AAUP chapter @UT Austin
@utaustinaaup.bsky.social
We advocate for academic freedom at UT Austin, UT System, and Texas higher education. Member @aaup.bsky.social, @TexasAAUP.bsky.social. Affiliated with @TexasAFT.org, @texasaflcio.bsky.social. We do not speak for our employer. Follows❤️sRTs🚫endorsement.✊🏽🗣️
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Concrete actions to build campus coalitions to support immigrants on campus ⬇️
"When we sound the alarm, we call others to take action alongside us. The time for urgent response is here. Together, higher education can take coordinated steps to defend our institutions & community members."
Now is the time to speak out and build coalitions on our campuses!
#defendhighered
Now is the time to speak out and build coalitions on our campuses!
#defendhighered
Higher Ed Must Take Action on Immigration Policy (opinion)
Higher ed must take decisive action to counter the Trump administration’s harmful immigration policies.
www.insidehighered.com
November 7, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Concrete actions to build campus coalitions to support immigrants on campus ⬇️
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NEW: AFT leaders respond to the Supreme Court upholding Trump passport policy targeting transgender Americans:
"In case after case, this court has enabled this administration to inflict its cruel, extreme agenda on the most vulnerable without credible justification."
www.aft.org/press-releas...
"In case after case, this court has enabled this administration to inflict its cruel, extreme agenda on the most vulnerable without credible justification."
www.aft.org/press-releas...
AFT President Randi Weingarten, AFT’s LGBTQIA+ Task Force Leaders Respond to Supreme Court Order Upholding Trump Passport Policy Targeting Transgender People
New emergency order allows the Trump administration to block transgender Americans from selecting passport sex markers that reflect their gender identity.
www.aft.org
November 7, 2025 at 11:00 PM
NEW: AFT leaders respond to the Supreme Court upholding Trump passport policy targeting transgender Americans:
"In case after case, this court has enabled this administration to inflict its cruel, extreme agenda on the most vulnerable without credible justification."
www.aft.org/press-releas...
"In case after case, this court has enabled this administration to inflict its cruel, extreme agenda on the most vulnerable without credible justification."
www.aft.org/press-releas...
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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.
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If you care about academic freedom please contact the A&M Board of Regents to tell them to not pass this illegal policy!
🚨🚨 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 8:57 PM
If you care about academic freedom please contact the A&M Board of Regents to tell them to not pass this illegal policy!
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Email testimony must be received by 11:59am on Tuesday, Nov 11th!
To submit written testimony email the board here: BORMTG-PublicTestimony@tamus.edu
Instructions here:
www.tamus.edu/regents/publ...
Instructions here:
www.tamus.edu/regents/publ...
Policy on Public Testimony - Office of The Board of Regents
Policy on Public Testimony Policy 02.01 Public Testimony on Agenda Items at Regular Meetings of the Board of Regents A member of the public is allowed to present written and oral testimony, for a reas...
www.tamus.edu
November 8, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Email testimony must be received by 11:59am on Tuesday, Nov 11th!
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Interview with Prof. Tom Alter, fired by Texas State for political speech
“There's a long history of working class resistance in Texas”
www.wsws.org/en/articles/...
“There's a long history of working class resistance in Texas”
www.wsws.org/en/articles/...
Interview with Prof. Tom Alter, fired by Texas State for political speech
The <i>World Socialist Web Site </i>recently spoke to historian Tom Alter about his firing from Texas State University and about Texas labor and working class history.
www.wsws.org
November 6, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Interview with Prof. Tom Alter, fired by Texas State for political speech
“There's a long history of working class resistance in Texas”
www.wsws.org/en/articles/...
“There's a long history of working class resistance in Texas”
www.wsws.org/en/articles/...
⭐️Action needed: please read this thread &write to the TAMU Regents to oppose censorship of courses that teach about race or gender or depart from the course description.This would put curricular decisions in the hands of admins, not faculty. It would drastically affect teaching & learning conditions
🚨🚨 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 11, 2025 at 12:35 AM
⭐️Action needed: please read this thread &write to the TAMU Regents to oppose censorship of courses that teach about race or gender or depart from the course description.This would put curricular decisions in the hands of admins, not faculty. It would drastically affect teaching & learning conditions
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Please read the proposed changes and recognize the danger. Texas A&M will require approval of any course teaching race and gender by the President or other designated person. The section on prohibited discrimination has changed to add prohibited instruction as well. 1/3
🚨🚨 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 9, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Please read the proposed changes and recognize the danger. Texas A&M will require approval of any course teaching race and gender by the President or other designated person. The section on prohibited discrimination has changed to add prohibited instruction as well. 1/3
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In January, union delegates from across Texas will decide who to endorse for the 2026 elections!
Get your tickets NOW to make sure you’re there and help us build Texas union power 💪 texasaflcioconvention.org
Get your tickets NOW to make sure you’re there and help us build Texas union power 💪 texasaflcioconvention.org
November 8, 2025 at 11:04 PM
In January, union delegates from across Texas will decide who to endorse for the 2026 elections!
Get your tickets NOW to make sure you’re there and help us build Texas union power 💪 texasaflcioconvention.org
Get your tickets NOW to make sure you’re there and help us build Texas union power 💪 texasaflcioconvention.org
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🔔 NEW: “The Texas State University chapter of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP-TXST) has issued a formal appeal urging the Texas State University System Board Regents to abide by its own rules and reverse the summary dismissal of tenured history professor Dr. Thomas Alter.”
AAUP-TXST Calls on Texas State University System Regents to Defend Academic Freedom and Due Process
A Union of Professionals
www.texasaft.org
November 10, 2025 at 5:30 PM
🔔 NEW: “The Texas State University chapter of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP-TXST) has issued a formal appeal urging the Texas State University System Board Regents to abide by its own rules and reverse the summary dismissal of tenured history professor Dr. Thomas Alter.”
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📢📢 We are proud to stand in solidarity today at this Texas State Employees Union rally for Dr. Tom Alter who was unjustly fired from Texas State University for exercising his right to free speech. The Texas State Board of Regents must reinstate Dr. Alter immediately! ✊
November 10, 2025 at 8:49 PM
📢📢 We are proud to stand in solidarity today at this Texas State Employees Union rally for Dr. Tom Alter who was unjustly fired from Texas State University for exercising his right to free speech. The Texas State Board of Regents must reinstate Dr. Alter immediately! ✊
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🗣️Our statement on changes to Texas A&M policies which the BOR will vote on this week: these changes “will cause irreparable harm to the reputation of the university + impede faculty + students from their main mission on campus: to teach, learn, think critically + create + share new knowledge.”
Texas AAUP-AFT Calls on the Texas A&M University System Not to Muzzle Faculty, Students in the Classroom
A Union of Professionals
www.texasaft.org
November 10, 2025 at 9:27 PM
🗣️Our statement on changes to Texas A&M policies which the BOR will vote on this week: these changes “will cause irreparable harm to the reputation of the university + impede faculty + students from their main mission on campus: to teach, learn, think critically + create + share new knowledge.”
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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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No matter what you do for a living, the color of your skin, or where you come from, the time to speak up for all Texans’ constitutional right to free speech is NOW.
Our labor movement stands in strong solidarity with our @cwa-tseu.bsky.social members ✊
Our labor movement stands in strong solidarity with our @cwa-tseu.bsky.social members ✊
November 10, 2025 at 9:56 PM
No matter what you do for a living, the color of your skin, or where you come from, the time to speak up for all Texans’ constitutional right to free speech is NOW.
Our labor movement stands in strong solidarity with our @cwa-tseu.bsky.social members ✊
Our labor movement stands in strong solidarity with our @cwa-tseu.bsky.social members ✊
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Texas censorship news.
The Texas A&M University System will vote on Thursday on whether to prohibit faculty at its 11 universities from teaching “race or gender ideology” unless those lessons are pre-approved by each campus president or a delegate.
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 11:20 PM
Texas censorship news.
Democrat’s Win May Upend a Conservative Push in Virginia Universities www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
Democrat’s Win May Upend a Conservative Push in Virginia Universities
www.nytimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Democrat’s Win May Upend a Conservative Push in Virginia Universities www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
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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…
aaup-cornell.org
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:
Chapter members, officers, and UT alumni met to share information and write letters to the Tower opposing the Compact and academic downsizing and consolidation. What are y’all doing for the National Day of Action?
November 7, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Chapter members, officers, and UT alumni met to share information and write letters to the Tower opposing the Compact and academic downsizing and consolidation. What are y’all doing for the National Day of Action?
UT Austin is discussing eliminating or consolidating our departments of African American and African Diaspora Studies, Mexican/American and Latino/Latina Studies, and Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies. Here is what AAADS alumni have to say. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
November 7, 2025 at 2:15 PM
UT Austin is discussing eliminating or consolidating our departments of African American and African Diaspora Studies, Mexican/American and Latino/Latina Studies, and Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies. Here is what AAADS alumni have to say. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
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“From attacks on academic freedom to the defunding of life-saving scientific research to arresting peaceful student protesters, Trump’s higher ed policies have been catastrophic for our democracy. We’re excited to build a coalition of workers & students fighting back."
– AAUP president Todd Wolfson
– AAUP president Todd Wolfson
November 4, 2025 at 5:11 PM
“From attacks on academic freedom to the defunding of life-saving scientific research to arresting peaceful student protesters, Trump’s higher ed policies have been catastrophic for our democracy. We’re excited to build a coalition of workers & students fighting back."
– AAUP president Todd Wolfson
– AAUP president Todd Wolfson
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The report is the first systematic empirical study of government investigations & private lawsuits against US colleges & universities under Title VI of the 1964 Civil Rights Act.
Full Report here:
Full Report here:
New Report: Civil Rights Law Weaponized to Chill Speech
A report published today is the first systematic empirical study of government investigations and private lawsuits against US colleges and universities under Title VI of the 1964 Civil Rights Act.
www.aaup.org
November 5, 2025 at 3:30 PM
The report is the first systematic empirical study of government investigations & private lawsuits against US colleges & universities under Title VI of the 1964 Civil Rights Act.
Full Report here:
Full Report here:
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“Trump’s higher education policies have been catastrophic for our communities & democracy...We’re excited to build a coalition of students & workers united in fighting back for a higher education system that is accessible & affordable for all & serves the common good.”
—Todd Wolfson, AAUP President
—Todd Wolfson, AAUP President
100+ US Campus Protests to Call Out Trump Attacks and Unaffordable Education | Common Dreams
Progressive organizers and labor unions aim "to disrupt business as usual and force our schools and our political system to finally work for us," with protests at over 100 US campuses on November 7.
www.commondreams.org
November 5, 2025 at 5:51 PM
“Trump’s higher education policies have been catastrophic for our communities & democracy...We’re excited to build a coalition of students & workers united in fighting back for a higher education system that is accessible & affordable for all & serves the common good.”
—Todd Wolfson, AAUP President
—Todd Wolfson, AAUP President