The Cornell AAUP explains why Cornell's president needs a pair of kneepads as he prostates himself before Trump and performs indecent acts. aaup-cornell.org/2025/11/07/s...
November 9, 2025 at 7:41 AM
The Cornell AAUP explains why Cornell's president needs a pair of kneepads as he prostates himself before Trump and performs indecent acts. aaup-cornell.org/2025/11/07/s...
A good summary of why Cornell's capitulation to authoritarian extortion is an affront to democracy and academic freedom. aaup-cornell.org/2025/11/07/s...
November 8, 2025 at 2:33 PM
A good summary of why Cornell's capitulation to authoritarian extortion is an affront to democracy and academic freedom. aaup-cornell.org/2025/11/07/s...
Cornell Chapter of the AAUP
Statement on Cornell’s agreement with federal government
aaup-cornell.org/2025/11/07/s...
Statement on Cornell’s agreement with federal government
aaup-cornell.org/2025/11/07/s...
Statement on Cornell’s agreement with federal government
The Cornell AAUP chapter has consistently stated that any deal with the Trump administration would be strategically unwise and a betrayal of Cornell’s principles. This remains the case. We ar…
aaup-cornell.org
November 8, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Cornell Chapter of the AAUP
Statement on Cornell’s agreement with federal government
aaup-cornell.org/2025/11/07/s...
Statement on Cornell’s agreement with federal government
aaup-cornell.org/2025/11/07/s...
"Outsourcing our flagship state university’s future to drop-in budget consultants is not the way forward" -- Jeffrey Dudas, President of UConn AAUP @uconnaaup.bsky.social
Opinion: UConn's administration should consult its own experts
Genuine collaboration and shared governance - not outside consultants - should guide the decisions of a major university.
ctmirror.org
November 8, 2025 at 9:04 PM
"Outsourcing our flagship state university’s future to drop-in budget consultants is not the way forward" -- Jeffrey Dudas, President of UConn AAUP @uconnaaup.bsky.social
Looking good, NYC! Thank you for standing up for academic freedom, security, and affordable & accessible higher education. #HigherEdBenefitsEveryone @AAUP
Today, @aaup.org @aaup-penn.bsky.social @psc-cuny.org outside Apollo Global Management's Midtown office to protest Marc Rowan's "Compact for Higher Education". PSC-CUNY President James Davis explains why this assault on higher ed undermines academic freedoms and our democracy itself.
November 8, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Looking good, NYC! Thank you for standing up for academic freedom, security, and affordable & accessible higher education. #HigherEdBenefitsEveryone @AAUP
“The Committee’s unfounded accusations, dependence on clearly compromised sources, and selective presentation of ‘evidence’ represent an unprecedented abuse of congressional power—designed not to find the truth, but to silence leadership that refuses to yield to political pressure.”
— GMU-AAUP
— GMU-AAUP
Congress Accuses GMU President of Lying About DEI Efforts
The GOP-led House Judiciary Committee accused George Mason University's president of lying about DEI practices and likely violating civil rights laws. He has denied the claims.
www.insidehighered.com
November 7, 2025 at 6:48 PM
“The Committee’s unfounded accusations, dependence on clearly compromised sources, and selective presentation of ‘evidence’ represent an unprecedented abuse of congressional power—designed not to find the truth, but to silence leadership that refuses to yield to political pressure.”
— GMU-AAUP
— GMU-AAUP
I think a lot about the anonymous note that Judge Young included at the beginning of his AAUP v. Rubio opinion: “Trump has pardons and tanks … what do you have?” The pardons may be more dangerous than the tanks.
"If you’re a Republican official convicted of corruption, your odds of receiving clemency from Trump are roughly 100%...
"The latest move seems intended to deliver a political message: Those who assist Trump with his schemes need not worry about legal consequences..."
www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...
"The latest move seems intended to deliver a political message: Those who assist Trump with his schemes need not worry about legal consequences..."
www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...
November 10, 2025 at 7:58 PM
I think a lot about the anonymous note that Judge Young included at the beginning of his AAUP v. Rubio opinion: “Trump has pardons and tanks … what do you have?” The pardons may be more dangerous than the tanks.
@aaup-penn.bsky.social Vice President Lorena Grundy took to the streets alongside @psc-cuny.org @debtcollective.bsky.social and more to denounce Trump ally and billionaire Marc Rowan's assault on academic freedom.
November 9, 2025 at 9:26 PM
@aaup-penn.bsky.social Vice President Lorena Grundy took to the streets alongside @psc-cuny.org @debtcollective.bsky.social and more to denounce Trump ally and billionaire Marc Rowan's assault on academic freedom.
Today, @aaup.org @aaup-penn.bsky.social @psc-cuny.org outside Apollo Global Management's Midtown office to protest Marc Rowan's "Compact for Higher Education". PSC-CUNY President James Davis explains why this assault on higher ed undermines academic freedoms and our democracy itself.
November 8, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Today, @aaup.org @aaup-penn.bsky.social @psc-cuny.org outside Apollo Global Management's Midtown office to protest Marc Rowan's "Compact for Higher Education". PSC-CUNY President James Davis explains why this assault on higher ed undermines academic freedoms and our democracy itself.
🔔 NEW: “The Texas State University chapter of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP-TXST) has issued a formal appeal urging the Texas State University System Board Regents to abide by its own rules and reverse the summary dismissal of tenured history professor Dr. Thomas Alter.”
AAUP-TXST Calls on Texas State University System Regents to Defend Academic Freedom and Due Process
A Union of Professionals
www.texasaft.org
November 10, 2025 at 5:30 PM
🔔 NEW: “The Texas State University chapter of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP-TXST) has issued a formal appeal urging the Texas State University System Board Regents to abide by its own rules and reverse the summary dismissal of tenured history professor Dr. Thomas Alter.”
The Cornell AAUP chapter has consistently stated that any deal with the Trump administration would be strategically unwise and a betrayal of Cornell’s principles. This remains the case. At best, we can say that this deal could have been worse.
Read our full statement here:
Read our full statement here:
Statement on Cornell’s agreement with federal government
The Cornell AAUP chapter has consistently stated that any deal with the Trump administration would be strategically unwise and a betrayal of Cornell’s principles. This remains the case. We ar…
aaup-cornell.org
November 7, 2025 at 11:24 PM
The Cornell AAUP chapter has consistently stated that any deal with the Trump administration would be strategically unwise and a betrayal of Cornell’s principles. This remains the case. At best, we can say that this deal could have been worse.
Read our full statement here:
Read our full statement here:
👁️🗨️"Ante los ataques del gobierno a la educación superior ha sido doloroso ver la relativa ausencia de una respuesta colectiva", dice Kirsten Weld, profesora de Historia Latinoamericana y presidenta de la sección de la AAUP en Harvard 🇺🇸
🗣️Entrevista de @sebasfaber.bsky.social👇
ctxt.es/es/20251101/...
🗣️Entrevista de @sebasfaber.bsky.social👇
ctxt.es/es/20251101/...
“A los trumpistas les mueve una idea muy franquista: destruir el liberalismo”
Periodismo libre y de servicio público. Contexto y acción. Suscríbete y defiende la prensa independiente
ctxt.es
November 8, 2025 at 4:51 PM
👁️🗨️"Ante los ataques del gobierno a la educación superior ha sido doloroso ver la relativa ausencia de una respuesta colectiva", dice Kirsten Weld, profesora de Historia Latinoamericana y presidenta de la sección de la AAUP en Harvard 🇺🇸
🗣️Entrevista de @sebasfaber.bsky.social👇
ctxt.es/es/20251101/...
🗣️Entrevista de @sebasfaber.bsky.social👇
ctxt.es/es/20251101/...
University of Oklahoma AAUP pushes back against Trump admin "unconstitutionally vague" attempts to censor research on race.
#academicfreedom
#academicfreedom
November 7, 2025 at 1:41 AM
University of Oklahoma AAUP pushes back against Trump admin "unconstitutionally vague" attempts to censor research on race.
#academicfreedom
#academicfreedom
The ICE raids in Chicago harm students’ ability to learn and the faculty’s ability to teach at Hispanic-serving institutions like the University of Illinois - Chicago.
Aaron Krall, President of University of Illinois Chicago Faculty United, discusses this & more in our recent AAUP TV episode.
Aaron Krall, President of University of Illinois Chicago Faculty United, discusses this & more in our recent AAUP TV episode.
November 9, 2025 at 5:54 PM
The ICE raids in Chicago harm students’ ability to learn and the faculty’s ability to teach at Hispanic-serving institutions like the University of Illinois - Chicago.
Aaron Krall, President of University of Illinois Chicago Faculty United, discusses this & more in our recent AAUP TV episode.
Aaron Krall, President of University of Illinois Chicago Faculty United, discusses this & more in our recent AAUP TV episode.
Our November 7 day of action to defend higher education has taken the country by storm! ✊
“There is only one way forward in saving higher education and democracy writ large and that is students, faculty, staff united...We have to become a new political force.”
— Todd Wolfson, AAUP President
“There is only one way forward in saving higher education and democracy writ large and that is students, faculty, staff united...We have to become a new political force.”
— Todd Wolfson, AAUP President
Students and faculty at over 100 US universities protest against Trump’s attacks
Student, national and local groups across US organized day of action to condemn Trump’s assault on academic freedom
www.theguardian.com
November 7, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Our November 7 day of action to defend higher education has taken the country by storm! ✊
“There is only one way forward in saving higher education and democracy writ large and that is students, faculty, staff united...We have to become a new political force.”
— Todd Wolfson, AAUP President
“There is only one way forward in saving higher education and democracy writ large and that is students, faculty, staff united...We have to become a new political force.”
— Todd Wolfson, AAUP President
Unions in higher ed can coordinate rapid response trainings with longstanding immigration advocacy groups to respond to ICE assaults on our communities & campuses.
Aaron Krall of UIC United Faculty discusses this & more in our recent AAUP TV episode.
@icirr.bsky.social
@seiulocal73.bsky.social
Aaron Krall of UIC United Faculty discusses this & more in our recent AAUP TV episode.
@icirr.bsky.social
@seiulocal73.bsky.social
November 9, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Unions in higher ed can coordinate rapid response trainings with longstanding immigration advocacy groups to respond to ICE assaults on our communities & campuses.
Aaron Krall of UIC United Faculty discusses this & more in our recent AAUP TV episode.
@icirr.bsky.social
@seiulocal73.bsky.social
Aaron Krall of UIC United Faculty discusses this & more in our recent AAUP TV episode.
@icirr.bsky.social
@seiulocal73.bsky.social
How is the university situated in the larger struggle against unconstitutional operations of ICE? convo with Chenjerai Kumanyika, AAUP National Council Member, Caroline Luce Communications Chair for UC-AFT, and Aaron Krall, President of UIC United Faculty. m.youtube.com/watch?v=62uj...
ICE AND HIGHER ED: DEFENDING OUR COMMUNITIES
YouTube video by TheAAUP
m.youtube.com
November 9, 2025 at 5:01 PM
How is the university situated in the larger struggle against unconstitutional operations of ICE? convo with Chenjerai Kumanyika, AAUP National Council Member, Caroline Luce Communications Chair for UC-AFT, and Aaron Krall, President of UIC United Faculty. m.youtube.com/watch?v=62uj...
It was clear from testimony in AAUP v. Rubio that some very senior government officials have no idea at all what the First Amendment means. We're seeing that again here. These officials have an obligation to uphold constitutional rights but they don't know what the constitution says or means.
Border Patrol chief Gregory Bovino called federal agents' use of force in Chicago "more than exemplary." blockclubchi.co/3Jnwa8y
November 6, 2025 at 3:25 PM
It was clear from testimony in AAUP v. Rubio that some very senior government officials have no idea at all what the First Amendment means. We're seeing that again here. These officials have an obligation to uphold constitutional rights but they don't know what the constitution says or means.
"We are calling on our institutional leadership, our governor and our state officials to stand up, speak up, and have the courage to protect academic freedom and reject the federal administration so called compact for higher education" --Neena Qasba, vice president of UCHC-AAUP
CT professors call on higher ed leaders to reject Trump's compact and defend higher education
The compact asks colleges and universities to align their practices and policies with the president's agenda.
www.ctinsider.com
November 8, 2025 at 9:36 PM
"We are calling on our institutional leadership, our governor and our state officials to stand up, speak up, and have the courage to protect academic freedom and reject the federal administration so called compact for higher education" --Neena Qasba, vice president of UCHC-AAUP
The City of Brotherly Love is turning out to defend academic freedom and fight for higher ed for all!
Thank you @fsfccp.bsky.social, @apscuf.org, @aaup-penn.bsky.social TAUP, UAP, and the Philadelphia AFL-CIO for turning out for today's higher ed day of action. #HigherEdBenefitsEveryone
Thank you @fsfccp.bsky.social, @apscuf.org, @aaup-penn.bsky.social TAUP, UAP, and the Philadelphia AFL-CIO for turning out for today's higher ed day of action. #HigherEdBenefitsEveryone
November 7, 2025 at 5:12 PM
The City of Brotherly Love is turning out to defend academic freedom and fight for higher ed for all!
Thank you @fsfccp.bsky.social, @apscuf.org, @aaup-penn.bsky.social TAUP, UAP, and the Philadelphia AFL-CIO for turning out for today's higher ed day of action. #HigherEdBenefitsEveryone
Thank you @fsfccp.bsky.social, @apscuf.org, @aaup-penn.bsky.social TAUP, UAP, and the Philadelphia AFL-CIO for turning out for today's higher ed day of action. #HigherEdBenefitsEveryone
Thank you A. Fiona Pearson for speaking up for college professors. By standing together against these loyalty oaths, we can defend higher ed from political attacks. #HigherEdBenefitsEveryone bsky.app/profile/aaup...
Higher ed workers say: Condemn the Compact!
Here is CSU-AAUP, AFT Local 6745 member A. Fiona Pearson, professor of sociology at Central Connecticut State University, calling for us to unite in the face of these attacks on higher ed!
@aftct.bsky.social
Here is CSU-AAUP, AFT Local 6745 member A. Fiona Pearson, professor of sociology at Central Connecticut State University, calling for us to unite in the face of these attacks on higher ed!
@aftct.bsky.social
November 8, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Thank you A. Fiona Pearson for speaking up for college professors. By standing together against these loyalty oaths, we can defend higher ed from political attacks. #HigherEdBenefitsEveryone bsky.app/profile/aaup...
Standing with our siblings from higher ed institutions to protest billionaire oligarch Marc Rowan, the man behind Trump’s authoritarian “compact” for universities.@fordhamaaup.bsky.social @aaup-penn.bsky.social @solidaritydept.bsky.social
@debtcollective.bsky.social
@sunrisemvmt.bsky.social
@debtcollective.bsky.social
@sunrisemvmt.bsky.social
November 7, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Standing with our siblings from higher ed institutions to protest billionaire oligarch Marc Rowan, the man behind Trump’s authoritarian “compact” for universities.@fordhamaaup.bsky.social @aaup-penn.bsky.social @solidaritydept.bsky.social
@debtcollective.bsky.social
@sunrisemvmt.bsky.social
@debtcollective.bsky.social
@sunrisemvmt.bsky.social
"Faculty, students & staff will show up in ever larger numbers to defend the free pursuit of knowledge & higher-ed as a public good...administrators need to decide whether they are committed to such a vision or are collaborators in the destruction of the institutions.”
- David Markus, AAUP NYU
- David Markus, AAUP NYU
Professors protest billionaire behind Trump education compact - Washington Square News
Over 70 professors and students across East Coast universities rallied outside a Midtown investment firm on Friday in protest of its owner’s contributions to President Donald Trump’s education compact...
nyunews.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:46 PM
"Faculty, students & staff will show up in ever larger numbers to defend the free pursuit of knowledge & higher-ed as a public good...administrators need to decide whether they are committed to such a vision or are collaborators in the destruction of the institutions.”
- David Markus, AAUP NYU
- David Markus, AAUP NYU
Higher ed workers say: Condemn the Compact!
Here is CSU-AAUP, AFT Local 6745 member A. Fiona Pearson, professor of sociology at Central Connecticut State University, calling for us to unite in the face of these attacks on higher ed!
@aftct.bsky.social
Here is CSU-AAUP, AFT Local 6745 member A. Fiona Pearson, professor of sociology at Central Connecticut State University, calling for us to unite in the face of these attacks on higher ed!
@aftct.bsky.social
November 7, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Higher ed workers say: Condemn the Compact!
Here is CSU-AAUP, AFT Local 6745 member A. Fiona Pearson, professor of sociology at Central Connecticut State University, calling for us to unite in the face of these attacks on higher ed!
@aftct.bsky.social
Here is CSU-AAUP, AFT Local 6745 member A. Fiona Pearson, professor of sociology at Central Connecticut State University, calling for us to unite in the face of these attacks on higher ed!
@aftct.bsky.social