@uuaaup.bsky.social
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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 15, 2025 at 1:36 AM
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It’s a beautiful day to show your solidarity!
University of Utah faculty: Get ready for Faculty Union Fridays! Wear your AAUP stickers, shirts, or pins today and every Friday!
November 14, 2025 at 4:54 PM
It’s a beautiful day to show your solidarity!
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A dangerous new policy requires a campus President's approval for profs to teach race & gender topics in Texas.
"It strikes at the heart of what education means...which is circulate the exchange of knowledge without fear of retaliation.”
— Rana Jaleel, AAUP Chair of Committee on Academic Freedom
"It strikes at the heart of what education means...which is circulate the exchange of knowledge without fear of retaliation.”
— Rana Jaleel, AAUP Chair of Committee on Academic Freedom
Texas A&M University professors now need approval for some race and gender topics
Texas A&M University System regents on Thursday adopted a new policy requiring professors to first get approval to discuss some race and gender topics.
apnews.com
November 14, 2025 at 4:24 PM
A dangerous new policy requires a campus President's approval for profs to teach race & gender topics in Texas.
"It strikes at the heart of what education means...which is circulate the exchange of knowledge without fear of retaliation.”
— Rana Jaleel, AAUP Chair of Committee on Academic Freedom
"It strikes at the heart of what education means...which is circulate the exchange of knowledge without fear of retaliation.”
— Rana Jaleel, AAUP Chair of Committee on Academic Freedom
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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 24, 2025 at 2:39 AM
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Tomorrow’s a Faculty Union Friday! Need to grab a sticker or pin? Give us a shout!
University of Utah faculty: Get ready for Faculty Union Fridays! Wear your AAUP stickers, shirts, or pins today and every Friday!
October 23, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Tomorrow’s a Faculty Union Friday! Need to grab a sticker or pin? Give us a shout!
Join us tomorrow at 1 pm (mountain time) for a watch party: “Navigating Choppy Waters - Key Legal Issues Faculty Need to Know,” hosted by @rhetsoc.bsky.social! LNCO 2110.
October 23, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Join us tomorrow at 1 pm (mountain time) for a watch party: “Navigating Choppy Waters - Key Legal Issues Faculty Need to Know,” hosted by @rhetsoc.bsky.social! LNCO 2110.
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Hey, Texas Higher Ed workers, meet us at Capitol today! We’ll be at the African American Memorial beginning at 1:45. “No Crowns. No Thrones. No Compact.” ✊
October 18, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Hey, Texas Higher Ed workers, meet us at Capitol today! We’ll be at the African American Memorial beginning at 1:45. “No Crowns. No Thrones. No Compact.” ✊
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October 18, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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BOOM!
After over a thousand students, faculty, & workers gathered on campus to demand a rejection of Trump’s bribe,
UVA SAYS NO LOYALTY OATH!
✊🏼✊🏿✊🏻✊🏾
M.I.T. ☑️
BROWN ☑️
PENN ☑️
USC☑️
UVA ☑️
This is People Power in Action.
#DefendHigherEd
After over a thousand students, faculty, & workers gathered on campus to demand a rejection of Trump’s bribe,
UVA SAYS NO LOYALTY OATH!
✊🏼✊🏿✊🏻✊🏾
M.I.T. ☑️
BROWN ☑️
PENN ☑️
USC☑️
UVA ☑️
This is People Power in Action.
#DefendHigherEd
October 17, 2025 at 9:19 PM
BOOM!
After over a thousand students, faculty, & workers gathered on campus to demand a rejection of Trump’s bribe,
UVA SAYS NO LOYALTY OATH!
✊🏼✊🏿✊🏻✊🏾
M.I.T. ☑️
BROWN ☑️
PENN ☑️
USC☑️
UVA ☑️
This is People Power in Action.
#DefendHigherEd
After over a thousand students, faculty, & workers gathered on campus to demand a rejection of Trump’s bribe,
UVA SAYS NO LOYALTY OATH!
✊🏼✊🏿✊🏻✊🏾
M.I.T. ☑️
BROWN ☑️
PENN ☑️
USC☑️
UVA ☑️
This is People Power in Action.
#DefendHigherEd
University of Utah faculty: Get ready for Faculty Union Fridays! Wear your AAUP stickers, shirts, or pins today and every Friday!
October 17, 2025 at 6:16 PM
University of Utah faculty: Get ready for Faculty Union Fridays! Wear your AAUP stickers, shirts, or pins today and every Friday!
We’re tuned in!!
Join AAUP's National Teach-In on Trump's Loyalty Oaths!
Tomorrow, Oct 17pm at 2pmET on Zoom. Be there!
Register at link below👇
#AcademicSky #DefendHigherEd
Tomorrow, Oct 17pm at 2pmET on Zoom. Be there!
Register at link below👇
#AcademicSky #DefendHigherEd
Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: National Teach-In on Loyalty Oaths. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
The Trump administration has imposed unprecedented and highly politicized regulations on institutions of higher education, pressured them with coercive funding threats, extorted promises to fall in li...
us06web.zoom.us
October 17, 2025 at 6:12 PM
We’re tuned in!!
We hope @utah.edu’s leaders will have the insight and resoluteness necessary to reject this compact. In Utah, we do not trade away our independence and autonomy.
@sltrib.com @thechrony.bsky.social
@sltrib.com @thechrony.bsky.social
The Trump administration is inviting all US colleges to participate in a compact that would grant preferential federal funding in return for commitments to specific policy changes like DEI bans, according to a source
Trump Offers All Colleges Preferential Funding Plan Rejected by MIT
The Trump administration is inviting all US colleges to participate in a compact — initially rejected by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology — that would grant preferential federal funding in return for commitments to specific policy changes like DEI bans, according to a person familiar with the matter.
bloom.bg
October 14, 2025 at 3:52 AM
We hope @utah.edu’s leaders will have the insight and resoluteness necessary to reject this compact. In Utah, we do not trade away our independence and autonomy.
@sltrib.com @thechrony.bsky.social
@sltrib.com @thechrony.bsky.social
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Great piece @insidehighered.com by Robert Post and Tom Ginsburg about the considerable threats posed by Trump's (extortion) "compact" with 9 universities. @aaup.org
www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...
www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...
A Compact for Control (opinion)
No self-respecting institution of higher education should accept the Trump administration’s unconstitutional terms, Robert Post and Tom Ginsburg write.
www.insidehighered.com
October 7, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Great piece @insidehighered.com by Robert Post and Tom Ginsburg about the considerable threats posed by Trump's (extortion) "compact" with 9 universities. @aaup.org
www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...
www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...
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Check out AAUP’s statement denouncing the Trump admin’s compact and undemocratic loyalty oaths here👇
Universities Must Reject Trump Admin "Loyalty Oath" Compacts
The AAUP and AFT warn that the Trump administration’s offer to give preferential treatment to colleges and universities in exchange for allegiance to a partisan ideological agenda is entirely corrupt.
www.aaup.org
October 3, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Check out AAUP’s statement denouncing the Trump admin’s compact and undemocratic loyalty oaths here👇
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Say NO to Trump’s loyalty oaths and extortion of our universities!
We will NOT throw our students, faculty, and staff under the bus to comply with undemocratic and partisan ideological agendas.
We will NOT throw our students, faculty, and staff under the bus to comply with undemocratic and partisan ideological agendas.
October 3, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Say NO to Trump’s loyalty oaths and extortion of our universities!
We will NOT throw our students, faculty, and staff under the bus to comply with undemocratic and partisan ideological agendas.
We will NOT throw our students, faculty, and staff under the bus to comply with undemocratic and partisan ideological agendas.
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⬇️ NEWS: “This is a historic ruling that should have immediate implications for the Trump administration’s policies. If the First Amendment means anything, it means the government can’t imprison people simply because it disagrees with their political views."
knightcolumbia.org/content/in-l...
knightcolumbia.org/content/in-l...
In Landmark Ruling, Federal Court Says Trump Administration Violated First Amendment By Deporting Foreign Citizens for Pro-Palestinian Advocacy
knightcolumbia.org
September 30, 2025 at 5:49 PM
⬇️ NEWS: “This is a historic ruling that should have immediate implications for the Trump administration’s policies. If the First Amendment means anything, it means the government can’t imprison people simply because it disagrees with their political views."
knightcolumbia.org/content/in-l...
knightcolumbia.org/content/in-l...
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Opinion | It is time to resist the injustice that now threatens to be normalized by those who capitulate, sometimes in advance, to powers that are clearly willing to destroy the basic principles that protect the university’s independence.
Opinion | When Universities Become Informants
A practice from the McCarthy era makes an ugly return.
www.chronicle.com
September 15, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Opinion | It is time to resist the injustice that now threatens to be normalized by those who capitulate, sometimes in advance, to powers that are clearly willing to destroy the basic principles that protect the university’s independence.
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AAUP members are invited to join the Committee on Artificial Intelligence and Academic Professions for a discussion of member-based research, recommendations & resources for building faculty power over ed-tech decisions at their institutions, including AI!
August 27, 4-5pm on Zoom
Register here👇
August 27, 4-5pm on Zoom
Register here👇
Artificial Intelligence Report and Discussion
Join members of the AAUP’s ad hoc Committee on Artificial Intelligence and Academic Professions for a discussion of ed-tech, including artificial intelligence (AI), as it continues to become more…
www.aaup.org
August 20, 2025 at 4:05 PM
AAUP members are invited to join the Committee on Artificial Intelligence and Academic Professions for a discussion of member-based research, recommendations & resources for building faculty power over ed-tech decisions at their institutions, including AI!
August 27, 4-5pm on Zoom
Register here👇
August 27, 4-5pm on Zoom
Register here👇
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Faculty who wrote to defend their president and object to a DOJ investigation of their university...are now being investigated by the DOJ.
The most banal defense of free speech and academic freedom will trigger the full wrath of the US government now.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/28/u...
The most banal defense of free speech and academic freedom will trigger the full wrath of the US government now.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/28/u...
Faculty Support of George Mason’s President Draws Federal Investigation
www.nytimes.com
July 29, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Faculty who wrote to defend their president and object to a DOJ investigation of their university...are now being investigated by the DOJ.
The most banal defense of free speech and academic freedom will trigger the full wrath of the US government now.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/28/u...
The most banal defense of free speech and academic freedom will trigger the full wrath of the US government now.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/28/u...
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U of Utah Partnership With Institution in Occupied West Bank Draws Opposition
U of Utah Partners With Institution in Occupied West Bank
Faculty have criticized the agreement with Ariel University, located in a settlement on Palestinian territory. An Israeli consul general called it “a new chapter in academic cooperation between Israel...
www.insidehighered.com
June 11, 2025 at 12:45 PM
U of Utah Partnership With Institution in Occupied West Bank Draws Opposition
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Local 6741 is in the BlueSky house!
We are an @aaup.bsky.social & @aft.org local, composed of all non-collectively bargaining AAUP chapter & at-large members of AAUP.
Follow us for news on & organizing resources for faculty in pre-majority union contexts.
Check out our website too! local6741.org
We are an @aaup.bsky.social & @aft.org local, composed of all non-collectively bargaining AAUP chapter & at-large members of AAUP.
Follow us for news on & organizing resources for faculty in pre-majority union contexts.
Check out our website too! local6741.org
Local 6741
Visit the post for more.
local6741.org
May 20, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Local 6741 is in the BlueSky house!
We are an @aaup.bsky.social & @aft.org local, composed of all non-collectively bargaining AAUP chapter & at-large members of AAUP.
Follow us for news on & organizing resources for faculty in pre-majority union contexts.
Check out our website too! local6741.org
We are an @aaup.bsky.social & @aft.org local, composed of all non-collectively bargaining AAUP chapter & at-large members of AAUP.
Follow us for news on & organizing resources for faculty in pre-majority union contexts.
Check out our website too! local6741.org
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Hey, the AHA, ACLS, and MLA are still suing the NEH and DOGE. Still the best way to support this is by joining as members or by donating. Links below! 🗃️
#Skystorians, the best way you can support actions like this is to join @historians.org at historians.org/join.
You can also donate to the AHA’s advocacy fund to help support this lawsuit. historians.org/donate
You can also donate to the AHA’s advocacy fund to help support this lawsuit. historians.org/donate
May 14, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Hey, the AHA, ACLS, and MLA are still suing the NEH and DOGE. Still the best way to support this is by joining as members or by donating. Links below! 🗃️
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Scientists, tell your story in a LOCAL HOMETOWN PAPER op-ed, to publish on June 16! #McClintockLetters #saveNSF We have to reach folks who don't read NYT & WaPo.
Fight this attack by sharing how we serve the public with fed dollars, & insights into fed funded research. tinyurl.com/McClintockLetters
Fight this attack by sharing how we serve the public with fed dollars, & insights into fed funded research. tinyurl.com/McClintockLetters
May 3, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Scientists, tell your story in a LOCAL HOMETOWN PAPER op-ed, to publish on June 16! #McClintockLetters #saveNSF We have to reach folks who don't read NYT & WaPo.
Fight this attack by sharing how we serve the public with fed dollars, & insights into fed funded research. tinyurl.com/McClintockLetters
Fight this attack by sharing how we serve the public with fed dollars, & insights into fed funded research. tinyurl.com/McClintockLetters
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Today ACLS, AHA, and MLA filed a lawsuit in federal district court seeking to reverse the recent actions to devastate the National Endowment for the Humanities, including the elimination of grant programs, staff, and entire divisions and programs. bit.ly/4lWubq5
May 3, 2025 at 1:52 AM
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