Emory AAUP
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Emory University chapter of the American Association of University Professors
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Hey Emory faculty! The AAUP is fighting for academic freedom, financial support for the academic enterprise, and the freedom for our colleagues and students to work, study, and live without government harassment. Join now to support these and to protect your own career!
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Our legal victory in AAUP v. Trump ensures that the Trump administration cannot use civil rights laws to pull federal research funds from universities, which undermines our 1st and 10th amendment rights.
AAUP General Counsel Veena Dubal explains why this is a major victory for higher ed workers.
AAUP General Counsel Veena Dubal explains why this is a major victory for higher ed workers.
November 22, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Our legal victory in AAUP v. Trump ensures that the Trump administration cannot use civil rights laws to pull federal research funds from universities, which undermines our 1st and 10th amendment rights.
AAUP General Counsel Veena Dubal explains why this is a major victory for higher ed workers.
AAUP General Counsel Veena Dubal explains why this is a major victory for higher ed workers.
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“For the first time, we are delivering a united message to the Regents: We will not accept a lack of transparency, the exclusion of faculty from decision-making, or the erosion of our university’s 156-year-old mission to educate Nebraska’s students.”
– UNL AAUP President Sarah Zuckerman
– UNL AAUP President Sarah Zuckerman
UNL Faculty Senate approves historic no-confidence resolution
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln Faculty Senate voted 60-14 to approve a no-confidence resolution against Chancellor Rodney Bennett. It's believed to be the first such vote in the university's histo...
nebraskapublicmedia.org
November 20, 2025 at 3:14 PM
“For the first time, we are delivering a united message to the Regents: We will not accept a lack of transparency, the exclusion of faculty from decision-making, or the erosion of our university’s 156-year-old mission to educate Nebraska’s students.”
– UNL AAUP President Sarah Zuckerman
– UNL AAUP President Sarah Zuckerman
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Two Florida Atlantic University professors suspended after posting comments about conservative commentator Charlie Kirk’s death have been cleared and reinstated following an outside review. www.wpbf.com/article/flor...
FAU reinstates 2 professors suspended over social media posts about Charlie Kirk’s death
Two Florida Atlantic University professors suspended after posting comments about conservative commentator Charlie Kirk’s death have been cleared and reinstated following an outside review.
www.wpbf.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Two Florida Atlantic University professors suspended after posting comments about conservative commentator Charlie Kirk’s death have been cleared and reinstated following an outside review. www.wpbf.com/article/flor...
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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 1:02 PM
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.
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Time after time we see that capitulation to the administration doesn’t work, but when we stand up to the bullies, we can win.
This is a huge win for academic freedom and free expression.
www.latimes.com/california/s...
This is a huge win for academic freedom and free expression.
www.latimes.com/california/s...
Judge blocks Trump administration push to fine UCLA $1.2 billion for alleged antisemitism
A federal judge late Friday issued a preliminary injunction blocking the Trump administration from imposing a $1.2-billion fine on UCLA for alleged civil rights violations over antisemitism, its recog...
www.latimes.com
November 15, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Time after time we see that capitulation to the administration doesn’t work, but when we stand up to the bullies, we can win.
This is a huge win for academic freedom and free expression.
www.latimes.com/california/s...
This is a huge win for academic freedom and free expression.
www.latimes.com/california/s...
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More on the situation at #Emory, where the firing of a med school colleague & other activities by the admins appear to violate our Open Expression Policy. We either have a policy or we do not. @emoryaaup.bsky.social @aaup.org #AAUP @academic-chatter.bsky.social
www.emorywheel.com/article/2025...
www.emorywheel.com/article/2025...
Emory must stand up, reject culture of fear
The Emory Wheel is the only independent, student-run newspaper of Emory University, since 1919.
www.emorywheel.com
November 4, 2025 at 5:45 PM
More on the situation at #Emory, where the firing of a med school colleague & other activities by the admins appear to violate our Open Expression Policy. We either have a policy or we do not. @emoryaaup.bsky.social @aaup.org #AAUP @academic-chatter.bsky.social
www.emorywheel.com/article/2025...
www.emorywheel.com/article/2025...
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For the night owls and early birds: this is a war on the American Dream. My statement on ICE’s detention of two Upstate Medical University employees on Wednesday in Syracuse.
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November 1, 2025 at 4:29 AM
For the night owls and early birds: this is a war on the American Dream. My statement on ICE’s detention of two Upstate Medical University employees on Wednesday in Syracuse.
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Open letter from many #Emory faculty re the firing of a med school colleague. We asked that only tenured faculty who are citizens sign it. Many people worked hard on our Open Expression Policy, only to have it violated at least 3x in less than 3 yrs.
www.emorywheel.com/article/2025...
www.emorywheel.com/article/2025...
Open Letter: University violated Open Expression Policy in the dismissal of Anna Kenney
The Emory Wheel is the only independent, student-run newspaper of Emory University, since 1919.
www.emorywheel.com
October 30, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Open letter from many #Emory faculty re the firing of a med school colleague. We asked that only tenured faculty who are citizens sign it. Many people worked hard on our Open Expression Policy, only to have it violated at least 3x in less than 3 yrs.
www.emorywheel.com/article/2025...
www.emorywheel.com/article/2025...
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Please understand that the only reason this has been released is because of the UCLA faculty association who filed a request and challenged the refusal in court. If you are a UC faculty member, join your FA!
BREAKING: The California Supreme Court has DENIED the University of California's request that it block the release of a 28-page, $1.2-billion fine Trump administration UCLA settlement offer. UC is required to give a faculty group the document today. www.latimes.com/california/s...
UC must publicly release Trump administration's $1.2-billion settlement proposal
The California Supreme Court on Friday declined a request from the University of California to block the release of a roughly $1.2-billion Trump UCLA settlement. UCLA is required to share the document...
www.latimes.com
October 25, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Please understand that the only reason this has been released is because of the UCLA faculty association who filed a request and challenged the refusal in court. If you are a UC faculty member, join your FA!
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Higher ed's rush to adopt AI is about so much more than AI: defector.com/higher-eds-r...
Higher Ed’s Rush To Adopt AI Is About So Much More Than AI | Defector
If you don’t work at a university or have college-age kids, you may have missed the flurry of news stories and social media banter about AI adoption in higher ed, stories which have snowballed into…
defector.com
October 23, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Higher ed's rush to adopt AI is about so much more than AI: defector.com/higher-eds-r...
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Shocked reactions flooded in on Wednesday after a major university announced a deal with the Trump administration in what a college professor called "another shakedown."
'Cowards': University draws boycott calls after agreeing to Trump's 'shakedown'
Shocked reactions flooded in on Wednesday after a major university announced a deal with the Trump administration in what a college professor called "another shakedown." The University of Virginia made a deal with the Trump administration to cease investigations — at least for now — after facing thr...
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October 22, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Shocked reactions flooded in on Wednesday after a major university announced a deal with the Trump administration in what a college professor called "another shakedown."
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3x in less than 3 years, #Emory violated Open Expression Policy. Faculty, staff, students, admins, & legal office put hours into writing/revising it. Apparently, Emory doesn't think it needs to follow it.
www.emorywheel.com/article/2025...
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Committee for Open Expression finds Emory violated policy in professor termination
The Emory Wheel is the only independent, student-run newspaper of Emory University, since 1919.
www.emorywheel.com
October 22, 2025 at 12:17 PM
3x in less than 3 years, #Emory violated Open Expression Policy. Faculty, staff, students, admins, & legal office put hours into writing/revising it. Apparently, Emory doesn't think it needs to follow it.
www.emorywheel.com/article/2025...
@decaturish.bsky.social @ajc.com @emoryaaup.bsky.social
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And now there are SEVEN.
UofA president Suresh Garimella announced today that the school will reject Trump’s loyalty compact.
“Principles like academic freedom, merit-based research funding & institutional independence…must be preserved."
Vanderbilt, TX: all eyes on you. 👀
#DefendHigherEd
UofA president Suresh Garimella announced today that the school will reject Trump’s loyalty compact.
“Principles like academic freedom, merit-based research funding & institutional independence…must be preserved."
Vanderbilt, TX: all eyes on you. 👀
#DefendHigherEd
UofA rejects Trump higher ed plan as ASU invited to join compact
The University of Arizona rejected a Trump proposal linking funding to political priorities.
www.axios.com
October 20, 2025 at 11:24 PM
And now there are SEVEN.
UofA president Suresh Garimella announced today that the school will reject Trump’s loyalty compact.
“Principles like academic freedom, merit-based research funding & institutional independence…must be preserved."
Vanderbilt, TX: all eyes on you. 👀
#DefendHigherEd
UofA president Suresh Garimella announced today that the school will reject Trump’s loyalty compact.
“Principles like academic freedom, merit-based research funding & institutional independence…must be preserved."
Vanderbilt, TX: all eyes on you. 👀
#DefendHigherEd
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Many of us at #Emory remember Leslie Harris, who left us abt 11 years ago for #Northwestern. Here she is, speaking at a Northwestern meeting abt the University “Compact.”
Still making us proud.
@aaup.org @emoryaaup.bsky.social #academicsky #HigherEd
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqLs...
Still making us proud.
@aaup.org @emoryaaup.bsky.social #academicsky #HigherEd
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqLs...
Leslie Harris, Northwestern University Faculty Assembly, Oct. 15, 2025
YouTube video by Michael Peshkin
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October 18, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Many of us at #Emory remember Leslie Harris, who left us abt 11 years ago for #Northwestern. Here she is, speaking at a Northwestern meeting abt the University “Compact.”
Still making us proud.
@aaup.org @emoryaaup.bsky.social #academicsky #HigherEd
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqLs...
Still making us proud.
@aaup.org @emoryaaup.bsky.social #academicsky #HigherEd
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqLs...
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A surprisingly insightful article on the history of academic tenure, and it's connections to labor economics. From #Emory Law prof Acevedo, published in @time.com time.com/7320703/acad...
The Real History of Tenure
If academics want to protect the idea of tenure, they need to understand how and why it became the norm.
time.com
October 18, 2025 at 12:14 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
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October 10, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Rutgers professor moving to Europe after threats over antifa accusations www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Rutgers professor moving to Europe after threats over antifa accusations
Mark Bray says threats intensified after a Turning Point USA petition accused him of promoting political violence
www.theguardian.com
October 8, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Rutgers professor moving to Europe after threats over antifa accusations www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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NO LOYALTY OATHS IN HIGHER ED!
Trump's attacks on our universities are an attempt to consolidate power. This loyalty oath directly undermines our right to academic freedom & goes against every democratic principle our country should uphold.
Please click below, sign, & share.
#DefendHigherEd
Trump's attacks on our universities are an attempt to consolidate power. This loyalty oath directly undermines our right to academic freedom & goes against every democratic principle our country should uphold.
Please click below, sign, & share.
#DefendHigherEd
University Administrations: Reject Trump's "Loyalty Oath" Compacts
The Trump administration is trying to blackmail schools to let him and his unqualified bureaucrats run our schools. They want to dictate what schools teach, who they admit and hire, what researchers s...
actionnetwork.org
October 7, 2025 at 4:37 PM
NO LOYALTY OATHS IN HIGHER ED!
Trump's attacks on our universities are an attempt to consolidate power. This loyalty oath directly undermines our right to academic freedom & goes against every democratic principle our country should uphold.
Please click below, sign, & share.
#DefendHigherEd
Trump's attacks on our universities are an attempt to consolidate power. This loyalty oath directly undermines our right to academic freedom & goes against every democratic principle our country should uphold.
Please click below, sign, & share.
#DefendHigherEd
Analysis of the latest pressure tactics the administration is applying to ensure ideological compliance on campus.
for any UVA folks that follow me you should circulate this among your networks balkin.blogspot.com/2025/10/the-...
Balkinization: The Art of Replacing the Law with the Deal
A group blog on constitutional law, theory, and politics
balkin.blogspot.com
October 5, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Analysis of the latest pressure tactics the administration is applying to ensure ideological compliance on campus.
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UNC Chapel Hill has reinstated Prof. Dwayne Dixon.
Rather than conduct a threat assessment of a faculty member based on spurious accusations, UNC should conduct an assessment of its own administration's threat to First Amendment rights and academic freedom. @aaup.org
www.wral.com/news/local/u...
Rather than conduct a threat assessment of a faculty member based on spurious accusations, UNC should conduct an assessment of its own administration's threat to First Amendment rights and academic freedom. @aaup.org
www.wral.com/news/local/u...
UNC professor reinstated after investigation into alleged ties with politically motivated group
UNC-Chapel Hill has reinstated a professor who was linked to groups believed to call for politically motivated violence. An investigation found that Dwayne Dixon posed no threat to the campus communit...
www.wral.com
October 3, 2025 at 6:38 PM
UNC Chapel Hill has reinstated Prof. Dwayne Dixon.
Rather than conduct a threat assessment of a faculty member based on spurious accusations, UNC should conduct an assessment of its own administration's threat to First Amendment rights and academic freedom. @aaup.org
www.wral.com/news/local/u...
Rather than conduct a threat assessment of a faculty member based on spurious accusations, UNC should conduct an assessment of its own administration's threat to First Amendment rights and academic freedom. @aaup.org
www.wral.com/news/local/u...
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NC ACLU preparing to take legal action against UNC Chapel Hill if Prof. Dwayne Dixon is not reinstated by the end of the week. UNC is violating Dixon's Constitutional rights, and his and his students' and colleagues' academic freedom. @aaup.org
www.wral.com/news/local/a...
www.wral.com/news/local/a...
NC ACLU chapter threatens legal action against UNC if professor is not reinstated by end of week
The North Carolina chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union is threatening to take legal action against the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill if the university does not reinstate Dwayne...
www.wral.com
October 2, 2025 at 8:56 PM
NC ACLU preparing to take legal action against UNC Chapel Hill if Prof. Dwayne Dixon is not reinstated by the end of the week. UNC is violating Dixon's Constitutional rights, and his and his students' and colleagues' academic freedom. @aaup.org
www.wral.com/news/local/a...
www.wral.com/news/local/a...
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HIGHER ED EXTORTION: Trump offers “compact” to top universities—including Vanderbilt. Grants in exchange for: fewer foreign students, conservative gender policies, protected GOP ideology & speech limits on staff.
Will Vandy to submit to bullying for a bag of cash? www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/u...
Will Vandy to submit to bullying for a bag of cash? www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/u...
October 2, 2025 at 11:14 PM
HIGHER ED EXTORTION: Trump offers “compact” to top universities—including Vanderbilt. Grants in exchange for: fewer foreign students, conservative gender policies, protected GOP ideology & speech limits on staff.
Will Vandy to submit to bullying for a bag of cash? www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/u...
Will Vandy to submit to bullying for a bag of cash? www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/u...
Georgia AAUP president Matthew Boedy will be in town at Charis Books (Decatur) tomorrow (Tuesday 9/30 7:30 PM) for a reading of his new book.
On Tuesday my @wjkbooks.com book about Charlie Kirk and Turning Point USA launches. I'll be the guest at Charis Books in Decatur for an event that includes a reading, an interview, and audience Q/A. There is online availability. More info here: charisbooksandmore.com/event/2025-0...
The Seven Mountains Mandate: Exposing the Dangerous Plan to Christianize America and Destroy Democracy -- Matthew Boedy in Conversation with Tina Pippin
Charis Books & More is the South's oldest independent feminist bookstore, celebrating radical and queer voices since 1974!
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September 29, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Georgia AAUP president Matthew Boedy will be in town at Charis Books (Decatur) tomorrow (Tuesday 9/30 7:30 PM) for a reading of his new book.