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Great piece @insidehighered.com by Robert Post and Tom Ginsburg about the considerable threats posed by Trump's (extortion) "compact" with 9 universities. @aaup.org
www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...
www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...
A Compact for Control (opinion)
No self-respecting institution of higher education should accept the Trump administration’s unconstitutional terms, Robert Post and Tom Ginsburg write.
www.insidehighered.com
October 7, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Great piece @insidehighered.com by Robert Post and Tom Ginsburg about the considerable threats posed by Trump's (extortion) "compact" with 9 universities. @aaup.org
www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...
www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...
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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
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www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
“The carrots serve to lure institutions of higher learning into a dark alley where, rather than just waiting with a big stick, the government can put a gun to their heads at any time.”
“The carrots serve to lure institutions of higher learning into a dark alley where, rather than just waiting with a big stick, the government can put a gun to their heads at any time.”
US universities must reject Trump’s ‘compact’. It is full of traps | Jan-Werner Müller
The administration is trying to make nine universities an offer they seemingly cannot refuse
www.theguardian.com
October 8, 2025 at 12:30 PM
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
“The carrots serve to lure institutions of higher learning into a dark alley where, rather than just waiting with a big stick, the government can put a gun to their heads at any time.”
“The carrots serve to lure institutions of higher learning into a dark alley where, rather than just waiting with a big stick, the government can put a gun to their heads at any time.”
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“Any university leader who signs on to this compact would betray everything good and solid about the university and would do deep and permanent harm to the United States and the world.”https://newrepublic.com/article/201376/trump-compact-academic-excellence-university-virginia via @newrepublic.com
Why This Essay Could Cause the University of Virginia to Shut Down
How Linda McMahon’s latest “compact” would do deep and permanent harm to American higher education
newrepublic.com
October 7, 2025 at 12:36 PM
“Any university leader who signs on to this compact would betray everything good and solid about the university and would do deep and permanent harm to the United States and the world.”https://newrepublic.com/article/201376/trump-compact-academic-excellence-university-virginia via @newrepublic.com
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Trump’s H-1B Visa Fee Could Strain Universities and Schools
“It’s not patriotic,” Dr. Botstein said. “It harms the economy and has nothing to do with excellence.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/u...
“It’s not patriotic,” Dr. Botstein said. “It harms the economy and has nothing to do with excellence.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/u...
Trump’s H-1B Visa Fee Could Strain Universities and Schools
www.nytimes.com
October 8, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Trump’s H-1B Visa Fee Could Strain Universities and Schools
“It’s not patriotic,” Dr. Botstein said. “It harms the economy and has nothing to do with excellence.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/u...
“It’s not patriotic,” Dr. Botstein said. “It harms the economy and has nothing to do with excellence.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/u...
Reminder for the Wednesday crowd!
October 8, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Reminder for the Wednesday crowd!
Join us!
Friday, October 10th @ 12pm for a PTK Townhall!
Friday, October 10th @ 12pm for a PTK Townhall!
October 7, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Join us!
Friday, October 10th @ 12pm for a PTK Townhall!
Friday, October 10th @ 12pm for a PTK Townhall!
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"We are living through a multi-decade moral panic that’s been manufactured against higher education." @aaup.org @isaackamola.bsky.social
Panelists sound alarm about state of academic freedom at Democracy Project event
At Friday’s event, four panelists discussed current threats to academic freedom.
www.browndailyherald.com
October 6, 2025 at 2:48 PM
"We are living through a multi-decade moral panic that’s been manufactured against higher education." @aaup.org @isaackamola.bsky.social
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Check out me & @chenjerai.bsky.social & Lorena Grundy of @aaup-penn.bsky.social break down the new Trump compact for higher ed…. Otherwise known as loyalty oaths. This is AAUP TV. @aaup.org @aft.org @higheredlabor.bsky.social www.youtube.com/live/RB1FLkR...
Breaking Down Trump's New Higher Ed Loyalty Oath Compacts and Why We Must Resist
YouTube video by TheAAUP
www.youtube.com
October 3, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Check out me & @chenjerai.bsky.social & Lorena Grundy of @aaup-penn.bsky.social break down the new Trump compact for higher ed…. Otherwise known as loyalty oaths. This is AAUP TV. @aaup.org @aft.org @higheredlabor.bsky.social www.youtube.com/live/RB1FLkR...
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Say NO to Trump’s loyalty oaths and extortion of our universities!
We will NOT throw our students, faculty, and staff under the bus to comply with undemocratic and partisan ideological agendas.
We will NOT throw our students, faculty, and staff under the bus to comply with undemocratic and partisan ideological agendas.
October 3, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Say NO to Trump’s loyalty oaths and extortion of our universities!
We will NOT throw our students, faculty, and staff under the bus to comply with undemocratic and partisan ideological agendas.
We will NOT throw our students, faculty, and staff under the bus to comply with undemocratic and partisan ideological agendas.
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AAUP President Todd Wolfson and AFT President Randi Weingarten on Trump’s Loyalty Pledge for Colleges and Universities.
Now is the time to unite in defense of democracy and higher education!
Read full statement below 👇
@aft.org
@proftwolf.bsky.social
@rweingarten.bsky.social
Now is the time to unite in defense of democracy and higher education!
Read full statement below 👇
@aft.org
@proftwolf.bsky.social
@rweingarten.bsky.social
October 3, 2025 at 5:07 PM
AAUP President Todd Wolfson and AFT President Randi Weingarten on Trump’s Loyalty Pledge for Colleges and Universities.
Now is the time to unite in defense of democracy and higher education!
Read full statement below 👇
@aft.org
@proftwolf.bsky.social
@rweingarten.bsky.social
Now is the time to unite in defense of democracy and higher education!
Read full statement below 👇
@aft.org
@proftwolf.bsky.social
@rweingarten.bsky.social
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When we fight, WE WIN!
When we fight, WE WIN!
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 6:44 PM
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When we fight, WE WIN!
When we fight, WE WIN!
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Dwayne has his job back because we organized for it. We fight or we die. Join AAUP today www.aaup.org/join
October 3, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Dwayne has his job back because we organized for it. We fight or we die. Join AAUP today www.aaup.org/join
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“Trump’s restrictions on H-1B visa applications will lead to less lifesaving research, reduced innovation, & diminished competitiveness. This short-sighted policy will hurt every American by slowing research breakthroughs, weakening our economy & putting our global leadership at risk.”
—Todd Wolfson
—Todd Wolfson
Groups File Suit Over Trump’s $100,000 H-1B Visa Fee
www.nytimes.com
October 3, 2025 at 8:23 PM
“Trump’s restrictions on H-1B visa applications will lead to less lifesaving research, reduced innovation, & diminished competitiveness. This short-sighted policy will hurt every American by slowing research breakthroughs, weakening our economy & putting our global leadership at risk.”
—Todd Wolfson
—Todd Wolfson
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AAUP President Todd Wolfson unpacks the dangerous consequences of the Trump administration’s compact, which aims to exert ideological control over universities and colleges. As Wolfson makes clear, this partisan incursion into higher education affects ALL sectors.
@proftwolf.bsky.social
@proftwolf.bsky.social
October 3, 2025 at 8:55 PM
AAUP President Todd Wolfson unpacks the dangerous consequences of the Trump administration’s compact, which aims to exert ideological control over universities and colleges. As Wolfson makes clear, this partisan incursion into higher education affects ALL sectors.
@proftwolf.bsky.social
@proftwolf.bsky.social
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As states like Florida and Texas gut tenure protections for university faculty, many assume the greatest loss is to academic freedom. But tenure is not just about academic freedom. It also is, and has always been, about labor protection.
@aaup.org @afthighered.bsky.social @lawcha.bsky.social
@aaup.org @afthighered.bsky.social @lawcha.bsky.social
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 6, 2025 at 12:15 PM
As states like Florida and Texas gut tenure protections for university faculty, many assume the greatest loss is to academic freedom. But tenure is not just about academic freedom. It also is, and has always been, about labor protection.
@aaup.org @afthighered.bsky.social @lawcha.bsky.social
@aaup.org @afthighered.bsky.social @lawcha.bsky.social
UMD faculty support our grad worker colleagues!
UMD admin, take notice: 1000 grads came out to our Majority March on Oct 1 to say that we're done playing by your rules. Negotiate with us now, or we WILL shut it down!
Shout out to our allies @umdydsa.bsky.social @uam-umd.bsky.social MD/DC AFL-CIO and others for joining us!
Shout out to our allies @umdydsa.bsky.social @uam-umd.bsky.social MD/DC AFL-CIO and others for joining us!
![A graduate worker wearing a high-vis vest holds a sign which reads "Honk if you [heart symbol] unions". In the distance, grad workers march along the sidewalk](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:os7ezx2vou36qu4k6xwbinxu/bafkreih5yx6hornxv4lsrg3e4glmhu2kdsufuowajpzydsox5i7maa2hiy@jpeg)
October 6, 2025 at 2:43 PM
UMD faculty support our grad worker colleagues!
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UMD admin, take notice: 1000 grads came out to our Majority March on Oct 1 to say that we're done playing by your rules. Negotiate with us now, or we WILL shut it down!
Shout out to our allies @umdydsa.bsky.social @uam-umd.bsky.social MD/DC AFL-CIO and others for joining us!
Shout out to our allies @umdydsa.bsky.social @uam-umd.bsky.social MD/DC AFL-CIO and others for joining us!
October 3, 2025 at 3:12 PM
UMD admin, take notice: 1000 grads came out to our Majority March on Oct 1 to say that we're done playing by your rules. Negotiate with us now, or we WILL shut it down!
Shout out to our allies @umdydsa.bsky.social @uam-umd.bsky.social MD/DC AFL-CIO and others for joining us!
Shout out to our allies @umdydsa.bsky.social @uam-umd.bsky.social MD/DC AFL-CIO and others for joining us!
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In an interview with the Center for the Defense of Academic Freedom, Maura Finkelstein discusses the coordinated campaign that led to the unjust termination from her position as tenured professor at Muhlenberg College—a decision that violated AAUP codes of academic freedom & due process.
October 2, 2025 at 1:14 PM
In an interview with the Center for the Defense of Academic Freedom, Maura Finkelstein discusses the coordinated campaign that led to the unjust termination from her position as tenured professor at Muhlenberg College—a decision that violated AAUP codes of academic freedom & due process.
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Great day to be in a union! UMD grads with GLU-UAW have supermajority support but our bosses refuse to recognize them. Instead of standing with their workers, the universities are joining Trump's attack on them. @uam-umd.bsky.social stands with grads and demands UMD recognizes their union!
October 1, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Great day to be in a union! UMD grads with GLU-UAW have supermajority support but our bosses refuse to recognize them. Instead of standing with their workers, the universities are joining Trump's attack on them. @uam-umd.bsky.social stands with grads and demands UMD recognizes their union!
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If Harvard bows down to this lawless president, it will cover itself in shame and betray its motto “Veritas.”
Don’t pretend to stand for truth if you’re going to surrender to this bully. Appeasement only feeds the beast and puts us all at greater risk.
Don’t pretend to stand for truth if you’re going to surrender to this bully. Appeasement only feeds the beast and puts us all at greater risk.
Trump Says a Deal With Harvard Is Close
www.nytimes.com
October 1, 2025 at 1:23 PM
If Harvard bows down to this lawless president, it will cover itself in shame and betray its motto “Veritas.”
Don’t pretend to stand for truth if you’re going to surrender to this bully. Appeasement only feeds the beast and puts us all at greater risk.
Don’t pretend to stand for truth if you’re going to surrender to this bully. Appeasement only feeds the beast and puts us all at greater risk.
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Introducing “Faculty on the Frontlines,” a new series from the Center for the Defense of Academic Freedom that documents the stories of AAUP members!
Over the next 2 weeks, we will spotlight the stories of 10 AAUP members fighting to defend academic freedom.
Check out our teaser 🔥
Over the next 2 weeks, we will spotlight the stories of 10 AAUP members fighting to defend academic freedom.
Check out our teaser 🔥
October 1, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Introducing “Faculty on the Frontlines,” a new series from the Center for the Defense of Academic Freedom that documents the stories of AAUP members!
Over the next 2 weeks, we will spotlight the stories of 10 AAUP members fighting to defend academic freedom.
Check out our teaser 🔥
Over the next 2 weeks, we will spotlight the stories of 10 AAUP members fighting to defend academic freedom.
Check out our teaser 🔥
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Huge win for us!
It is your support that enables these victories.
Become an @aaup.org member today & help us carry on the fight against the Trump admin's attacks on higher ed.
It is your support that enables these victories.
Become an @aaup.org member today & help us carry on the fight against the Trump admin's attacks on higher ed.
BREAKING: WE WON!!!
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Federal Judge William G. Young ruled today in our lawsuit against the Trump administration that the policy of arresting, detaining, & deporting noncitizen students & faculty members for their pro-Palestinian advocacy violates the 1st Amendment.
Full ruling here:
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Federal Judge William G. Young ruled today in our lawsuit against the Trump administration that the policy of arresting, detaining, & deporting noncitizen students & faculty members for their pro-Palestinian advocacy violates the 1st Amendment.
Full ruling here:
Findings of Fact & Conclusions of Law – #261 in American Association of University Professors v. Rubio (D. Mass., 1:25-cv-10685) – CourtListener.com
Judge William G. Young: ORDER entered. FINDINGS OF FACT AND RULINGS OF LAW, PURSUANT TO FED. R. CIV. P. 52(A)(Sonnenberg, Elizabeth) (Additional attachment(s) added on 9/30/2025: # 1 Main Document) (J...
www.courtlistener.com
October 1, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Huge win for us!
It is your support that enables these victories.
Become an @aaup.org member today & help us carry on the fight against the Trump admin's attacks on higher ed.
It is your support that enables these victories.
Become an @aaup.org member today & help us carry on the fight against the Trump admin's attacks on higher ed.
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I joined AAUP because I saw they were one of the few organizations taking a stand. They also organized the lobbying trip I took to DC a couple of weeks ago. If you’re an academic, supporting them is good use of our money.
BREAKING: WE WON!!!
💥 💥 💥
Federal Judge William G. Young ruled today in our lawsuit against the Trump administration that the policy of arresting, detaining, & deporting noncitizen students & faculty members for their pro-Palestinian advocacy violates the 1st Amendment.
Full ruling here:
💥 💥 💥
Federal Judge William G. Young ruled today in our lawsuit against the Trump administration that the policy of arresting, detaining, & deporting noncitizen students & faculty members for their pro-Palestinian advocacy violates the 1st Amendment.
Full ruling here:
Findings of Fact & Conclusions of Law – #261 in American Association of University Professors v. Rubio (D. Mass., 1:25-cv-10685) – CourtListener.com
Judge William G. Young: ORDER entered. FINDINGS OF FACT AND RULINGS OF LAW, PURSUANT TO FED. R. CIV. P. 52(A)(Sonnenberg, Elizabeth) (Additional attachment(s) added on 9/30/2025: # 1 Main Document) (J...
www.courtlistener.com
September 30, 2025 at 8:26 PM
I joined AAUP because I saw they were one of the few organizations taking a stand. They also organized the lobbying trip I took to DC a couple of weeks ago. If you’re an academic, supporting them is good use of our money.
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@uam-umd.bsky.social with @senbillferg.bsky.social
we need him to lead on passing our bill for collective bargaining rights for ALL faculty across Maryland.
#highereducation
#laborrights
we need him to lead on passing our bill for collective bargaining rights for ALL faculty across Maryland.
#highereducation
#laborrights
United Academics of Maryland (UAM) was in the house at the campaign launch of @senbillferg.bsky.social last week.
We were there to tell him we need him to lead on passing our bill for collective bargaining rights for ALL faculty across Maryland.
We hope you will make that commitment, Senator.
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We were there to tell him we need him to lead on passing our bill for collective bargaining rights for ALL faculty across Maryland.
We hope you will make that commitment, Senator.
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September 24, 2025 at 3:40 AM
@uam-umd.bsky.social with @senbillferg.bsky.social
we need him to lead on passing our bill for collective bargaining rights for ALL faculty across Maryland.
#highereducation
#laborrights
we need him to lead on passing our bill for collective bargaining rights for ALL faculty across Maryland.
#highereducation
#laborrights