Scholars for a New Deal for Higher Ed
@sfndhe.bsky.social
We are a group of scholars, educators, and writers in higher ed working and collaborating to demand financial accountability and total realignment of funding to make education a public good with fair tuition and fair labor.
Public higher ed for all!
Public higher ed for all!
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Tools & Resources
We created toolkits so we can all make higher education a true public good. These ready-made resources can be adapted to your institutions and campuses. If you have a proposal to create another toolkit, please let us know.
We created toolkits so we can all make higher education a true public good. These ready-made resources can be adapted to your institutions and campuses. If you have a proposal to create another toolkit, please let us know.
Get organized -- and then follow the money $$ and demand shared governance.
Don't miss out: join your fellow AAUP members to learn essential organizing skills that will strengthen your chapter in our Core Skills Training for the spring, a program part of our Organize Every Campus initiative.
Details for registering at link below 👇
Details for registering at link below 👇
Spring Core Skills Training — Organize Every Campus
AAUP will host Core Skills organizing training on Zoom in February. Register by January 20 .
www.organizeeverycampus.org
January 30, 2026 at 8:28 PM
Get organized -- and then follow the money $$ and demand shared governance.
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When we are deprived of challenge in thought, we lose the ability to challenge thought. . . . At what point is a course no longer a course, but a state-sanctioned review of material?"
Read the whole thing -- and join AAUP NC in fighting this syllabus policy.
dailytarheel.com/article/opin...
Read the whole thing -- and join AAUP NC in fighting this syllabus policy.
dailytarheel.com/article/opin...
Column: A conservative UNC System wants to deprive us of our right to learn
"At what point is a course no longer a course, but a state-sanctioned review of material?"
dailytarheel.com
January 13, 2026 at 11:28 PM
When we are deprived of challenge in thought, we lose the ability to challenge thought. . . . At what point is a course no longer a course, but a state-sanctioned review of material?"
Read the whole thing -- and join AAUP NC in fighting this syllabus policy.
dailytarheel.com/article/opin...
Read the whole thing -- and join AAUP NC in fighting this syllabus policy.
dailytarheel.com/article/opin...
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This is a huge win for higher ed! Unfortunately, many institutions complied in advance and already folded many of their DEI efforts. This is an example of why it’s so important to resist until there is no other option. Most of the programs that were terminated won’t be resurrected. What a loss.
"After a lawsuit and a defeat in court, however, the Trump administration says it is dropping the matter entirely."
Trump letter banning DEI in schools is dead after legal appeal is dropped
www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...
Trump letter banning DEI in schools is dead after legal appeal is dropped
www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...
Trump letter banning DEI in schools is dead after legal appeal is dropped
The Education Department said it would accept a federal judge’s order killing guidance issued by the Trump administration in February on civil rights law.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 29, 2026 at 8:36 PM
This is a huge win for higher ed! Unfortunately, many institutions complied in advance and already folded many of their DEI efforts. This is an example of why it’s so important to resist until there is no other option. Most of the programs that were terminated won’t be resurrected. What a loss.
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Members of the newspaper's union say they have been warned the company could cut as many as 300 jobs, although no announcement has been made. n.pr/4bLxxd1
'Washington Post' journalists plea to Bezos: Don't gut our newsroom
Members of the newspaper's union say they have been warned the company could cut as many as 300 jobs, although no announcement has been made.
n.pr
January 30, 2026 at 5:46 PM
Members of the newspaper's union say they have been warned the company could cut as many as 300 jobs, although no announcement has been made. n.pr/4bLxxd1
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There are many sound and well-researched plans from faculty and staff that address the deficit; they are being totally ignored in a flouting of the principles of shared governance. We demand the administration rescind the cuts. www.chronicle.com/article/were...
‘We’re Being DOGE-ed’: Sweeping Buyout Plan Rattles the New School’s Faculty
Leaders say cuts are necessary to close a $48-million budget hole.
www.chronicle.com
December 27, 2025 at 3:46 PM
There are many sound and well-researched plans from faculty and staff that address the deficit; they are being totally ignored in a flouting of the principles of shared governance. We demand the administration rescind the cuts. www.chronicle.com/article/were...
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Read and share AAUP-TNS's open letter to the Board. Its proposed plan of action is reasonable, generated by experts in higher education, independent fiscal analysis, and through the research of dedicated TNS faculty members. To mass lay-offs, we say NO. There is another way.
tr.ee/DOebr7qOXy
tr.ee/DOebr7qOXy
Open Letter to TNS Board of Trustees: There is Another Way
January 19, 2026 Dear Board of Trustees, We write to you as many faculty and staff have made one of the most consequential decisions of our lives—whether to “voluntarily” separate from The New Scho...
tr.ee
January 30, 2026 at 1:20 PM
Read and share AAUP-TNS's open letter to the Board. Its proposed plan of action is reasonable, generated by experts in higher education, independent fiscal analysis, and through the research of dedicated TNS faculty members. To mass lay-offs, we say NO. There is another way.
tr.ee/DOebr7qOXy
tr.ee/DOebr7qOXy
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For the countless immigrant communities affected by escalating immigration enforcement, donation drives and other forms of collective aid have been a beam of light amid the darkness of fear, brutality, and chaos. Educators have been at the forefront of this response.
Mutual Aid is an Act of Resistance and Community Support | NEA
In Minnesota and around the country, communities are banding together to provide mutual aid to neighbors suffering from harsh government policies.
www.nea.org
January 30, 2026 at 5:30 PM
For the countless immigrant communities affected by escalating immigration enforcement, donation drives and other forms of collective aid have been a beam of light amid the darkness of fear, brutality, and chaos. Educators have been at the forefront of this response.
Follow the $$.
And now when we follow the money, we will find shady allocations involving AI, particularly LLMs
And now when we follow the money, we will find shady allocations involving AI, particularly LLMs
The college at which I'm employed, which has signed a contract with the AI firm that stole books from 131 colleagues & me, paid a student to write an op-ed for the student paper promoting AI, guided the writing of it, and did not disclose this to the paper. www.thedartmouth.com/article/2026...
College approached and paid student to write op-ed in The Dartmouth
The Dartmouth ran the article on Nov. 17 without knowledge that the College had been involved.
www.thedartmouth.com
January 30, 2026 at 5:46 PM
Follow the $$.
And now when we follow the money, we will find shady allocations involving AI, particularly LLMs
And now when we follow the money, we will find shady allocations involving AI, particularly LLMs
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Our colleagues at Grand Valley State are paying attention!
2,000-year-old book too woke?
Texas A&M University is the latest school to receive criticism for perceived censorship of materials. The university has required administration to review and approve courses that “advocate race or gender ideology.” Although it may seem inconspicuous at first, this is ripe with potential for unreasonably censoring any discussion of these topics, not only those that...
lanthorn.com
January 30, 2026 at 3:31 AM
Our colleagues at Grand Valley State are paying attention!
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Thanks to everyone who came out to the Rally for Academic Freedom!
(more photos to come!)
#BTHOcensorship
(more photos to come!)
#BTHOcensorship
January 30, 2026 at 3:34 AM
Thanks to everyone who came out to the Rally for Academic Freedom!
(more photos to come!)
#BTHOcensorship
(more photos to come!)
#BTHOcensorship
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We are pleased to invite contributions to Money on the Left: History, Theory, Practice. Money on the Left publishes peer-reviewed articles about monetary arrangements, knowledges, and cultures with the aim of promoting ecosocial justice.
Call for Papers
We are pleased to invite contributions to Money on the Left: History, Theory, Practice. Money on the Left publishes peer-reviewed articles about monetary arrangements, knowledges, and cultures with…
moneyontheleft.org
January 30, 2026 at 5:17 PM
We are pleased to invite contributions to Money on the Left: History, Theory, Practice. Money on the Left publishes peer-reviewed articles about monetary arrangements, knowledges, and cultures with the aim of promoting ecosocial justice.
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@lawcha.bsky.social and @laborlawchajournal.bsky.social will jointly award a $2,000 grant for research leading to an article to a contingent/adjunct faculty, community college faculty, or independent scholar engaged in work related to working people.
@contingent-mag.bsky.social
@historians.org
@contingent-mag.bsky.social
@historians.org
www.oah.org
January 29, 2026 at 4:14 PM
@lawcha.bsky.social and @laborlawchajournal.bsky.social will jointly award a $2,000 grant for research leading to an article to a contingent/adjunct faculty, community college faculty, or independent scholar engaged in work related to working people.
@contingent-mag.bsky.social
@historians.org
@contingent-mag.bsky.social
@historians.org
Fair share taxes -- progressive taxes on income, wealth assets, capital gains, inheritance.
@fortune.com covered our Tax Fellow @bdgesq.bsky.social’s new report released this morning outlining a new model for a nationwide ultrawealth tax.
Extreme wealth = extreme power. Here’s a concrete way to rein it in. ⬇️
Extreme wealth = extreme power. Here’s a concrete way to rein it in. ⬇️
January 29, 2026 at 8:33 PM
Fair share taxes -- progressive taxes on income, wealth assets, capital gains, inheritance.
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“Teachers also should have confidence that making a comment on social media that someone doesn’t like can be a career-ending decision” #TheCTDifference
Do Teachers Have Free Speech? CT Panel Grapples With The Issue At Education Summit | CT News Junkie
State Sen. John Kissel, R-Enfield, said teachers shouldn’t have to choose between basic American freedoms and their career.
ctnewsjunkie.com
January 29, 2026 at 6:47 PM
“Teachers also should have confidence that making a comment on social media that someone doesn’t like can be a career-ending decision” #TheCTDifference
Responding to the catastrophe of climate change requires the humanities: history to understand the depth, the players, and the infrastructure; literature to make arguments for massive social change; art and media for storytelling that gets people involved rather than shutdown in denial; etc. etc.
We speak with Caroline Levine, Ryan Professor of the Humanities in the Department of Literatures in English at Cornell University, about her important book The Activist Humanist: Form and Method in the Climate Crisis.
moneyontheleft.org/2025/10/02/t...
moneyontheleft.org/2025/10/02/t...
January 29, 2026 at 8:31 PM
Responding to the catastrophe of climate change requires the humanities: history to understand the depth, the players, and the infrastructure; literature to make arguments for massive social change; art and media for storytelling that gets people involved rather than shutdown in denial; etc. etc.
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ICE doesn’t share its violent incidents with the public. So here’s our list. prospect.org/2026/01/29/i...
A Running Count of How Many People ICE Has Killed and Injured - The American Prospect
ICE is not required to report any use-of-force incidents against the public. So The American Prospect created our own running tally.
prospect.org
January 29, 2026 at 8:17 PM
ICE doesn’t share its violent incidents with the public. So here’s our list. prospect.org/2026/01/29/i...
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LAST CHANCE TO REGISTER
Do you consider to be in the Earth system science community? Are you in the early stages of your career?
Then check out our Harmony In The Skies Symposium - two days of knowledge sharing, networking, and skill development!
Learn more:
sites.google.com/ncas.ac.uk/h...
Do you consider to be in the Earth system science community? Are you in the early stages of your career?
Then check out our Harmony In The Skies Symposium - two days of knowledge sharing, networking, and skill development!
Learn more:
sites.google.com/ncas.ac.uk/h...
January 29, 2026 at 12:18 PM
LAST CHANCE TO REGISTER
Do you consider to be in the Earth system science community? Are you in the early stages of your career?
Then check out our Harmony In The Skies Symposium - two days of knowledge sharing, networking, and skill development!
Learn more:
sites.google.com/ncas.ac.uk/h...
Do you consider to be in the Earth system science community? Are you in the early stages of your career?
Then check out our Harmony In The Skies Symposium - two days of knowledge sharing, networking, and skill development!
Learn more:
sites.google.com/ncas.ac.uk/h...
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According to @ncaaup.bsky.social president Belle Boggs, the UNC Board's new academic freedom policy "is a rushed, unnecessary policy that will inhibit research and teaching, especially in disfavored subjects and in interdisciplinary approaches to learning.”
UNC System Board Advances Academic Freedom Policy, Despite Pushback
Lawyers for a faculty group said the policy would “effectively weaken the definition and historical scope of academic freedom.”
www.theassemblync.com
January 28, 2026 at 8:30 PM
According to @ncaaup.bsky.social president Belle Boggs, the UNC Board's new academic freedom policy "is a rushed, unnecessary policy that will inhibit research and teaching, especially in disfavored subjects and in interdisciplinary approaches to learning.”
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Excellent explanation of why you should care about the effort to undermine independent accreditation, from our colleagues at @higheredlabor.bsky.social
higheredlaborunited.org/2026/01/26/a...
higheredlaborunited.org/2026/01/26/a...
Accreditation as a political tool: AAUP, AFT and other unions build resistance to the Trump politicized accreditation takeover – Higher Education Labor United
higheredlaborunited.org
January 29, 2026 at 8:08 PM
Excellent explanation of why you should care about the effort to undermine independent accreditation, from our colleagues at @higheredlabor.bsky.social
higheredlaborunited.org/2026/01/26/a...
higheredlaborunited.org/2026/01/26/a...
"key component of the U.S. Department of Education’s America 250 celebrations, coordinated with the America 250 Civics Education Coalition, a national partnership with the America First Policy Institute, Turning Point USA, Hillsdale College, and more than 50 national and state orgs"
@historians.org
@historians.org
U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon To Kick Off National “History Rocks!” Tour
Today, U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon announced the U.S. Department of Education’s (the Department) History Rocks! Trail to Independence Tour.
www.ed.gov
January 29, 2026 at 2:19 PM
"key component of the U.S. Department of Education’s America 250 celebrations, coordinated with the America 250 Civics Education Coalition, a national partnership with the America First Policy Institute, Turning Point USA, Hillsdale College, and more than 50 national and state orgs"
@historians.org
@historians.org
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Higher education should be a place where everyone is welcome, supported, and safe. But that vision is under threat and we must defend it — together. The Alliance is a new coalition protecting and promoting higher ed as a pillar of democracy. Joining the movement: allianceforhighered.org
January 27, 2026 at 3:04 PM
Higher education should be a place where everyone is welcome, supported, and safe. But that vision is under threat and we must defend it — together. The Alliance is a new coalition protecting and promoting higher ed as a pillar of democracy. Joining the movement: allianceforhighered.org
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In this #NoJargon episode, Anthony Hernandez (@uwmadison.bsky.social) discusses how federal DEI funding cuts are affecting Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs), college access, and the broader civic landscape.
🎧 🎧 Listen here: scholars.org/podcast/ripp...
🎧 🎧 Listen here: scholars.org/podcast/ripp...
January 28, 2026 at 4:07 PM
In this #NoJargon episode, Anthony Hernandez (@uwmadison.bsky.social) discusses how federal DEI funding cuts are affecting Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs), college access, and the broader civic landscape.
🎧 🎧 Listen here: scholars.org/podcast/ripp...
🎧 🎧 Listen here: scholars.org/podcast/ripp...
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𝐓𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐃𝐨𝐰𝐧, 𝐎𝐧𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐆𝐨!
Three of the CUNY Fired Four have been reinstated. We celebrate this victory but will keep fighting until all four PSC members dismissed have been rehired.
Send this 𝐍𝐄𝐖 𝐋𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 to Management today!
--> psc-cuny.org/issues/reins...
Three of the CUNY Fired Four have been reinstated. We celebrate this victory but will keep fighting until all four PSC members dismissed have been rehired.
Send this 𝐍𝐄𝐖 𝐋𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 to Management today!
--> psc-cuny.org/issues/reins...
January 28, 2026 at 10:14 PM
𝐓𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐃𝐨𝐰𝐧, 𝐎𝐧𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐆𝐨!
Three of the CUNY Fired Four have been reinstated. We celebrate this victory but will keep fighting until all four PSC members dismissed have been rehired.
Send this 𝐍𝐄𝐖 𝐋𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 to Management today!
--> psc-cuny.org/issues/reins...
Three of the CUNY Fired Four have been reinstated. We celebrate this victory but will keep fighting until all four PSC members dismissed have been rehired.
Send this 𝐍𝐄𝐖 𝐋𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 to Management today!
--> psc-cuny.org/issues/reins...
We need to know the opponents, get on the offense to head off the next phases of their dismantling higher ed.
"Directing efforts to eliminate the Department of Ed and downsize the federal role in higher ed would be a major step forward."
@aaup.org
@higheredlabor.bsky.social
"Directing efforts to eliminate the Department of Ed and downsize the federal role in higher ed would be a major step forward."
@aaup.org
@higheredlabor.bsky.social
Themes for Higher Education Reform
Higher education in America is in a state of crisis.
www.heritage.org
January 29, 2026 at 2:30 AM
We need to know the opponents, get on the offense to head off the next phases of their dismantling higher ed.
"Directing efforts to eliminate the Department of Ed and downsize the federal role in higher ed would be a major step forward."
@aaup.org
@higheredlabor.bsky.social
"Directing efforts to eliminate the Department of Ed and downsize the federal role in higher ed would be a major step forward."
@aaup.org
@higheredlabor.bsky.social
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Narendra Modi and his ruling BJP have developed the textbook attack on India’s universities and centers of free thought. It offers a vital warning for other countries where higher education is in danger.
muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/a...
muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/a...
January 27, 2026 at 5:01 PM
Narendra Modi and his ruling BJP have developed the textbook attack on India’s universities and centers of free thought. It offers a vital warning for other countries where higher education is in danger.
muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/a...
muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/a...