AAUP-Ohio State
@osuaaup.bsky.social
The Ohio State University chapter of the AAUP defends academic freedom & faculty rights and promotes higher ed as a common good. Member of AAUP/AFT Local 6741.
Pinned
AAUP-Ohio State
@osuaaup.bsky.social
· Sep 20
AAUP-OSU Statement on Academic Freedom and Responsibility
AAUP-OSU clarifies the relationship between academic freedom and responsibility.
www.aaup-osu.org
New statement: Academic Freedom, academic responsibility, and the attack on higher ed.
www.aaup-osu.org/post/aaup-os...
www.aaup-osu.org/post/aaup-os...
Come out to our November chapter meeting this Thursday! RSVP here: actionnetwork.org/events/aaup-...
We have a ton to talk after the rally on 11/7 & the fight for free speech & academic freedom at all levels. Whether you’re a regular or it’s your first meeting, your voice is what we need to hear.
We have a ton to talk after the rally on 11/7 & the fight for free speech & academic freedom at all levels. Whether you’re a regular or it’s your first meeting, your voice is what we need to hear.
November 10, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Come out to our November chapter meeting this Thursday! RSVP here: actionnetwork.org/events/aaup-...
We have a ton to talk after the rally on 11/7 & the fight for free speech & academic freedom at all levels. Whether you’re a regular or it’s your first meeting, your voice is what we need to hear.
We have a ton to talk after the rally on 11/7 & the fight for free speech & academic freedom at all levels. Whether you’re a regular or it’s your first meeting, your voice is what we need to hear.
Reposted by AAUP-Ohio State
Help our local chapter of Students for a National Health Plan feed hungry folks here in Central Ohio! Campaign runs until Thanksgiving.
➡️ visit give.mofc.org/snahpforsnap to donate
🥫Local to Columbus? Physical donations can be brought to OSUCOM for distribution through the Street Med student org
➡️ visit give.mofc.org/snahpforsnap to donate
🥫Local to Columbus? Physical donations can be brought to OSUCOM for distribution through the Street Med student org
November 8, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Help our local chapter of Students for a National Health Plan feed hungry folks here in Central Ohio! Campaign runs until Thanksgiving.
➡️ visit give.mofc.org/snahpforsnap to donate
🥫Local to Columbus? Physical donations can be brought to OSUCOM for distribution through the Street Med student org
➡️ visit give.mofc.org/snahpforsnap to donate
🥫Local to Columbus? Physical donations can be brought to OSUCOM for distribution through the Street Med student org
Our students are amazing! OSA, with the support of many groups, led a successful protest yesterday as part of the November 7 national day of action. More photos soon, but for now here’s coverage from the OSU Lantern and from Columbus Dispatch.
November 8, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Our students are amazing! OSA, with the support of many groups, led a successful protest yesterday as part of the November 7 national day of action. More photos soon, but for now here’s coverage from the OSU Lantern and from Columbus Dispatch.
Reposted by AAUP-Ohio State
The dude’s making up to $150,000 while lying about higher ed. What kind of school hires Gordon Gee not once, not twice, but three times?!
November 7, 2025 at 2:35 PM
The dude’s making up to $150,000 while lying about higher ed. What kind of school hires Gordon Gee not once, not twice, but three times?!
Comic #4. Enjoy, share, reflect.
November 6, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Comic #4. Enjoy, share, reflect.
Friday at noon, Thompson statue, the Oval. Please read through the petition to see the demands. if you are local and want to speak, you can submit your name also.
Remember to wear red. #redfored
This is part of a national day of action on 11/7.
Remember to wear red. #redfored
This is part of a national day of action on 11/7.
November 4, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Friday at noon, Thompson statue, the Oval. Please read through the petition to see the demands. if you are local and want to speak, you can submit your name also.
Remember to wear red. #redfored
This is part of a national day of action on 11/7.
Remember to wear red. #redfored
This is part of a national day of action on 11/7.
Reposted by AAUP-Ohio State
What are you doing 11/7 to stand up for higher ed? DM us if you need ideas!
AAUP-OSU is proud to support the OSU chapter of the Ohio Student Association and other students who are coming out to demonstrate on 11/7 at noon for free speech on this campus. 11/7 is also a national day of action & events will be happening around the country. It’s time to stand up & be counted.
November 4, 2025 at 2:33 PM
What are you doing 11/7 to stand up for higher ed? DM us if you need ideas!
AAUP-OSU is proud to support the OSU chapter of the Ohio Student Association and other students who are coming out to demonstrate on 11/7 at noon for free speech on this campus. 11/7 is also a national day of action & events will be happening around the country. It’s time to stand up & be counted.
November 2, 2025 at 8:53 PM
AAUP-OSU is proud to support the OSU chapter of the Ohio Student Association and other students who are coming out to demonstrate on 11/7 at noon for free speech on this campus. 11/7 is also a national day of action & events will be happening around the country. It’s time to stand up & be counted.
Reposted by AAUP-Ohio State
“After Rainey’s termination, UT’s accreditor put its status as an accredited university on probation…The AAUP censured the institution for nine years, deterring professors from coming. It took a decade for UT to restore its reputation.” 😬
UT’s independence tested as politics reshapes Texas higher ed – again
New laws, firings and pressure facing universities across Texas mirror historic conflicts over academic freedom that reshaped UT eight decades ago. Here's how.
www.statesman.com
November 2, 2025 at 8:45 PM
“After Rainey’s termination, UT’s accreditor put its status as an accredited university on probation…The AAUP censured the institution for nine years, deterring professors from coming. It took a decade for UT to restore its reputation.” 😬
To all who have an interest in defending free speech at Ohio State: Come out to the Thompson Statue on the Oval at 12noon on Nov 7.
AAUP-OSU is a proud co-sponsor of this event organized by the OSU chapter of the Ohio Student Association. 11/7 is a national day of action by “Students Rise Up”
AAUP-OSU is a proud co-sponsor of this event organized by the OSU chapter of the Ohio Student Association. 11/7 is a national day of action by “Students Rise Up”
October 29, 2025 at 1:18 PM
To all who have an interest in defending free speech at Ohio State: Come out to the Thompson Statue on the Oval at 12noon on Nov 7.
AAUP-OSU is a proud co-sponsor of this event organized by the OSU chapter of the Ohio Student Association. 11/7 is a national day of action by “Students Rise Up”
AAUP-OSU is a proud co-sponsor of this event organized by the OSU chapter of the Ohio Student Association. 11/7 is a national day of action by “Students Rise Up”
OSU community members and beyond - please sign this letter to OSU admin to reject the Trump compact. And share widely.
actionnetwork.org/petitions/os...
actionnetwork.org/petitions/os...
OSU, Choose Integrity — Reject the Trump Compact
Tell the OSU president, provost, and chair of trustees to choose integrity and reject the Trump Compact.
actionnetwork.org
October 28, 2025 at 6:59 PM
OSU community members and beyond - please sign this letter to OSU admin to reject the Trump compact. And share widely.
actionnetwork.org/petitions/os...
actionnetwork.org/petitions/os...
Reposted by AAUP-Ohio State
✊ Solidarity with our colleagues in Ohio who are facing tremendous repression post-SB1. Faculty teaching conditions are student learning conditions. This is nothing less than an assault on the freedom to learn.
Our board member @cmcknichols.bsky.social & AAUP members from OSU & around the state contributed to this @dispatch.com article on the chilling impact of SB1 across Ohio. Between legal mandates & admin overcompliance, we are living the grim reality that thousands protested for over 2 years.
The "chill is real" on #Ohio campuses right now after #SB1 *and with federal attacks on + efforts to micromanage higher education -- cancellations, closures, + chalking and land acknowledgement bans, with some quotes from me as well, great piece in the Dispatch www.dispatch.com/story/news/e...
October 27, 2025 at 12:30 PM
✊ Solidarity with our colleagues in Ohio who are facing tremendous repression post-SB1. Faculty teaching conditions are student learning conditions. This is nothing less than an assault on the freedom to learn.
Our board member @cmcknichols.bsky.social & AAUP members from OSU & around the state contributed to this @dispatch.com article on the chilling impact of SB1 across Ohio. Between legal mandates & admin overcompliance, we are living the grim reality that thousands protested for over 2 years.
The "chill is real" on #Ohio campuses right now after #SB1 *and with federal attacks on + efforts to micromanage higher education -- cancellations, closures, + chalking and land acknowledgement bans, with some quotes from me as well, great piece in the Dispatch www.dispatch.com/story/news/e...
As SB 1 impacts ripple across Ohio college campuses, students, faculty say 'the chill is real'
Two months into her final fall semester, one OSU senior said the ripple effect of Ohio Senate Bill 1 on campus has been "like a quiet roar."
www.dispatch.com
October 27, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Our board member @cmcknichols.bsky.social & AAUP members from OSU & around the state contributed to this @dispatch.com article on the chilling impact of SB1 across Ohio. Between legal mandates & admin overcompliance, we are living the grim reality that thousands protested for over 2 years.
Reposted by AAUP-Ohio State
Tuesday! Ohio State’s Center for Ethnic Studies, with American Indian Studies, hosts a teach-in on land acknowledgements and their relevance to OSU.
Affiliated faculty have a petition calling for dropping new “guidance” restricting when and where land acknowledgements are permitted. Please share!
Affiliated faculty have a petition calling for dropping new “guidance” restricting when and where land acknowledgements are permitted. Please share!
October 24, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Tuesday! Ohio State’s Center for Ethnic Studies, with American Indian Studies, hosts a teach-in on land acknowledgements and their relevance to OSU.
Affiliated faculty have a petition calling for dropping new “guidance” restricting when and where land acknowledgements are permitted. Please share!
Affiliated faculty have a petition calling for dropping new “guidance” restricting when and where land acknowledgements are permitted. Please share!
#3. Enjoy the comic, then scroll for action items.
October 24, 2025 at 4:18 PM
#3. Enjoy the comic, then scroll for action items.
Reposted by AAUP-Ohio State
A 🧵 with evidence from The Ohio State University on why these conservative centers that falsely claim to not be conservative centers are quite dangerous for any serious academic institution.
The Dept of Education’s $3m grant to the Chase Center (link attached) makes it plain. Don’t buy the rhetoric about the Center's political neutrality.
October 15, 2025 at 8:54 PM
A 🧵 with evidence from The Ohio State University on why these conservative centers that falsely claim to not be conservative centers are quite dangerous for any serious academic institution.
Our chapter, along with several others, has been pushing back on the repression of academic freedom at OSU—which often takes place around indigenous history, race, and diversity. Two articles today, taken together, show both what the repression and resistance look like.
October 15, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Our chapter, along with several others, has been pushing back on the repression of academic freedom at OSU—which often takes place around indigenous history, race, and diversity. Two articles today, taken together, show both what the repression and resistance look like.
Reposted by AAUP-Ohio State
"In the case of land acknowledgements, the ban on factual information is a troubling example of overcompliance to SB1 & a transparent attempt to appease & cower in an anti-DEI moment."
— AAUP OSU
Teaching Indigenous history and practicing academic freedom are inseparable!
@osuaaup.bsky.social
— AAUP OSU
Teaching Indigenous history and practicing academic freedom are inseparable!
@osuaaup.bsky.social
Ohio State twice revises university policy on Indigenous land acknowledgements this semester
Ohio State has twice this semester revised its policy on land acknowledgements, including whether professors can include them in course materials.
www.dispatch.com
October 15, 2025 at 3:28 PM
"In the case of land acknowledgements, the ban on factual information is a troubling example of overcompliance to SB1 & a transparent attempt to appease & cower in an anti-DEI moment."
— AAUP OSU
Teaching Indigenous history and practicing academic freedom are inseparable!
@osuaaup.bsky.social
— AAUP OSU
Teaching Indigenous history and practicing academic freedom are inseparable!
@osuaaup.bsky.social
Reposted by AAUP-Ohio State
More ridiculousness and caving to political pressure by THE Over-Compliant University. @osuaaup.bsky.social is pushing back.
Under Anti-DEI Pressure, Ohio State Limits Conference Funds
The Education Department recently criticized Ohio State University’s involvement with a nonprofit that encourages people from underrepresented backgrounds to pursue doctorates. Now, OSU is rethinking ...
www.insidehighered.com
October 15, 2025 at 1:58 PM
More ridiculousness and caving to political pressure by THE Over-Compliant University. @osuaaup.bsky.social is pushing back.
The attack on our colleagues’ academic freedom, and anything to do with race and diversity, is in full force at OSU.
Obeying in advance once again, OSU is now withdrawing support for scholars studying topics and attending relevant conferences that the federal government doesn't like.
Obeying in advance once again, OSU is now withdrawing support for scholars studying topics and attending relevant conferences that the federal government doesn't like.
Ohio State changes policy on group conferences after Trump administration threats
A federal investigation into potentially discriminatory practices at Ohio State prompted the university to change its policies regarding conferences.
www.dispatch.com
October 14, 2025 at 7:46 PM
The attack on our colleagues’ academic freedom, and anything to do with race and diversity, is in full force at OSU.
Obeying in advance once again, OSU is now withdrawing support for scholars studying topics and attending relevant conferences that the federal government doesn't like.
Obeying in advance once again, OSU is now withdrawing support for scholars studying topics and attending relevant conferences that the federal government doesn't like.
The Dept of Education’s $3m grant to the Chase Center (link attached) makes it plain. Don’t buy the rhetoric about the Center's political neutrality.
October 13, 2025 at 11:05 PM
The Dept of Education’s $3m grant to the Chase Center (link attached) makes it plain. Don’t buy the rhetoric about the Center's political neutrality.
Coming up on October 20!
October 11, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Coming up on October 20!
Reposted by AAUP-Ohio State
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
Reposted by AAUP-Ohio State
An enormous legal victory for @aaup.org, MESA, and the Rutgers, NYU, and Harvard chapters of AAUP, in a case that Judge Young describes as "perhaps the most important ever to fall within the jurisdiction of this district court."
BREAKING: Judge William Young, a Reagan appointee, delivers the most scathing legal rebuke of the Trump era, ruling that Trump and his cabinet illegally targeted pro-Palestinian students for deportation to "strike fear" into First Amendment protesters. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
September 30, 2025 at 6:45 PM
An enormous legal victory for @aaup.org, MESA, and the Rutgers, NYU, and Harvard chapters of AAUP, in a case that Judge Young describes as "perhaps the most important ever to fall within the jurisdiction of this district court."