United Academics
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United Academics Local 6741 is an @aaup.org & @AFT.org local, composed of all non-collectively bargaining AAUP chapter members and at-large members of AAUP. Visit us at https://local6741.org/ & become a member at https://www.aaup.org/membership/join
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Local 6741 is in the BlueSky house!
We are an @aaup.bsky.social & @aft.org local, composed of all non-collectively bargaining AAUP chapter & at-large members of AAUP.
Follow us for news on & organizing resources for faculty in pre-majority union contexts.
Check out our website too! local6741.org
We are an @aaup.bsky.social & @aft.org local, composed of all non-collectively bargaining AAUP chapter & at-large members of AAUP.
Follow us for news on & organizing resources for faculty in pre-majority union contexts.
Check out our website too! local6741.org
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Thankful to my fellow Senators who took a stand to pass this important resolution co-authored by @aaupmason.bsky.social
Thankful to my fellow Senators who took a stand to pass this important resolution co-authored by @aaupmason.bsky.social
George Mason faculty urge leaders to reject Trump deals risking ‘institutional autonomy’
A Wednesday resolution from the faculty senate argued that the university's board and president should not put it under "continuing federal supervision.”
www.highereddive.com
December 5, 2025 at 11:11 AM
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Thankful to my fellow Senators who took a stand to pass this important resolution co-authored by @aaupmason.bsky.social
Thankful to my fellow Senators who took a stand to pass this important resolution co-authored by @aaupmason.bsky.social
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“There’s no doubt in my mind that’s the intent…the worst thing is that politically mandated ideas will be taught instead of scientifically accepted concepts in our disciplines, or concepts that are recognized by the disciplinary experts.”
– Andrew Martin, Texas Tech AAUP
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– Andrew Martin, Texas Tech AAUP
@texasaaup.bsky.social
At Texas Tech, Professors Now Need Permission to Teach About Race and Gender
Faculty say the policy is vague and a violation of the First Amendment.
www.chronicle.com
December 5, 2025 at 2:42 PM
“There’s no doubt in my mind that’s the intent…the worst thing is that politically mandated ideas will be taught instead of scientifically accepted concepts in our disciplines, or concepts that are recognized by the disciplinary experts.”
– Andrew Martin, Texas Tech AAUP
@texasaaup.bsky.social
– Andrew Martin, Texas Tech AAUP
@texasaaup.bsky.social
Boom! We getting in the political game.
Because if we don't fight in the political arena for the best interests of universities—which includes their students, faculty, & communities!—then these politicians will keep trying to take over our universities & dictate what we teach & research.
Because if we don't fight in the political arena for the best interests of universities—which includes their students, faculty, & communities!—then these politicians will keep trying to take over our universities & dictate what we teach & research.
That’s right and we are gonna fight for free public higher ed, and end to student debt, an end to contingent and a new compact that prioritizes academic freedom, freedom of speech, shared governance and the right to assembly & protest on campus! JOIN US!
@aaup.org
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@aaup.org
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Professors Launch PAC to Fight Back Against Trump’s Attacks
The American Association of University Professors, a union whose members are fighting policies from the Trump administration and GOP Congress, launched a PAC this week to spend in federal elections.
news.bgov.com
December 5, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Boom! We getting in the political game.
Because if we don't fight in the political arena for the best interests of universities—which includes their students, faculty, & communities!—then these politicians will keep trying to take over our universities & dictate what we teach & research.
Because if we don't fight in the political arena for the best interests of universities—which includes their students, faculty, & communities!—then these politicians will keep trying to take over our universities & dictate what we teach & research.
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“It didn’t have to unfold this way.”
Northwestern could have resisted these illegal & unconstitutional demands and sued the Trump administration, as Harvard did. Instead, they capitulated, & turned over Northwestern’s policies to federal law enforcement. Why? 🧐
@nu-aaup.bsky.social
#defendhighered
Northwestern could have resisted these illegal & unconstitutional demands and sued the Trump administration, as Harvard did. Instead, they capitulated, & turned over Northwestern’s policies to federal law enforcement. Why? 🧐
@nu-aaup.bsky.social
#defendhighered
December 3, 2025 at 9:17 PM
“It didn’t have to unfold this way.”
Northwestern could have resisted these illegal & unconstitutional demands and sued the Trump administration, as Harvard did. Instead, they capitulated, & turned over Northwestern’s policies to federal law enforcement. Why? 🧐
@nu-aaup.bsky.social
#defendhighered
Northwestern could have resisted these illegal & unconstitutional demands and sued the Trump administration, as Harvard did. Instead, they capitulated, & turned over Northwestern’s policies to federal law enforcement. Why? 🧐
@nu-aaup.bsky.social
#defendhighered
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With rising attacks on university teachers, have you checked out the toolkit the Joint Academic Freedom Committee created for members facing challenges to academic freedom on campus, in the classroom, and beyond?
Read and share with your colleagues: https://rutgersaaup.org/academic-freedom-toolkit/
Read and share with your colleagues: https://rutgersaaup.org/academic-freedom-toolkit/
December 4, 2025 at 2:33 PM
With rising attacks on university teachers, have you checked out the toolkit the Joint Academic Freedom Committee created for members facing challenges to academic freedom on campus, in the classroom, and beyond?
Read and share with your colleagues: https://rutgersaaup.org/academic-freedom-toolkit/
Read and share with your colleagues: https://rutgersaaup.org/academic-freedom-toolkit/
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Texas Tech has revived the office of censor. Faculty need pre-clearance to teach their courses. #academicfreedom @aaup.org
December 4, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Texas Tech has revived the office of censor. Faculty need pre-clearance to teach their courses. #academicfreedom @aaup.org
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"Northwestern officials proudly noted that their pact with the WH explicitly declares that the agreement doesn’t allow the gov't to dictate “the content of academic speech and research” .... But the pact itself restricts speech and research at the university. Saying otherwise won’t change that."
Opinion | The Dishonesty of the Northwestern Deal
The university claims it preserved academic autonomy. It didn’t.
www.chronicle.com
December 3, 2025 at 12:55 PM
"Northwestern officials proudly noted that their pact with the WH explicitly declares that the agreement doesn’t allow the gov't to dictate “the content of academic speech and research” .... But the pact itself restricts speech and research at the university. Saying otherwise won’t change that."
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“These publications have the First Amendment right to be free of viewpoint-based discrimination, but UA is explicitly citing their viewpoints to justify killing their publications. No federal antidiscrimination law authorizes the university to silence student media it dislikes.”
Alabama Ends Black-, Women-Focused Student Magazines
The university pointed to a July Department of Justice memo that warned against “unlawful proxies” for race or sex. It’s another example of administrators restricting student media.
www.insidehighered.com
December 4, 2025 at 5:18 PM
“These publications have the First Amendment right to be free of viewpoint-based discrimination, but UA is explicitly citing their viewpoints to justify killing their publications. No federal antidiscrimination law authorizes the university to silence student media it dislikes.”
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Sign on to the petition here! T
he Board of Regents votes TOMORROW.
Sign on to tell them to vote NO on these proposed cuts! 👇
he Board of Regents votes TOMORROW.
Sign on to tell them to vote NO on these proposed cuts! 👇
One Faculty, One Nebraska: Stop the Harmful Budget Cuts!
Program closures hurt everyday working Nebraskans and threaten our students' futures. Budget cuts harm us all. Cutting academic programs puts key Nebraska industries at risk. We are demanding that UNL...
actionnetwork.org
December 4, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Sign on to the petition here! T
he Board of Regents votes TOMORROW.
Sign on to tell them to vote NO on these proposed cuts! 👇
he Board of Regents votes TOMORROW.
Sign on to tell them to vote NO on these proposed cuts! 👇
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Stop the $24 million funding cuts and program closures at the University of Nebraska - Lincoln!
"The proposed cuts would weaken UNL’s academic core, diminish statewide economic growth, undercut agricultural innovation, and harm student success for years to come."
Link to petition in thread 🧵
"The proposed cuts would weaken UNL’s academic core, diminish statewide economic growth, undercut agricultural innovation, and harm student success for years to come."
Link to petition in thread 🧵
UNL’s future is on the line: Cancel the Dec. 5 NU regents vote • Nebraska Examiner
NU regents approving this questionable plan is not fiscal prudence. It is institutional self-harm with long-term consequences for Nebraska.
nebraskaexaminer.com
December 4, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Stop the $24 million funding cuts and program closures at the University of Nebraska - Lincoln!
"The proposed cuts would weaken UNL’s academic core, diminish statewide economic growth, undercut agricultural innovation, and harm student success for years to come."
Link to petition in thread 🧵
"The proposed cuts would weaken UNL’s academic core, diminish statewide economic growth, undercut agricultural innovation, and harm student success for years to come."
Link to petition in thread 🧵
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When the University of California system failed to legally challenge Trump’s $1.2 billion fine against UCLA, UC unions led by @aaup.org representing faculty, staff, and students successfully sued the administration themselves.
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
December 4, 2025 at 6:56 PM
When the University of California system failed to legally challenge Trump’s $1.2 billion fine against UCLA, UC unions led by @aaup.org representing faculty, staff, and students successfully sued the administration themselves.
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AAUP University of Nebraska - Lincoln is countering
the threats to cut around $25 million in funding and to close four academic programs with music and grassroots energy!
The creative solidarity among faculty, students, and staff energize powers the fight against these disastrous budget cuts!
the threats to cut around $25 million in funding and to close four academic programs with music and grassroots energy!
The creative solidarity among faculty, students, and staff energize powers the fight against these disastrous budget cuts!
December 4, 2025 at 7:38 PM
AAUP University of Nebraska - Lincoln is countering
the threats to cut around $25 million in funding and to close four academic programs with music and grassroots energy!
The creative solidarity among faculty, students, and staff energize powers the fight against these disastrous budget cuts!
the threats to cut around $25 million in funding and to close four academic programs with music and grassroots energy!
The creative solidarity among faculty, students, and staff energize powers the fight against these disastrous budget cuts!
Reminder: join us today!
Why is Palestine a Union Issue?
Join us tomorrow, Wed., Dec. 3rd @ 5:30pm ET for the final event in our 5-part Mapping Anti-Palestinian Discrimination, Harassment, and Misinformation in U.S. Higher Education series.
Register here: zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Co-sponsored by @jvp.bsky.social & CAHE.
Join us tomorrow, Wed., Dec. 3rd @ 5:30pm ET for the final event in our 5-part Mapping Anti-Palestinian Discrimination, Harassment, and Misinformation in U.S. Higher Education series.
Register here: zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Co-sponsored by @jvp.bsky.social & CAHE.
December 3, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Reminder: join us today!
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⭐️⭐️ “Policies like Texas A&M’s restrictions on teaching race or gender do more than limit content; they reinstall an older moral architecture, asking universities to prepare students for a world that is disappearing rather than the one emerging.” ⬇️
When universities choose to be silent, societies fracture
Texas A&M University’s restrictions on teaching race or gender reinstall an older moral architecture, asking universities to prepare students fo...
www.universityworldnews.com
December 2, 2025 at 6:10 PM
⭐️⭐️ “Policies like Texas A&M’s restrictions on teaching race or gender do more than limit content; they reinstall an older moral architecture, asking universities to prepare students for a world that is disappearing rather than the one emerging.” ⬇️
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“Northwestern has abdicated its duty to uphold principles crucial for higher education.”
— Jacqueline Stevens, Northwestern AAUP President
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— Jacqueline Stevens, Northwestern AAUP President
@nu-aaup.bsky.social
Northwestern to pay $75 million to end Trump administration probes
Northwestern’s interim president said the university chose to negotiate an agreement because the “cost of a legal fight was too high and the risks too grave.”
www.washingtonpost.com
December 2, 2025 at 5:32 PM
“Northwestern has abdicated its duty to uphold principles crucial for higher education.”
— Jacqueline Stevens, Northwestern AAUP President
@nu-aaup.bsky.social
— Jacqueline Stevens, Northwestern AAUP President
@nu-aaup.bsky.social
Boom!
We have to start to fight in the political arena...or we will be destroyed by it.
We have to start to fight in the political arena...or we will be destroyed by it.
That’s right and we are gonna fight for free public higher ed, and end to student debt, an end to contingent and a new compact that prioritizes academic freedom, freedom of speech, shared governance and the right to assembly & protest on campus! JOIN US!
@aaup.org
news.bgov.com/bloomberg-go...
@aaup.org
news.bgov.com/bloomberg-go...
Professors Launch PAC to Fight Back Against Trump’s Attacks
The American Association of University Professors, a union whose members are fighting policies from the Trump administration and GOP Congress, launched a PAC this week to spend in federal elections.
news.bgov.com
December 2, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Boom!
We have to start to fight in the political arena...or we will be destroyed by it.
We have to start to fight in the political arena...or we will be destroyed by it.
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That’s right and we are gonna fight for free public higher ed, and end to student debt, an end to contingent and a new compact that prioritizes academic freedom, freedom of speech, shared governance and the right to assembly & protest on campus! JOIN US!
@aaup.org
news.bgov.com/bloomberg-go...
@aaup.org
news.bgov.com/bloomberg-go...
Professors Launch PAC to Fight Back Against Trump’s Attacks
The American Association of University Professors, a union whose members are fighting policies from the Trump administration and GOP Congress, launched a PAC this week to spend in federal elections.
news.bgov.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:07 PM
That’s right and we are gonna fight for free public higher ed, and end to student debt, an end to contingent and a new compact that prioritizes academic freedom, freedom of speech, shared governance and the right to assembly & protest on campus! JOIN US!
@aaup.org
news.bgov.com/bloomberg-go...
@aaup.org
news.bgov.com/bloomberg-go...
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Professors have launched a Political Action Committee!
We are going to fight for the legislation that all faculty, students, staff, and higher ed workers deserve.
A new future for higher education is possible. Join us in the fight!
We are going to fight for the legislation that all faculty, students, staff, and higher ed workers deserve.
A new future for higher education is possible. Join us in the fight!
That’s right and we are gonna fight for free public higher ed, and end to student debt, an end to contingent and a new compact that prioritizes academic freedom, freedom of speech, shared governance and the right to assembly & protest on campus! JOIN US!
@aaup.org
news.bgov.com/bloomberg-go...
@aaup.org
news.bgov.com/bloomberg-go...
Professors Launch PAC to Fight Back Against Trump’s Attacks
The American Association of University Professors, a union whose members are fighting policies from the Trump administration and GOP Congress, launched a PAC this week to spend in federal elections.
news.bgov.com
December 1, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Professors have launched a Political Action Committee!
We are going to fight for the legislation that all faculty, students, staff, and higher ed workers deserve.
A new future for higher education is possible. Join us in the fight!
We are going to fight for the legislation that all faculty, students, staff, and higher ed workers deserve.
A new future for higher education is possible. Join us in the fight!
Members at Northwestern fighting back!
December 2, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Members at Northwestern fighting back!
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New on Academe Blog:
Statement from NU AAUP on the University’s “Resolution Agreement”
BY JACKIE STEVENS Northwestern University’s Interim President Henry Bienen announced on Friday the university had violated commitments to its faculty and students in order to appease an autoc…
academeblog.org
December 1, 2025 at 8:54 PM
New on Academe Blog:
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The AAUP chapter at the University of Nebraska - Lincoln is organizing a week of action to fight devastating budget cuts!
UNL is proposing to slash around 27 million dollars and to close 4 programs at the university.
These cuts will be disastrous.
Let's stand with AAUP - UNL and stop the cuts!
UNL is proposing to slash around 27 million dollars and to close 4 programs at the university.
These cuts will be disastrous.
Let's stand with AAUP - UNL and stop the cuts!
December 1, 2025 at 10:31 PM
The AAUP chapter at the University of Nebraska - Lincoln is organizing a week of action to fight devastating budget cuts!
UNL is proposing to slash around 27 million dollars and to close 4 programs at the university.
These cuts will be disastrous.
Let's stand with AAUP - UNL and stop the cuts!
UNL is proposing to slash around 27 million dollars and to close 4 programs at the university.
These cuts will be disastrous.
Let's stand with AAUP - UNL and stop the cuts!
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AAUP members qualify for liability insurance and other legal resources, including protection for charges brought by students or a parent claiming an AAUP-AFT member denied their Constitutional rights or committed libel, slander, invasion of privacy, or a criminal act.
Check out our webinar👇
Check out our webinar👇
Professional Liability Insurance and Legal Resources webinar
Join us for a virtual informational session with an AFT representative to learn more about the legal benefits and professional liability insurance available to AAUP members. It provides liability…
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November 28, 2025 at 6:01 PM
AAUP members qualify for liability insurance and other legal resources, including protection for charges brought by students or a parent claiming an AAUP-AFT member denied their Constitutional rights or committed libel, slander, invasion of privacy, or a criminal act.
Check out our webinar👇
Check out our webinar👇
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TX Tech has a flow chat for guidance on what can be taught in the university system. Two things:
1. Very little content seems to be permitted. This is partisan control of the curriculum.
2. I would not enjoy teaching under these conditions, but I really would not want to be a Chair or Dean.
1. Very little content seems to be permitted. This is partisan control of the curriculum.
2. I would not enjoy teaching under these conditions, but I really would not want to be a Chair or Dean.
December 1, 2025 at 10:55 PM
TX Tech has a flow chat for guidance on what can be taught in the university system. Two things:
1. Very little content seems to be permitted. This is partisan control of the curriculum.
2. I would not enjoy teaching under these conditions, but I really would not want to be a Chair or Dean.
1. Very little content seems to be permitted. This is partisan control of the curriculum.
2. I would not enjoy teaching under these conditions, but I really would not want to be a Chair or Dean.