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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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“The AAUP [and unions] have always known that we are stronger together.”

In this special podcast episode of our series, ”Academic Freedom on the Line,” Vineeta Singh interviews Anna Feder, a fellow with the Center for the Defense of Academic Freedom, about the movement for Palestine on campuses.
November 10, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Unions in higher ed can coordinate rapid response trainings with longstanding immigration advocacy groups to respond to ICE assaults on our communities & campuses.

Aaron Krall of UIC United Faculty discusses this & more in our recent AAUP TV episode.

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November 9, 2025 at 6:10 PM
The ICE raids in Chicago harm students’ ability to learn and the faculty’s ability to teach at Hispanic-serving institutions like the University of Illinois - Chicago.

Aaron Krall, President of University of Illinois Chicago Faculty United, discusses this & more in our recent AAUP TV episode.
November 9, 2025 at 5:54 PM
A coalition of AAUP chapters in Atlanta stood up today for the future of higher education and marched from Morehouse College to Clark Atlanta University!

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November 7, 2025 at 9:32 PM
A coalition of over 200 people came together today at the office of Marc Rowan in NYC, a private equity billionaire & architect of Trump’s university loyalty oath compact, to defend higher education!

Higher education belongs to the students, faculty, and staff—not to billionaires & authoritarians!
November 7, 2025 at 7:53 PM
🗣️"Hands off Higher Ed!"🗣️

— Todd Wolfson, AAUP President

No authoritarians, no billionaires in education!

📸Loren Matthew, AP Content Services

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November 7, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Trump and Marc Rowan’s loyalty oath compact is 🗑️!!

Out with billionaires & authoritarians in higher ed!

Our universities belong to the students & higher ed workers!

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November 7, 2025 at 5:50 PM
🎷Get up and get down for higher ed 🎷

Our coalition rejects the compact!

We believe that higher education should be free from partisan interference and billionaire influence including that of Marc Rowan, who spearheaded Trump’s dangerous loyalty oath compact!

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November 7, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Higher ed workers say: Condemn the Compact!

Here is CSU-AAUP, AFT Local 6745 member A. Fiona Pearson, professor of sociology at Central Connecticut State University, calling for us to unite in the face of these attacks on higher ed!

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November 7, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Connecticut state senator and professor at Quinnipiac University, Sujata Gadkar-Wilcox, calls for the rejection of Trump's loyalty oath compact!

Reject the compact and defend the democratic right for higher ed workers to dissent!

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November 7, 2025 at 4:58 PM
University of Oklahoma AAUP pushes back against Trump admin "unconstitutionally vague" attempts to censor research on race.
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November 7, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Urgent solidarity request!

Calling on everyone to support UUP member detained by ICE!
November 6, 2025 at 11:29 PM
AAUP TV TONIGHT @ 7 PM ET!

ICE & the UNIVERSITY: Defending our Campuses

Join special guests Aaron Krall (President of UIC United Faculty) & Caroline Luce (UC-AFT Communications Chair) to learn how higher ed workers should engage in the struggle against ICE on campus.

Live on IG & YouTube!
November 6, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Join us for the November 7 National Day of Protest to reject authoritarianism on our campuses!

We must be united and loud in our opposition to the assault on education, and demand that our universities commit to upholding freedom of speech and to providing an affordable, safe education for all.
November 5, 2025 at 5:02 PM
We demand an end to student debt!

We're disrupting business as usual on Nov 7 to demand college affordability, the freedom to teach & learn, and safety for the most vulnerable on our campuses.

Signs made by Josh MacPhee 🔥 grab one when you protest this Friday!

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November 4, 2025 at 4:14 PM
UNL-AAUP is fighting back against administrator raises while programs get cut.

“Decisions are being made behind closed doors & without faculty input. We weren’t invited to the table. There’s no transparency in this process. We’ve been shut out at every turn…”

— Sarah Zuckerman, UNL-AAUP president
November 2, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Everyone from across the political spectrum must unite against Trump’s loyalty oaths!

The community power we build on & across our campuses is key to protecting our freedoms.

Listen to AAUP General Counsel Veena Dubal from our recent AAUP TV update👇

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October 23, 2025 at 5:53 PM
University of Texas AAUP urges admin to join seven other universities in rejecting Trump’s ‘loyalty oath’ compact.

“The Compact reflects a grave threat to the mission of the University of Texas at Austin.”

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October 23, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Public universities that sign onto Trump's "Loyalty Oath" will violate the constitutional rights of their students.🤯

AAUP General Counsel Veena Dubal breaks down why in this clip from our recent AAUP TV update.

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October 22, 2025 at 9:41 PM
The resistance to Trump’s “loyalty oath” compact is growing and growing!

✅MIT
✅Penn
✅Brown
✅UVa
✅Dartmouth
✅USC
✅Arizona

🟩 Vanderbilt
🟩 Texas

Organized faculty and workers in higher ed will lead us to victory and towards a better world for our students!

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October 22, 2025 at 4:07 PM
TONIGHT AT 7:30PM ET / 4:30 PM PT!

Join AAUP President Todd Wolfson & AAUP General Counsel Veena Dubal for an update on universities MASS REFUSAL of Trump’s loyalty oath compact & how it violates the US Constitution.

Live on both IG & YouTube

Link: www.youtube.com/live/h-H-ETa...
October 21, 2025 at 10:00 PM
TONIGHT!

Join AAUP president Todd Wolfson & AAUP General Counsel Veena Dubal for an update on the AVALANCHE of universities rejecting Trump’s loyalty oath compact & how the compact violates the US Constitution.
7:30PM ET / 4:30 PM PT
Live on both IG &
YouTube.

Link: youtube.com/live/h-H-ETa...
October 21, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Scenes from Tampa, Florida today.

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October 18, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Scenes from Richmond, VA

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October 18, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Are you ready to defend this democracy?

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October 18, 2025 at 5:46 PM