Stanford AAUP
@stanfordaaup.bsky.social
The Stanford Chapter of the @aaup.bsky.social. Fighting to preserve academic freedom for all. All Stanford academic staff are eligible to join. Opinions our own.
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@stanfordaaup.bsky.social
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Joining the AAUP says that you’re concerned about academic freedom, and about the way that basic freedom protects your teaching and research. Join today.
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Since our chapter re-activated this spring, we've passed 160 members and we're growing quickly! All Stanford academic staff are eligible to join the Stanford AAUP chapter in resisting the current attacks on higher education in the United States.
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this moment calls for deep solidarity — a kind of collective politics faculty haven't been used to practicing. proud to stand with colleagues across stanford and across the country today.
We’ve started our Teach-In as part of the @aaup National Day of Action with @palumboliu.bsky.social talking about the implications of institutional neutrality in this moment. If we don’t engage with topics such as immigration, freedom of speech, etc, we are letting our whole community down.
November 7, 2025 at 9:31 PM
this moment calls for deep solidarity — a kind of collective politics faculty haven't been used to practicing. proud to stand with colleagues across stanford and across the country today.
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Spotted at our @stanfordaaup.bsky.social teach-in today!
November 7, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Spotted at our @stanfordaaup.bsky.social teach-in today!
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Stanford Teach-In: A thread... 👇🏼🧵 #DefendHigherEd
We’ve started our Teach-In as part of the @aaup National Day of Action with @palumboliu.bsky.social talking about the implications of institutional neutrality in this moment. If we don’t engage with topics such as immigration, freedom of speech, etc, we are letting our whole community down.
November 7, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Stanford Teach-In: A thread... 👇🏼🧵 #DefendHigherEd
Thread from one of our members on what federal funding changes have done to science—this was a sobering part of our teach-in today
As I mentioned at my talk today for the @stanfordaaup.bsky.social teach-in, over 4,500 federal grants have been terminated at over 600 institutions. Those grants are valued at~$8B, with ~$3.5B being stolen from universities when those grants were terminated. The type of grants terminated varies +
November 7, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Thread from one of our members on what federal funding changes have done to science—this was a sobering part of our teach-in today
We’ve started our Teach-In as part of the @aaup National Day of Action with @palumboliu.bsky.social talking about the implications of institutional neutrality in this moment. If we don’t engage with topics such as immigration, freedom of speech, etc, we are letting our whole community down.
November 7, 2025 at 8:16 PM
We’ve started our Teach-In as part of the @aaup National Day of Action with @palumboliu.bsky.social talking about the implications of institutional neutrality in this moment. If we don’t engage with topics such as immigration, freedom of speech, etc, we are letting our whole community down.
Reminder! This is happening today! Hope to see you there
Hope the folks in our Stanford community can join us for a teach-in this coming Friday as part of the @aaup.org National Day of Action for Higher Ed! 12-1pm at White Plaza. Please share!
November 7, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Reminder! This is happening today! Hope to see you there
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DEFEND HIGHER ED STARTER PACK!
We are building a movement to defend US higher education & have created a starter pack of AAUP chapter & ally accounts to follow. Please Share!
(This list is not exhaustive. If you have suggestions, please shoot us a DM!)
#DefendHighEd
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go.bsky.app/3YidJ7k
DEFEND HIGHER ED STARTER PACK!
We are building a movement to defend US higher education & have created a starter pack of AAUP chapter & ally accounts to follow. Please Share!
(This list is not exhaustive. If you have suggestions, please shoot us a DM!)
#DefendHighEd
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go.bsky.app/3YidJ7k
October 23, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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DEFEND HIGHER ED STARTER PACK!
We are building a movement to defend US higher education & have created a starter pack of AAUP chapter & ally accounts to follow. Please Share!
(This list is not exhaustive. If you have suggestions, please shoot us a DM!)
#DefendHighEd
⬇️⬇️⬇️
go.bsky.app/3YidJ7k
DEFEND HIGHER ED STARTER PACK!
We are building a movement to defend US higher education & have created a starter pack of AAUP chapter & ally accounts to follow. Please Share!
(This list is not exhaustive. If you have suggestions, please shoot us a DM!)
#DefendHighEd
⬇️⬇️⬇️
go.bsky.app/3YidJ7k
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Hope the folks in our Stanford community can join us for a teach-in this coming Friday as part of the @aaup.org National Day of Action for Higher Ed! 12-1pm at White Plaza. Please share!
November 6, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Hope the folks in our Stanford community can join us for a teach-in this coming Friday as part of the @aaup.org National Day of Action for Higher Ed! 12-1pm at White Plaza. Please share!
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My wife teaches at a CSU and got her first papers this week for her Native American history class. Paper based on a widely-available online source. About half the papers had the exact same argument. Prose was different, but argument was the exact same.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/26/t...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/26/t...
Big Tech Makes Cal State Its A.I. Training Ground
www.nytimes.com
November 1, 2025 at 6:55 PM
My wife teaches at a CSU and got her first papers this week for her Native American history class. Paper based on a widely-available online source. About half the papers had the exact same argument. Prose was different, but argument was the exact same.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/26/t...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/26/t...
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Perhaps a new phase in anti-academia actions
A device exploded inside the Goldenson Building in Harvard’s Longwood medical campus early Saturday morning, according to a message from the Harvard University Police Department to University affiliates.
Matan H. Josephy and Laurel M. Shugart report.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
Matan H. Josephy and Laurel M. Shugart report.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
Authorities Investigating Explosion on Harvard’s Medical Campus, Believed To Be Intentional | News | The Harvard Crimson
A device exploded inside the Goldenson Building in Harvard’s Longwood medical campus early Saturday morning, according to a message from the Harvard University Police Department to University…
www.thecrimson.com
November 2, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Perhaps a new phase in anti-academia actions
The research that led to these is the sort of basic research that the Trump administration is cutting, robbing future generations of scientific, technological, and health innovations.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
7 basic science discoveries that changed the world
Ozempic, MRI machines and flat screen televisions all emerged out of fundamental research decades earlier — the very types of study being slashed by the US government.
www.nature.com
November 2, 2025 at 1:59 AM
The research that led to these is the sort of basic research that the Trump administration is cutting, robbing future generations of scientific, technological, and health innovations.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Important thread by former Science EiC, Jeremy Berg.
A follow-up to yesterday's email to Director Bhattacharya...
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October 22, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Important thread by former Science EiC, Jeremy Berg.
As we’ve said before, no university should sign on to this compact, certainly not our own. @gjmartin.bsky.social and other Stanford AAUP colleagues explain why in this editorial👇
From the Community | We must refuse the 'Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education'
Associate professor Greg Martin writes on behalf of the Stanford's AAUP chapter to condemn the White House's compact on higher education.
stanforddaily.com
October 14, 2025 at 12:31 AM
As we’ve said before, no university should sign on to this compact, certainly not our own. @gjmartin.bsky.social and other Stanford AAUP colleagues explain why in this editorial👇
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This @stanfordaaup.bsky.social is so necessary in this moment of attack on higher ed: "This compact is better understood as an attempt to subordinate some of the country’s most important civil society institutions to the executive branch of the federal government." stanforddaily.com/2025/10/12/f...
October 13, 2025 at 5:09 PM
This @stanfordaaup.bsky.social is so necessary in this moment of attack on higher ed: "This compact is better understood as an attempt to subordinate some of the country’s most important civil society institutions to the executive branch of the federal government." stanforddaily.com/2025/10/12/f...
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Agree 100% @stanfordaaup.bsky.social!
“When it inevitably comes time for Stanford to choose, we must remember that we owe our loyalty not to any executive branch official but to our own foundational principles. We must be ready, when it’s our turn, to walk away.”
stanforddaily.com/2025/10/12/f...
“When it inevitably comes time for Stanford to choose, we must remember that we owe our loyalty not to any executive branch official but to our own foundational principles. We must be ready, when it’s our turn, to walk away.”
stanforddaily.com/2025/10/12/f...
From the Community | We must refuse the 'Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education'
Associate professor Greg Martin writes on behalf of the Stanford's AAUP chapter to condemn the White House's compact on higher education.
stanforddaily.com
October 13, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Agree 100% @stanfordaaup.bsky.social!
“When it inevitably comes time for Stanford to choose, we must remember that we owe our loyalty not to any executive branch official but to our own foundational principles. We must be ready, when it’s our turn, to walk away.”
stanforddaily.com/2025/10/12/f...
“When it inevitably comes time for Stanford to choose, we must remember that we owe our loyalty not to any executive branch official but to our own foundational principles. We must be ready, when it’s our turn, to walk away.”
stanforddaily.com/2025/10/12/f...
“When it inevitably comes time for Stanford to choose, we must remember that we owe our loyalty not to any executive branch official but to our own foundational principles.
We must be ready, when it’s our turn, to walk away.”
We must be ready, when it’s our turn, to walk away.”
From @gjmartin.bsky.social (writing for @stanfordaaup.bsky.social) laying out why no university should sign Tr*mp’s “Compact” stanforddaily.com/2025/10/12/f...
From the Community | We must refuse the 'Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education'
Associate professor Greg Martin writes on behalf of the Stanford's AAUP chapter to condemn the White House's compact on higher education.
stanforddaily.com
October 14, 2025 at 12:29 AM
“When it inevitably comes time for Stanford to choose, we must remember that we owe our loyalty not to any executive branch official but to our own foundational principles.
We must be ready, when it’s our turn, to walk away.”
We must be ready, when it’s our turn, to walk away.”
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From @gjmartin.bsky.social (writing for @stanfordaaup.bsky.social) laying out why no university should sign Tr*mp’s “Compact” stanforddaily.com/2025/10/12/f...
From the Community | We must refuse the 'Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education'
Associate professor Greg Martin writes on behalf of the Stanford's AAUP chapter to condemn the White House's compact on higher education.
stanforddaily.com
October 13, 2025 at 2:58 PM
From @gjmartin.bsky.social (writing for @stanfordaaup.bsky.social) laying out why no university should sign Tr*mp’s “Compact” stanforddaily.com/2025/10/12/f...
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It will take a generation to rebuild the United States federal government after this demolition ends, supposing that good faith elections happen again and normal humans are elected.
The plan for NSF is to demote its director to an advisory role to what a former senior figure compared to a Soviet political commissar.
Also, greatly reduce the role of rotators from academic departments to consolidate administration power.
This is a disaster for science and innovation.
Also, greatly reduce the role of rotators from academic departments to consolidate administration power.
This is a disaster for science and innovation.
Under Trump, NSF faces worst crisis in its 75-year history
Political directives have undermined agency's independence and record of supporting the best basic research
www.science.org
September 20, 2025 at 10:09 PM
It will take a generation to rebuild the United States federal government after this demolition ends, supposing that good faith elections happen again and normal humans are elected.
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Calling for solidarity against "the compact for academic excellence in higher education" ‼️
@stanfordaaup.bsky.social
@stanforddaily.com.web.brid.gy
@aaup.org
#SaveHigherEd
stanforddaily.com/2025/10/12/f...
@stanfordaaup.bsky.social
@stanforddaily.com.web.brid.gy
@aaup.org
#SaveHigherEd
stanforddaily.com/2025/10/12/f...
From the Community | We must refuse the 'Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education'
Associate professor Greg Martin writes on behalf of the Stanford's AAUP chapter to condemn the White House's compact on higher education.
stanforddaily.com
October 13, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Calling for solidarity against "the compact for academic excellence in higher education" ‼️
@stanfordaaup.bsky.social
@stanforddaily.com.web.brid.gy
@aaup.org
#SaveHigherEd
stanforddaily.com/2025/10/12/f...
@stanfordaaup.bsky.social
@stanforddaily.com.web.brid.gy
@aaup.org
#SaveHigherEd
stanforddaily.com/2025/10/12/f...
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Most of this laundry list of "overwhelming evidence" is tendentious. Let's go through them.
1) A big driver of high costs at public universities has been a decrease in state appropriations. Many public schools have been forced to act on a public/private model as a result..../1
1) A big driver of high costs at public universities has been a decrease in state appropriations. Many public schools have been forced to act on a public/private model as a result..../1
October 10, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Most of this laundry list of "overwhelming evidence" is tendentious. Let's go through them.
1) A big driver of high costs at public universities has been a decrease in state appropriations. Many public schools have been forced to act on a public/private model as a result..../1
1) A big driver of high costs at public universities has been a decrease in state appropriations. Many public schools have been forced to act on a public/private model as a result..../1
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I talked to Bill Nye — yes, former “science guy” — about President Trump’s proposed cuts to NASA funding and what they would mean.
October 7, 2025 at 9:05 PM
I talked to Bill Nye — yes, former “science guy” — about President Trump’s proposed cuts to NASA funding and what they would mean.
No university should sign on to this compact
Faculty show support for USC to reject the federal government’s "Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education"... the USC @aaup.org chapter sent a petition rallying for USC to reject the compact
www.uscannenbergmedia.com/2025/10/06/r...
www.uscannenbergmedia.com/2025/10/06/r...
‘Reject the Compact’ petition urges USC not to sign Trump’s contract
Faculty show support for USC to reject the federal government’s Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education.
www.uscannenbergmedia.com
October 7, 2025 at 10:32 PM
No university should sign on to this compact
The erasure of due process harms all of us. It doesn’t matter if you’re here legally or are a citizen if you have no opportunity to prove it. In addition, *no one* should be assaulted for a civil violation.
The scenes out of Chicago should outrage us all. These federal agents are out of control, committing senseless acts of violence & putting everyone at risk.
American citizens are being detained & brutalized.
This kind of immigration "enforcement" shouldn't be acceptable to anyone.
American citizens are being detained & brutalized.
This kind of immigration "enforcement" shouldn't be acceptable to anyone.
Immigration agents become increasingly aggressive in Chicago
Activists, residents and elected leaders say increasingly combative tactics used by federal immigration agents are sparking violence and fueling neighborhood tensions in the nation’s third-largest cit...
www.pbs.org
October 7, 2025 at 10:30 PM
The erasure of due process harms all of us. It doesn’t matter if you’re here legally or are a citizen if you have no opportunity to prove it. In addition, *no one* should be assaulted for a civil violation.
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Election Day is just four weeks away, on November 4. Our Know Your Rights guide to voting in California, available in English and Spanish, has key information including WHO can vote, HOW to register to vote, WHEN and WHERE you can cast your ballot, and tips on being an informed voter.
Know Your Rights: Your Voice, Your Vote – Voting in California | ACLU of Northern CA
www.aclunc.org
October 7, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Election Day is just four weeks away, on November 4. Our Know Your Rights guide to voting in California, available in English and Spanish, has key information including WHO can vote, HOW to register to vote, WHEN and WHERE you can cast your ballot, and tips on being an informed voter.