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Ball State advocacy chapter of the AAUP. Views are our own and do not represent the official stance of Ball State University.
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Higher Ed has positive impacts on the lives of every American, from training doctors to developing tech innovations. Political interference threatens that. Do you have a Higher Ed impact story? Share it in the comments or on this survey: buff.ly/H9dC7xG
@AFTHigherEd.bsky.social @AAUP.org
@AFTHigherEd.bsky.social @AAUP.org
November 7, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Higher Ed has positive impacts on the lives of every American, from training doctors to developing tech innovations. Political interference threatens that. Do you have a Higher Ed impact story? Share it in the comments or on this survey: buff.ly/H9dC7xG
@AFTHigherEd.bsky.social @AAUP.org
@AFTHigherEd.bsky.social @AAUP.org
Universities are enmeshed in their communities. BSU immersive learning projects connect students with Munsonians for mutually beneficial collaborations--from installing solar panels to documenting local history. Higher Ed helps communities thrive! buff.ly/jsNrCt9
@AFTHigherEd.bsky.social @AAUP.org
@AFTHigherEd.bsky.social @AAUP.org
November 7, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Universities are enmeshed in their communities. BSU immersive learning projects connect students with Munsonians for mutually beneficial collaborations--from installing solar panels to documenting local history. Higher Ed helps communities thrive! buff.ly/jsNrCt9
@AFTHigherEd.bsky.social @AAUP.org
@AFTHigherEd.bsky.social @AAUP.org
Calling True Crime fans! If you find bones while digging, who investigates? The sheriff dept's million $$ crime lab? Nope. Often it's the local university's Anthropology Department. True True Crime fans know the importance of funding Higher Ed. buff.ly/unPT6NO
@AFTHigherEd.bsky.social @AAUP.org
@AFTHigherEd.bsky.social @AAUP.org
November 7, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Calling True Crime fans! If you find bones while digging, who investigates? The sheriff dept's million $$ crime lab? Nope. Often it's the local university's Anthropology Department. True True Crime fans know the importance of funding Higher Ed. buff.ly/unPT6NO
@AFTHigherEd.bsky.social @AAUP.org
@AFTHigherEd.bsky.social @AAUP.org
When politicians attack higher ed, they’re not just hurting students & faculty. It hurts:
✅Patients who rely on medical research
✅Workers who reap the benefits of innovation
✅ All of us who benefit from a strong economy www.youtube.com/watch?v=xAKJ...
@AAUP @AFT
✅Patients who rely on medical research
✅Workers who reap the benefits of innovation
✅ All of us who benefit from a strong economy www.youtube.com/watch?v=xAKJ...
@AAUP @AFT
November 7, 2025 at 5:15 PM
When politicians attack higher ed, they’re not just hurting students & faculty. It hurts:
✅Patients who rely on medical research
✅Workers who reap the benefits of innovation
✅ All of us who benefit from a strong economy www.youtube.com/watch?v=xAKJ...
@AAUP @AFT
✅Patients who rely on medical research
✅Workers who reap the benefits of innovation
✅ All of us who benefit from a strong economy www.youtube.com/watch?v=xAKJ...
@AAUP @AFT
Higher education is a public good, not a political football. It's time to make our voices heard and demand our elected officials protect this vital institution. Add your voice to ours! Tell Congress to invest in our future. www.youtube.com/watch?v=xAKJ... @AFTHigherEd.bsky.social @AAUP.org
November 7, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Higher education is a public good, not a political football. It's time to make our voices heard and demand our elected officials protect this vital institution. Add your voice to ours! Tell Congress to invest in our future. www.youtube.com/watch?v=xAKJ... @AFTHigherEd.bsky.social @AAUP.org
BSU faculty teach classes that transform students’ lives and do research that can change the world. They create opportunity and strengthen Muncie and Indiana. On this Day of Action, re-read VJ Rubenstein's op-ed on the impact of funding cuts on higher ed: tinyurl.com/mr2ac2mf
@aaup.org @aft.org
@aaup.org @aft.org
November 7, 2025 at 2:10 PM
BSU faculty teach classes that transform students’ lives and do research that can change the world. They create opportunity and strengthen Muncie and Indiana. On this Day of Action, re-read VJ Rubenstein's op-ed on the impact of funding cuts on higher ed: tinyurl.com/mr2ac2mf
@aaup.org @aft.org
@aaup.org @aft.org
Our KYR event on international travel with CUNY CLEAR went great on Tuesday! If you couldn't make it, here's a handy document to help you navigate dealing with CBP for both citizens, LPRs, and non-citizens: drive.google.com/file/d/1NNDT...
October 23, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Our KYR event on international travel with CUNY CLEAR went great on Tuesday! If you couldn't make it, here's a handy document to help you navigate dealing with CBP for both citizens, LPRs, and non-citizens: drive.google.com/file/d/1NNDT...
We are proud of our students for reaching across the aisle and uniting against the suppression of free expression at Ball State University. Protecting free expression is a nonpartisan issue!
September 24, 2025 at 2:23 PM
We are proud of our students for reaching across the aisle and uniting against the suppression of free expression at Ball State University. Protecting free expression is a nonpartisan issue!
Please see our official statement regarding the termination of BSU employee Suzanne Swierc. Click the following link for the full statement: bsuaaup.com/response-to-...
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September 20, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Please see our official statement regarding the termination of BSU employee Suzanne Swierc. Click the following link for the full statement: bsuaaup.com/response-to-...
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The final portion of the 1st Amendment, the right to petition the government, is often not discussed but was pivotal to begin the end of slavery in the US. In 1834, the American Anti-Slavery Society began a drive to send anti-slavery petitions to DC, generating over 130,000 petitions!
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September 18, 2025 at 12:58 AM
The final portion of the 1st Amendment, the right to petition the government, is often not discussed but was pivotal to begin the end of slavery in the US. In 1834, the American Anti-Slavery Society began a drive to send anti-slavery petitions to DC, generating over 130,000 petitions!
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The freedom of assembly is enshrined in our Constitution through the First Amendment. However, law professor Gregory P. Magarian asserts that after the tragedy of Kent State in 1970, the U.S. Supreme Court has shifted its focus.
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September 17, 2025 at 11:23 PM
The freedom of assembly is enshrined in our Constitution through the First Amendment. However, law professor Gregory P. Magarian asserts that after the tragedy of Kent State in 1970, the U.S. Supreme Court has shifted its focus.
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While we prepare a statement in light of recent BSU decisions, we will continue highlighting our First Amendment protections. Freedom of the press is the protected right to freely publish communications and expressions of opinions through various forms of media.
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September 17, 2025 at 9:55 PM
While we prepare a statement in light of recent BSU decisions, we will continue highlighting our First Amendment protections. Freedom of the press is the protected right to freely publish communications and expressions of opinions through various forms of media.
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The Ball State chapter of @aaup.org is preparing a statement in response to this decision by BSU leadership. We are especially troubled that leadership made this decision on Constitution Day, when we are highlighting the freedoms protected by the First Amendment.
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September 17, 2025 at 9:38 PM
The Ball State chapter of @aaup.org is preparing a statement in response to this decision by BSU leadership. We are especially troubled that leadership made this decision on Constitution Day, when we are highlighting the freedoms protected by the First Amendment.
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What kind of speech is not protected under the First Amendment? Incitement to violence, fighting words, obscenity, defamation, true threats, forms of harassment, speech integral to criminal conduct, and sexual content of minors are all examples of speech that is not protected.
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September 17, 2025 at 6:58 PM
What kind of speech is not protected under the First Amendment? Incitement to violence, fighting words, obscenity, defamation, true threats, forms of harassment, speech integral to criminal conduct, and sexual content of minors are all examples of speech that is not protected.
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In Sherbert v Verner (1963), the Supreme Court of the U.S. (SCOTUS) came up with a test to see if a government action infringed on one’s free exercise of religion. This test put a high value on the free exercise of religion and set a high bar for permissible government infringement.
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September 17, 2025 at 5:22 PM
In Sherbert v Verner (1963), the Supreme Court of the U.S. (SCOTUS) came up with a test to see if a government action infringed on one’s free exercise of religion. This test put a high value on the free exercise of religion and set a high bar for permissible government infringement.
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The Free Exercise Clause says “Congress shall make no law…prohibiting the free exercise [of religion].” Determining what counts as the exercise of religion and when the government is infringing on it has been extremely complex.
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September 17, 2025 at 4:51 PM
The Free Exercise Clause says “Congress shall make no law…prohibiting the free exercise [of religion].” Determining what counts as the exercise of religion and when the government is infringing on it has been extremely complex.
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Although public schools and universities, for now, aren’t allowed to engage in explicit religious training using tax dollars, the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) has argued that teaching ABOUT religion is a public good.
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September 17, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Although public schools and universities, for now, aren’t allowed to engage in explicit religious training using tax dollars, the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) has argued that teaching ABOUT religion is a public good.
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The Establishment clause says “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion.” In its most basic form, this means that the United States cannot have an official state religion–unlike England, for example.
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September 17, 2025 at 3:15 PM
The Establishment clause says “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion.” In its most basic form, this means that the United States cannot have an official state religion–unlike England, for example.
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Most think about freedom of speech when they discuss the 1st Amendment, but it starts by grappling with freedom of religion. Legal and constitutional scholars divide this into two clauses: The Establishment Clause and the Free Exercise Clause. Sometimes there is friction between these two.
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September 17, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Most think about freedom of speech when they discuss the 1st Amendment, but it starts by grappling with freedom of religion. Legal and constitutional scholars divide this into two clauses: The Establishment Clause and the Free Exercise Clause. Sometimes there is friction between these two.
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Since 1915, the AAUP has helped to promote academic freedom across higher education in the U.S. Today is Constitution Day, and we are celebrating by sharing information about the First Amendment!
September 17, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Since 1915, the AAUP has helped to promote academic freedom across higher education in the U.S. Today is Constitution Day, and we are celebrating by sharing information about the First Amendment!
Here is the resolution continued (2/2)
April 17, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Here is the resolution continued (2/2)
We will comment soon on President Mearn’s email and the resolution of the Board of Trustees. For now, here is the handout of the resolution and some of the changes that will be made to the Freedom of Expression statement and Faculty and Professional Personnel Handbook (1/2)
April 17, 2025 at 7:51 PM
We will comment soon on President Mearn’s email and the resolution of the Board of Trustees. For now, here is the handout of the resolution and some of the changes that will be made to the Freedom of Expression statement and Faculty and Professional Personnel Handbook (1/2)
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February 24, 2025 at 8:07 PM
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