Florida faculty say DeSantis’ attack on H-1B visa holders threatens university mission
Faculty and labor leaders say the governor’s rhetoric targets legally authorized workers and promotes xenophobia
prismreports.org
November 7, 2025 at 1:04 AM
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"[DeSantis] is ignorant of the system, and he’s just peddling a bunch of nativism and stereotypes onto what he thinks is happening at the universities.”
- Dr. Robert Cassanello, UFF President
prismreports.org/2025/11/06/f...
- Dr. Robert Cassanello, UFF President
prismreports.org/2025/11/06/f...
Florida faculty say DeSantis’ attack on H-1B visa holders threatens university mission
Faculty and labor leaders say the governor’s rhetoric targets legally authorized workers and promotes xenophobia
prismreports.org
November 6, 2025 at 10:30 PM
"[DeSantis] is ignorant of the system, and he’s just peddling a bunch of nativism and stereotypes onto what he thinks is happening at the universities.”
- Dr. Robert Cassanello, UFF President
prismreports.org/2025/11/06/f...
- Dr. Robert Cassanello, UFF President
prismreports.org/2025/11/06/f...