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CS
@chrisdlinguist.bsky.social
Our First Thursdays happy hour this month will be with the Monroe County Education Association. Indiana's strongest public school teachers union meets the nation's fastest-growing AAUP chapter! Thursday 12/4, 5-7 pm at Nick's on Kirkwood Ave.

(No need to RSVP)

@iubaaup.bsky.social
November 20, 2025 at 11:57 AM
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Indiana University fired the director of student media amid growing tension between the school and the student newspaper over what content was allowed in the print edition.
Indiana University fires adviser for student newspaper amid censorship dispute
The firing came amid growing tension between the school and the student newspaper over what content was allowed in the print edition.
nbcnews.to
October 16, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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It's time for IU to respect the value of its educators, and ensure faculty, staff, and graduate student worker compensation keeps pace with the cost of living and ensures that we can live and thrive. Fair compensation is essential to a world-class university.
October 8, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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The council formally thanked three IU professors — Alex Tanford, Steven Sherman and Russ Skiba — for suing over the removal of emerita faculty from university governance.
IU Bloomington faculty council endorses lawsuit over retired faculty representation
After retired faculty were removed from the Indiana University Bloomington Faculty Council, its current members are endorsing efforts to challenge that policy and Indiana law.
www.ipm.org
September 24, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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Charlie Kirk’s Professor Watchlist wasn’t about “free speech.” It was about fear.
Professors were doxxed, harassed, even assaulted and now America is rewriting the story.
www.virginmonkboy.com/p/the-watchl...

#AcademicFreedom #ProfessorWatchlist #CharlieKirk #FreeSpeech #PoliticalViolence #HigherEd
The Watchlist That Terrorized Academia
Charlie Kirk’s Professor Watchlist wasn’t about free speech. It was about fear. Here’s how it turned professors into targets — and why the national eulogies ignore the damage he left behind.
www.virginmonkboy.com
September 11, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Good reporting from our students on the Trustees’ power grab. Shout out to @iubaaup.bsky.social President Davy McD!
www.idsnews.com/article/2025...
Updated IU policy shifts faculty academic decision-making power toward administrators
A new policy changes the role of IU faculty on campus.
www.idsnews.com
September 11, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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IUB AAUP chapter members and leaders on curfew breaking and the fight to restore freedom of speech on our campus: "Credit for the victory of restoring freedom of speech at IU belongs to those who showed up and refused to be silenced." www.idsnews.com/article/2025...
GUEST COLUMN: We made this happen: Restoring freedom of speech on the IU Bloomington campus
IU freedom of speech was restored by protesting faculty, staff and student “curfew breakers.”
www.idsnews.com
September 9, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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Libraries provide far more than books—they're lifelines for internet access, digital equity, connection, and community programs, especially for low-income families. As educators and advocates for accessible knowledge, we need to support libraries in our community and beyond.
September 6, 2025 at 12:55 PM
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Indiana University prides itself on teaching more languages than any university in the country. Now some teachers are fighting to keep their degree programs from being cut. www.ipm.org/news/2025-08...
IU language professors are trying to save their programs
A petition with more than 400 signatures as of Thursday afternoon implores the IU president, board of trustees and Indiana governor to “Save the languages at IU!” It also sources testimonials from IU ...
www.ipm.org
August 21, 2025 at 9:28 PM
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A pro-Palestine group at Indiana University has been ordered to cease and desist all activity and comply with a university investigation into alleged misconduct. @weiss-a-woni.bsky.social
IU suspends Palestine Solidarity Committee, says it's a 'substantial risk' to campus
The Office of Student Conduct sent its letter the day after an IU professor was reprimanded for criticizing the university and discussing in class his protests against the war in Gaza.
www.ipm.org
August 18, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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"There's no reference to any sort of discovery process whatsoever," he said. "It was clearly a hastily and thoughtlessly written, anonymous complaint in a reporting system that had no consequences. ... It was elevated into an SEA 202 complaint."

www.indystar.com/story/news/e...
'Utterly chilling': IU professor sanctioned over Indiana's intellectual diversity law
Professor Ben Robinson said he believes Indiana University didn't actually investigate an anonymous complaint against him.
www.indystar.com
August 14, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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Indiana University professor Ben Robinson was formally reprimanded for violating Indiana’s intellectual diversity law.
IU professor sanctioned for violating ‘intellectual diversity’ law
An Indiana University professor was formally reprimanded for violating Indiana’s intellectual diversity law.
www.ipm.org
August 14, 2025 at 9:13 PM
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Indiana University’s Board of Trustees will meet for an executive session Friday. The session in Bryan Hall is only open to the trustees and invited participants. The trustees will discuss legal advice with an attorney, exempting them from Indiana’s Open Door laws.
IU trustees to hold executive session Friday
Indiana University's Board of Trustees will meet in an executive session on Aug. 8. The meeting is not open to the public.
www.ipm.org
August 6, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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Without faculty input or public debate, the IU Board of Trustees has eliminated shared governance on matters that pertain to the mission and implementation of academic activities, curriculum, and degree programs.

Review the changes in BOT-25 here:

iubaaup.wordpress.com/2025/08/05/c...
Comparison between AСА-79 (2024) and BOT-25 (2025)
The new Merger, Reorganization, and Elimination of Academic Units and Programs (BOT-25) policy passed at the June 2025 meeting of the Board of Trustees. It replaces the previous CREM policy (ACA-79…
iubaaup.wordpress.com
August 7, 2025 at 12:17 PM
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“American Academy of Arts&Sciences reports 96.3% of humanities grads age 23-32 fully employed. Earnings in humanitiess comparable to social/life sciences, job satisfaction levels too. A serious mismatch bw actual employment for hum grads +general perception."
www.mellon.org/voices/human...
Mellon Foundation
The Mellon Foundation makes grants to actively unlock the power in the arts and humanities that helps connect us all.
www.mellon.org
August 1, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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You can never bend the knee enough to appease an authoritarian bully.

This is a devastating blow to academic freedom & freedom of speech at Columbia.

Never in the history of this nation has there been an administration so intent on the utter destruction of higher education as we know it.
Columbia Agrees to $200 Million Fine to Settle Fight With Trump
www.nytimes.com
July 24, 2025 at 1:37 AM
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Far beyond Harvard, conservative efforts to reshape higher education are gaining steam
Far beyond Harvard, conservative efforts to reshape higher education are gaining steam
Far beyond Harvard University and its standoff with the Trump administration, Republican officials in several states have been pushing for changes at public universities
www.post-gazette.com
July 23, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Who else is buying nothing today? Are you also staying off FB?
February 28, 2025 at 1:16 PM
“I am human; therefore, nothing human can be alien to me.” Terence (h/t Maya Angelou)
February 9, 2025 at 3:06 PM