University of Denver Chapter of the AAUP
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Founded in the 1940s. Proud to be the largest chapter of the American Association of University Professors in Colorado, and still growing! Learn more: https://sites.google.com/view/duaaup/home
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Chapter meeting days/times for remainder of the 2025-2026. Membership will receive room locations and zoom links in advance 🤓
See you in these (academic) streets 💪
See you in these (academic) streets 💪
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Our legal victory in AAUP v. Trump ensures that the Trump administration cannot use civil rights laws to pull federal research funds from universities, which undermines our 1st and 10th amendment rights.
AAUP General Counsel Veena Dubal explains why this is a major victory for higher ed workers.
AAUP General Counsel Veena Dubal explains why this is a major victory for higher ed workers.
November 22, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Our legal victory in AAUP v. Trump ensures that the Trump administration cannot use civil rights laws to pull federal research funds from universities, which undermines our 1st and 10th amendment rights.
AAUP General Counsel Veena Dubal explains why this is a major victory for higher ed workers.
AAUP General Counsel Veena Dubal explains why this is a major victory for higher ed workers.
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“We were hopeful that the UC system would defend itself legally,” says Veena Dubal, general counsel to the AAUP.
After UCLA published the administration’s 27-page list of demands in August, she says, the AAUP decided it couldn’t wait any longer:
“We couldn’t not sue, they were so outrageous.”
After UCLA published the administration’s 27-page list of demands in August, she says, the AAUP decided it couldn’t wait any longer:
“We couldn’t not sue, they were so outrageous.”
Commentary: The UC faculty just won a big court victory over Trump. But why didn't UC join their lawsuit?
The UC faculty went to court to fight Trump's funding cutoffs and won. Why has the university system tried to negotiate instead?
www.latimes.com
November 21, 2025 at 8:16 PM
“We were hopeful that the UC system would defend itself legally,” says Veena Dubal, general counsel to the AAUP.
After UCLA published the administration’s 27-page list of demands in August, she says, the AAUP decided it couldn’t wait any longer:
“We couldn’t not sue, they were so outrageous.”
After UCLA published the administration’s 27-page list of demands in August, she says, the AAUP decided it couldn’t wait any longer:
“We couldn’t not sue, they were so outrageous.”
Chapter meeting days/times for remainder of the 2025-2026. Membership will receive room locations and zoom links in advance 🤓
See you in these (academic) streets 💪
See you in these (academic) streets 💪
November 22, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Chapter meeting days/times for remainder of the 2025-2026. Membership will receive room locations and zoom links in advance 🤓
See you in these (academic) streets 💪
See you in these (academic) streets 💪
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The Department of Education wants to limit what degrees count as “professional”, impacting people’s ability to access loans.
Unsurprisingly, it’s women dominated professions being targeted.
It’s also a disability rights issue as they’re targeting paramedical programs. NPs, PTs, SLPs & social work
Unsurprisingly, it’s women dominated professions being targeted.
It’s also a disability rights issue as they’re targeting paramedical programs. NPs, PTs, SLPs & social work
November 19, 2025 at 8:55 PM
The Department of Education wants to limit what degrees count as “professional”, impacting people’s ability to access loans.
Unsurprisingly, it’s women dominated professions being targeted.
It’s also a disability rights issue as they’re targeting paramedical programs. NPs, PTs, SLPs & social work
Unsurprisingly, it’s women dominated professions being targeted.
It’s also a disability rights issue as they’re targeting paramedical programs. NPs, PTs, SLPs & social work
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ICYMI Dept of Education will no longer considers these professional degrees:
Nursing
Public health
Social work
Physician assistant
Occupational therapy
Physical therapy
Audiology
Speech-language pathology
Social work
Counseling & therapy
Health Admin
A smaller health workforce makes us all sicker
Nursing
Public health
Social work
Physician assistant
Occupational therapy
Physical therapy
Audiology
Speech-language pathology
Social work
Counseling & therapy
Health Admin
A smaller health workforce makes us all sicker
November 21, 2025 at 11:14 PM
ICYMI Dept of Education will no longer considers these professional degrees:
Nursing
Public health
Social work
Physician assistant
Occupational therapy
Physical therapy
Audiology
Speech-language pathology
Social work
Counseling & therapy
Health Admin
A smaller health workforce makes us all sicker
Nursing
Public health
Social work
Physician assistant
Occupational therapy
Physical therapy
Audiology
Speech-language pathology
Social work
Counseling & therapy
Health Admin
A smaller health workforce makes us all sicker
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NEWS: Libraries WIN in federal court!
A judge in RI issued a permanent injunction stopping the Administration from dismantling the Institute of Museum & Library Services and nullifying all actions taken to do so.
Read the ruling: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... (More to come from ALA)
A judge in RI issued a permanent injunction stopping the Administration from dismantling the Institute of Museum & Library Services and nullifying all actions taken to do so.
Read the ruling: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... (More to come from ALA)
November 21, 2025 at 8:08 PM
NEWS: Libraries WIN in federal court!
A judge in RI issued a permanent injunction stopping the Administration from dismantling the Institute of Museum & Library Services and nullifying all actions taken to do so.
Read the ruling: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... (More to come from ALA)
A judge in RI issued a permanent injunction stopping the Administration from dismantling the Institute of Museum & Library Services and nullifying all actions taken to do so.
Read the ruling: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... (More to come from ALA)
This has more of an impact on public libraries than academic but one of the amazing things about libraries is that because of services like interlibrary loans, consortial bargaining for large databases, etc. the success of all kinds of libraries is intertwined. 🥰
I'm going to get something up Monday but in the mean time, y'all, IMLS got a *massive* win today.
The judge in the case between 21 states and the administration blocked further dismantling of the IMLS by Trump. It'll be appealed, but we've gotta take the Ws.
www.wordsandmoney.com/in-a-major-v...
The judge in the case between 21 states and the administration blocked further dismantling of the IMLS by Trump. It'll be appealed, but we've gotta take the Ws.
www.wordsandmoney.com/in-a-major-v...
In a Major Victory, Rhode Island Judge Permanently Blocks Trump's Bid to Shutter the IMLS
In a November 21 summary judgment ruling, judge John J. McConnell held that the Trump Administration’s efforts to dismantle the IMLS and several other federal agencies via executive order was both ill...
www.wordsandmoney.com
November 22, 2025 at 11:03 PM
This has more of an impact on public libraries than academic but one of the amazing things about libraries is that because of services like interlibrary loans, consortial bargaining for large databases, etc. the success of all kinds of libraries is intertwined. 🥰
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Morning! I did a lil analysis and turns out that, when ED employees are illegally fired and contracts are canceled, ED is unable to fulfill its congressional mandate to publish national statistics on the condition of education.
Why does that matter? Well...
www.brookings.edu/articles/the...
Why does that matter? Well...
www.brookings.edu/articles/the...
June 26, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Morning! I did a lil analysis and turns out that, when ED employees are illegally fired and contracts are canceled, ED is unable to fulfill its congressional mandate to publish national statistics on the condition of education.
Why does that matter? Well...
www.brookings.edu/articles/the...
Why does that matter? Well...
www.brookings.edu/articles/the...
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Still think this is one of the most impactful wins from the elections this year.
"From Texas to Pennsylvania to Ohio, Democrat-backed candidates ran successful campaigns in some of the nation’s largest school systems. The trend was enabled by voters’ increasing weariness with the culture wars that helped MAGA..."
politi.co/3JXnWnP
politi.co/3JXnWnP
In culture war backlash, Democrats sweep school boards
The party recruited and invested in school board races to oust Republicans. It worked.
politi.co
November 22, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Still think this is one of the most impactful wins from the elections this year.
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the Harvard Crimson called Epstein a “child sex offender” while the Chronicle of Higher Ed called him a “disgraced financier” and that pretty much sums up where we are with higher ed journalism
November 20, 2025 at 3:29 AM
the Harvard Crimson called Epstein a “child sex offender” while the Chronicle of Higher Ed called him a “disgraced financier” and that pretty much sums up where we are with higher ed journalism
👀
They threw us into a budget deficit by buying two campuses for no apparent reason (plus a fabulously expensive dead mall, not mentioned here) laist.com/news/educati...
UCLA Acquires Defunct University In Rancho Palos Verdes And San Pedro
The $80 million purchase will enable the instruction of 1,000 students.
laist.com
November 15, 2025 at 6:02 AM
👀
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I mean we had to sue them to *see the demand letter*. And when they lost they appealed to a higher court! www.latimes.com/california/s...
Under court order, UC publicly releases Trump administration's $1.2-billion settlement proposal
The California Supreme Court on Friday declined a request from the University of California to block the release of a roughly $1.2-billion Trump UCLA settlement, leading UCLA to publish the document o...
www.latimes.com
November 15, 2025 at 3:31 AM
I mean we had to sue them to *see the demand letter*. And when they lost they appealed to a higher court! www.latimes.com/california/s...
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Sorry, I’m sure I sound abysmally negative in a celebratory moment, but it’s important to know that UC admin have fought us every step of the way as we attempted to stand up for our university. It’s become very clear to many of us that they view the values we cherish as impediments to their work.
November 15, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Sorry, I’m sure I sound abysmally negative in a celebratory moment, but it’s important to know that UC admin have fought us every step of the way as we attempted to stand up for our university. It’s become very clear to many of us that they view the values we cherish as impediments to their work.
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WE WON!!!
The US District Court for the Northern District of California has issued a preliminary injunction in AAUP et al v. Trump et al (the wall to wall union lawsuit challenging the administration’s unlawful use of Title VI to reshape the University of California system.
Read the order here:
The US District Court for the Northern District of California has issued a preliminary injunction in AAUP et al v. Trump et al (the wall to wall union lawsuit challenging the administration’s unlawful use of Title VI to reshape the University of California system.
Read the order here:
democracyforward.org
November 15, 2025 at 1:21 AM
WE WON!!!
The US District Court for the Northern District of California has issued a preliminary injunction in AAUP et al v. Trump et al (the wall to wall union lawsuit challenging the administration’s unlawful use of Title VI to reshape the University of California system.
Read the order here:
The US District Court for the Northern District of California has issued a preliminary injunction in AAUP et al v. Trump et al (the wall to wall union lawsuit challenging the administration’s unlawful use of Title VI to reshape the University of California system.
Read the order here:
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This injunction brought tears to my eyes. In a good way. It's also incredibly clear to me that a lot of the actions my university's administration are taking are intended to preemptively address the kinds of DOJ concerns and actions against UCLA that this injunction deems coercive and retaliatory.
BREAKING: In AAUP et al v. Trump (wall-to-wall union lawsuit challenging the administration’s unlawful use of TItle VI to reshape the University of California system), the faculty and staff of the UC system WON!!!
We were granted our preliminary injunction! @aaup.org
We were granted our preliminary injunction! @aaup.org
November 15, 2025 at 1:34 AM
This injunction brought tears to my eyes. In a good way. It's also incredibly clear to me that a lot of the actions my university's administration are taking are intended to preemptively address the kinds of DOJ concerns and actions against UCLA that this injunction deems coercive and retaliatory.
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"The Cavalier Daily corresponded with former Rector Robert Hardie, whose term ended June 30, regarding the two accounts. He confirmed that he agreed with Ryan’s account.
'I concur fully with President Ryan’s recollection of events,' Hardie said."
Welp
www.cavalierdaily.com/article/2025...
'I concur fully with President Ryan’s recollection of events,' Hardie said."
Welp
www.cavalierdaily.com/article/2025...
Ryan and Sheridan provide full accounts of Ryan’s resignation. They differ significantly
“I concur fully with President Ryan’s recollection of events,” former Board Rector Robert Hardie said.
www.cavalierdaily.com
November 14, 2025 at 7:46 PM
"The Cavalier Daily corresponded with former Rector Robert Hardie, whose term ended June 30, regarding the two accounts. He confirmed that he agreed with Ryan’s account.
'I concur fully with President Ryan’s recollection of events,' Hardie said."
Welp
www.cavalierdaily.com/article/2025...
'I concur fully with President Ryan’s recollection of events,' Hardie said."
Welp
www.cavalierdaily.com/article/2025...
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As this is reported, you’ll hear “UCLA won,” and every time you hear that I want you to remember WHO TF UCLA IS
November 15, 2025 at 12:03 AM
As this is reported, you’ll hear “UCLA won,” and every time you hear that I want you to remember WHO TF UCLA IS
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WE WON. I am *begging* you to take note of who did this. *Not* UCLA admin—they’re still scuttling around behind closed doors, attempting to appease—but FACULTY AND STAFF, led by AAUP.
BREAKING: In AAUP et al v. Trump (wall-to-wall union lawsuit challenging the administration’s unlawful use of TItle VI to reshape the University of California system), the faculty and staff of the UC system WON!!!
We were granted our preliminary injunction! @aaup.org
We were granted our preliminary injunction! @aaup.org
November 15, 2025 at 12:01 AM
WE WON. I am *begging* you to take note of who did this. *Not* UCLA admin—they’re still scuttling around behind closed doors, attempting to appease—but FACULTY AND STAFF, led by AAUP.
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BREAKING: In AAUP et al v. Trump (wall-to-wall union lawsuit challenging the administration’s unlawful use of TItle VI to reshape the University of California system), the faculty and staff of the UC system WON!!!
We were granted our preliminary injunction! @aaup.org
We were granted our preliminary injunction! @aaup.org
November 14, 2025 at 11:55 PM
BREAKING: In AAUP et al v. Trump (wall-to-wall union lawsuit challenging the administration’s unlawful use of TItle VI to reshape the University of California system), the faculty and staff of the UC system WON!!!
We were granted our preliminary injunction! @aaup.org
We were granted our preliminary injunction! @aaup.org
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my takeaway from this letter is that glenn youngkin, rector sheridan and their flunkies on the board are deeply dishonest people who are engaged, with the trump administration, in a mob-style shakedown against the university of virginia
Former UVA president Jim Ryan, who resigned over the summer due to pressure from the Trump Administration, just shared this 12-page letter with the Faculty Senate, detailing his experience with the Board of Visitors and DOJ.
It's a surreal--and troubling--read.
drive.google.com/file/d/1Is6x...
It's a surreal--and troubling--read.
drive.google.com/file/d/1Is6x...
November 14, 2025 at 2:47 PM
my takeaway from this letter is that glenn youngkin, rector sheridan and their flunkies on the board are deeply dishonest people who are engaged, with the trump administration, in a mob-style shakedown against the university of virginia
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Jim Ryan's letter is not just surreal and troubling; it provides a series of deeply sobering lessons—about the perils facing public universities today; about what it means to "work with" this Department of Justice; & about what leadership does (and doesn't) entail at this especially fraught moment.
Former UVA president Jim Ryan, who resigned over the summer due to pressure from the Trump Administration, just shared this 12-page letter with the Faculty Senate, detailing his experience with the Board of Visitors and DOJ.
It's a surreal--and troubling--read.
drive.google.com/file/d/1Is6x...
It's a surreal--and troubling--read.
drive.google.com/file/d/1Is6x...
November 14, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Jim Ryan's letter is not just surreal and troubling; it provides a series of deeply sobering lessons—about the perils facing public universities today; about what it means to "work with" this Department of Justice; & about what leadership does (and doesn't) entail at this especially fraught moment.
@bakerdphd.bsky.social breaks down the letter from UVA former president. Very helpful for additional insight and context.
Jim Ryan wrote a letter to UVA detailing his "resignation" and I'm gonna get some fresh tea before I read it because I feel pretty certain I'm gonna be filled with righteous anger by the end
I'll do a thread but here's the full letter provided by the chronicle
www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
I'll do a thread but here's the full letter provided by the chronicle
www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
Jim Ryan letter
www.documentcloud.org
November 14, 2025 at 3:58 PM
@bakerdphd.bsky.social breaks down the letter from UVA former president. Very helpful for additional insight and context.
To be abundantly clear, this complaint was not submitted to anyone at IU, it was submitted to a sitting US senator.
Indiana University removed a Lecturer from her "Diversity, Human Rights, and Social Justice" course after a student filed a complaint about a graphic the instructor showed in class, which included "Make America Great Again" as an example of "Covert White Supremacy."
www.wfyi.org/news/article...
www.wfyi.org/news/article...
IU lecturer removed from class during intellectual diversity investigation
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...
www.wfyi.org
November 14, 2025 at 3:56 PM
To be abundantly clear, this complaint was not submitted to anyone at IU, it was submitted to a sitting US senator.
This letter is a roller coaster 🎢. And not in a fun way.
Former UVA president Jim Ryan, who resigned over the summer due to pressure from the Trump Administration, just shared this 12-page letter with the Faculty Senate, detailing his experience with the Board of Visitors and DOJ.
It's a surreal--and troubling--read.
drive.google.com/file/d/1Is6x...
It's a surreal--and troubling--read.
drive.google.com/file/d/1Is6x...
November 14, 2025 at 3:54 PM
This letter is a roller coaster 🎢. And not in a fun way.