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The American Association of University Professors champions academic freedom, advances shared governance, and organizes faculty to ensure higher education's contribution to the common good.
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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:
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November 17, 2025 at 1:15 PM
“This report underscores how the Civil Rights Act of 1964—which passed in response to years of nonviolent civil disobedience against racial injustice—is being misused to squash political dissent & speech that advocates for the human rights of Palestinians.”
— Veena Dubal, AAUP General Counsel
— Veena Dubal, AAUP General Counsel
Power & Pushback: New report details weaponization of antisemitism on campuses
A new report from the American Association of University Professors and the Middle East Studies Association reveals how civil rights law has been used to suppress Palestine activism on U.S. campuses.
mondoweiss.net
November 16, 2025 at 4:41 PM
“This report underscores how the Civil Rights Act of 1964—which passed in response to years of nonviolent civil disobedience against racial injustice—is being misused to squash political dissent & speech that advocates for the human rights of Palestinians.”
— Veena Dubal, AAUP General Counsel
— Veena Dubal, AAUP General Counsel
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I am proud to be a member of the AAUP and so grateful to everybody standing up against “coercive and retaliatory conduct in violation of the First Amendment and the 10th Amendment.” So many students, faculty and staff are courageously protecting higher education, academic freedom and the rule of law
"This represents saving higher education, saving public research and the standing up of faculty, staff and students,"
— Veena Dubal, AAUP General Counsel & law professor at the University of California, Irvine.
#DefendHigherEd
— Veena Dubal, AAUP General Counsel & law professor at the University of California, Irvine.
#DefendHigherEd
Judge Orders Trump Not to Threaten University of California’s Funding
www.nytimes.com
November 15, 2025 at 3:37 PM
I am proud to be a member of the AAUP and so grateful to everybody standing up against “coercive and retaliatory conduct in violation of the First Amendment and the 10th Amendment.” So many students, faculty and staff are courageously protecting higher education, academic freedom and the rule of law
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"This represents saving higher education, saving public research and the standing up of faculty, staff and students,"
— Veena Dubal, AAUP General Counsel & law professor at the University of California, Irvine.
#DefendHigherEd
— Veena Dubal, AAUP General Counsel & law professor at the University of California, Irvine.
#DefendHigherEd
Judge Orders Trump Not to Threaten University of California’s Funding
www.nytimes.com
November 15, 2025 at 3:29 PM
"This represents saving higher education, saving public research and the standing up of faculty, staff and students,"
— Veena Dubal, AAUP General Counsel & law professor at the University of California, Irvine.
#DefendHigherEd
— Veena Dubal, AAUP General Counsel & law professor at the University of California, Irvine.
#DefendHigherEd
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“This represents saving higher education, saving public research and the standing up of faculty and staff and students”—AAUP, one of the parties that brought the case against the Trump administration
Judge Orders Trump Not to Threaten University of California’s Funding www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/u...
Judge Orders Trump Not to Threaten University of California’s Funding
www.nytimes.com
November 15, 2025 at 11:31 AM
“This represents saving higher education, saving public research and the standing up of faculty and staff and students”—AAUP, one of the parties that brought the case against the Trump administration
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Solidarity is KEY to defending our communities from ICE!
Caroline Luce and Chenjerai Kumanyika reflect on labor and coalitional power in Los Angeles and beyond in a recent episode of AAUP TV, “ICE and the University: Defending our Communities.”
Full episode here: www.youtube.com/live/62uji3s...
Caroline Luce and Chenjerai Kumanyika reflect on labor and coalitional power in Los Angeles and beyond in a recent episode of AAUP TV, “ICE and the University: Defending our Communities.”
Full episode here: www.youtube.com/live/62uji3s...
November 12, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Solidarity is KEY to defending our communities from ICE!
Caroline Luce and Chenjerai Kumanyika reflect on labor and coalitional power in Los Angeles and beyond in a recent episode of AAUP TV, “ICE and the University: Defending our Communities.”
Full episode here: www.youtube.com/live/62uji3s...
Caroline Luce and Chenjerai Kumanyika reflect on labor and coalitional power in Los Angeles and beyond in a recent episode of AAUP TV, “ICE and the University: Defending our Communities.”
Full episode here: www.youtube.com/live/62uji3s...
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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:
Penn's Title VI office failed to discuss allegations of violating academic freedom!
“The administration does not answer in any meaningful way to faculty...to staff or students, but instead has shown repeatedly that it answers to donors, lobbying organizations, & politicians."
- AAUP - Penn
“The administration does not answer in any meaningful way to faculty...to staff or students, but instead has shown repeatedly that it answers to donors, lobbying organizations, & politicians."
- AAUP - Penn
OREI failed to answer questions about alleged academic freedom violations, AAUP-Penn says
In an interview with the DP, a member of AAUP-Penn said that the OREI did not attend a follow-up meeting on Nov. 3 with the faculty group to hear and respond to questions outlined in the report.
www.thedp.com
November 15, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Penn's Title VI office failed to discuss allegations of violating academic freedom!
“The administration does not answer in any meaningful way to faculty...to staff or students, but instead has shown repeatedly that it answers to donors, lobbying organizations, & politicians."
- AAUP - Penn
“The administration does not answer in any meaningful way to faculty...to staff or students, but instead has shown repeatedly that it answers to donors, lobbying organizations, & politicians."
- AAUP - Penn
"This represents saving higher education, saving public research and the standing up of faculty, staff and students,"
— Veena Dubal, AAUP General Counsel & law professor at the University of California, Irvine.
#DefendHigherEd
— Veena Dubal, AAUP General Counsel & law professor at the University of California, Irvine.
#DefendHigherEd
Judge Orders Trump Not to Threaten University of California’s Funding
www.nytimes.com
November 15, 2025 at 3:29 PM
"This represents saving higher education, saving public research and the standing up of faculty, staff and students,"
— Veena Dubal, AAUP General Counsel & law professor at the University of California, Irvine.
#DefendHigherEd
— Veena Dubal, AAUP General Counsel & law professor at the University of California, Irvine.
#DefendHigherEd
Harvard AAUP fights to extend free speech protections to international students & faculty!
“We look forward to seeing the remedy Judge Young will put in place to protect our community — and campuses across the country — from the government’s unconstitutional conduct.”
- Kirsten Weld, AAUP Harvard
“We look forward to seeing the remedy Judge Young will put in place to protect our community — and campuses across the country — from the government’s unconstitutional conduct.”
- Kirsten Weld, AAUP Harvard
Harvard AAUP Asks Judge To Extend Speech Protections to International Students, Faculty Nationwide | News | The Harvard Crimson
After winning a court victory against the Trump administration in September, a Harvard faculty group is asking a federal judge to extend protections for noncitizens’ speech nationwide.
www.thecrimson.com
November 15, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Harvard AAUP fights to extend free speech protections to international students & faculty!
“We look forward to seeing the remedy Judge Young will put in place to protect our community — and campuses across the country — from the government’s unconstitutional conduct.”
- Kirsten Weld, AAUP Harvard
“We look forward to seeing the remedy Judge Young will put in place to protect our community — and campuses across the country — from the government’s unconstitutional conduct.”
- Kirsten Weld, AAUP Harvard
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Struck this morning by how the win wasn’t from the UC system itself pushing back—it was its worker power through *unions* and aligned groups like @aaup.org defending UC interests, even though admin itself wasn’t.
There’s some kind of lesson here
There’s some kind of lesson here
One reason why elite schools (Columbia, Brown, Cornell) caving to Trump’s illegal impoundment and extortion is so galling — a betrayal, really — is that they would have won had they fought. By giving up, they guaranteed every other school will have to fight harder.
Judge bars Trump from immediately cutting funding to the University of California | CNN Politics
The Trump administration cannot immediately cut federal funding to the University of California or issue fines against the school system over claims it allows antisemitism or other forms of discrimina...
www.cnn.com
November 15, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Struck this morning by how the win wasn’t from the UC system itself pushing back—it was its worker power through *unions* and aligned groups like @aaup.org defending UC interests, even though admin itself wasn’t.
There’s some kind of lesson here
There’s some kind of lesson here
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"An important lesson we can draw from the new report is that our failure in higher education to defend, without giving any ground, pro-Palestinian speech has proven to be not just costly, but nothing less than an existential threat." Dan Segal on the AAUP-MESA Report. wp.me/p8xr4h-dit
The New AAUP-MESA Report on Our Moment’s Campus Repression
BY DANIEL SEGAL It is the rare faculty member who today is unaware of the significant increase in attacks on speech rights and academic freedom protections on U.S. campuses over the past two years.…
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November 15, 2025 at 2:10 AM
"An important lesson we can draw from the new report is that our failure in higher education to defend, without giving any ground, pro-Palestinian speech has proven to be not just costly, but nothing less than an existential threat." Dan Segal on the AAUP-MESA Report. wp.me/p8xr4h-dit
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Every academic should join the @aaup.org national and their local AAUP chapter. If your uni doesn't have one, start one! Colorado academics, check out @aaupcsu.bsky.social! We're active, growing and looking to collaborate. Join the resistance on academia's front lines.
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 1:37 AM
Every academic should join the @aaup.org national and their local AAUP chapter. If your uni doesn't have one, start one! Colorado academics, check out @aaupcsu.bsky.social! We're active, growing and looking to collaborate. Join the resistance on academia's front lines.
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Congrats and thanks to @aaup.org —this is a big victory that will help protect universities across the country.
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 12:42 AM
Congrats and thanks to @aaup.org —this is a big victory that will help protect universities across the country.
““The notion that politicians or high-level administrators can dictate what can be taught, researched, discussed or debated in a college classroom is fundamentally at odds with what higher education is about."
- Todd Wolfson, AAUP President
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- Todd Wolfson, AAUP President
@aft.org
AFT’s Weingarten and AAUP’s Wolfson on Texas A&M University System Board of Regents’ Vote to Censor Curriculum
COLLEGE STATION, Texas—AFT President Randi Weingarten and American Association of University Professors President Todd Wolfson issued the following statement condemning the Texas A&M University…
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November 15, 2025 at 1:25 AM
““The notion that politicians or high-level administrators can dictate what can be taught, researched, discussed or debated in a college classroom is fundamentally at odds with what higher education is about."
- Todd Wolfson, AAUP President
@aft.org
- Todd Wolfson, AAUP President
@aft.org
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:
Reposted by AAUP
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.
Reposted 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 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
📚 Academic Freedom: A Brief History📚
Check out this awesome event featuring Joan Wallach Scott and Alex Gourevitch, organized by AAUP - Brown!
November 17, 7:30pm ET over Zoom
Register via QR code in graphic
@aaupbrownchapter.bsky.social
Check out this awesome event featuring Joan Wallach Scott and Alex Gourevitch, organized by AAUP - Brown!
November 17, 7:30pm ET over Zoom
Register via QR code in graphic
@aaupbrownchapter.bsky.social
November 14, 2025 at 10:04 PM
📚 Academic Freedom: A Brief History📚
Check out this awesome event featuring Joan Wallach Scott and Alex Gourevitch, organized by AAUP - Brown!
November 17, 7:30pm ET over Zoom
Register via QR code in graphic
@aaupbrownchapter.bsky.social
Check out this awesome event featuring Joan Wallach Scott and Alex Gourevitch, organized by AAUP - Brown!
November 17, 7:30pm ET over Zoom
Register via QR code in graphic
@aaupbrownchapter.bsky.social
The AAUP - UVa has accused the Board of Visitors of limiting faculty seats on the presidential search committee.
The committee “is dominated by current and former members of the Board of Visitors and administrators...none of those members were selected by the faculty.”
@aaupvirginia.bsky.social
The committee “is dominated by current and former members of the Board of Visitors and administrators...none of those members were selected by the faculty.”
@aaupvirginia.bsky.social
Spanberger Calls on UVA to Pause President Search
Virginia’s Democratic governor-elect has called on the University of Virginia to wait to hire a new leader until she appoints new board members in January.
www.insidehighered.com
November 14, 2025 at 8:34 PM
The AAUP - UVa has accused the Board of Visitors of limiting faculty seats on the presidential search committee.
The committee “is dominated by current and former members of the Board of Visitors and administrators...none of those members were selected by the faculty.”
@aaupvirginia.bsky.social
The committee “is dominated by current and former members of the Board of Visitors and administrators...none of those members were selected by the faculty.”
@aaupvirginia.bsky.social
BREAKING: Rider to lay off 25% of faculty
“This has been the narrative for the last 10 years… The university continues with the same way of saying this is what faculty have to do, this is how we want you to do it. Well no, we have a contract.”
- Maria Villalobos-Buehner, President, Rider AAUP
“This has been the narrative for the last 10 years… The university continues with the same way of saying this is what faculty have to do, this is how we want you to do it. Well no, we have a contract.”
- Maria Villalobos-Buehner, President, Rider AAUP
BREAKING: Rider set to lay off 25% of faculty after university placed on financial probation - The Rider News
By Grace Bertrand Rider administrators plan to lay off 25% of its full-time faculty by Dec. 31, afte
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November 14, 2025 at 7:52 PM
BREAKING: Rider to lay off 25% of faculty
“This has been the narrative for the last 10 years… The university continues with the same way of saying this is what faculty have to do, this is how we want you to do it. Well no, we have a contract.”
- Maria Villalobos-Buehner, President, Rider AAUP
“This has been the narrative for the last 10 years… The university continues with the same way of saying this is what faculty have to do, this is how we want you to do it. Well no, we have a contract.”
- Maria Villalobos-Buehner, President, Rider AAUP
AAUP chapters at HBCUs in Atlanta—including Morehouse, Spelman & Clark Atlanta—teamed up with the National Education Association for our historic November 7th Day of Action to defend higher education!
Solidarity among chapters and across organizations is the way forward!
@neatoday.bsky.social
Solidarity among chapters and across organizations is the way forward!
@neatoday.bsky.social
November 14, 2025 at 6:57 PM
AAUP chapters at HBCUs in Atlanta—including Morehouse, Spelman & Clark Atlanta—teamed up with the National Education Association for our historic November 7th Day of Action to defend higher education!
Solidarity among chapters and across organizations is the way forward!
@neatoday.bsky.social
Solidarity among chapters and across organizations is the way forward!
@neatoday.bsky.social
"It is cruelty & political indoctrination. I'd need to tell my students that ‘What you came here to learn, I’m unable to tell you, because I’m restricted to tell you that information, even though such knowledge is available at every major university in this world.’"
— Leonard Bright, AAUP TAMU
— Leonard Bright, AAUP TAMU
Texas A&M Requires Approval for Courses That “Advocate” Certain Ideologies
Many faculty members decried the new restrictions on race- and gender-related courses as an assault on academic freedom. Meanwhile, the board also discussed a once-per-semester systemwide course revie...
www.insidehighered.com
November 14, 2025 at 6:18 PM
"It is cruelty & political indoctrination. I'd need to tell my students that ‘What you came here to learn, I’m unable to tell you, because I’m restricted to tell you that information, even though such knowledge is available at every major university in this world.’"
— Leonard Bright, AAUP TAMU
— Leonard Bright, AAUP TAMU
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Texas A&M and its attack on academic freedom is partner in new accreditation group, the CPHE, who will use academic freedom & “intellectual diversity” to assess schools. Will CPHE discount its client in this case? Or speak out? @aaup.org @texasaaup.bsky.social www.texastribune.org/2025/11/13/t...
Texas A&M OKs "race and gender ideology" restrictions
Faculty are also prohibited from teaching material inconsistent with approved syllabi. The changes come in response to a recent controversy over gender identity classroom discussions.
www.texastribune.org
November 14, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Texas A&M and its attack on academic freedom is partner in new accreditation group, the CPHE, who will use academic freedom & “intellectual diversity” to assess schools. Will CPHE discount its client in this case? Or speak out? @aaup.org @texasaaup.bsky.social www.texastribune.org/2025/11/13/t...
"If anything, the response by university leaders may have brought to the fore what some of us suspected all along: Academic freedom is being eroded internally by university administrators & externally by politicians."
— Laura Isabel Serna, President of University of Southern California AAUP
— Laura Isabel Serna, President of University of Southern California AAUP
Commentary: Fearing Trump, universities themselves restrict academic freedom
Seven out of the nine universities that the Trump administration invited to offer feedback on the so...
www.macon.com
November 14, 2025 at 5:11 PM
"If anything, the response by university leaders may have brought to the fore what some of us suspected all along: Academic freedom is being eroded internally by university administrators & externally by politicians."
— Laura Isabel Serna, President of University of Southern California AAUP
— Laura Isabel Serna, President of University of Southern California AAUP