Solidarity to all students & higher ed workers across the country standing up to build a better future today!
#DefendHigherEd
#DefendHigherEd
November 7, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Solidarity to all students & higher ed workers across the country standing up to build a better future today!
#DefendHigherEd
#DefendHigherEd
North Carolina students, faculty, staff, and community:
Here are some ways you can join the National Day of Action for Higher Ed!
#DefendHigherEd 🧵
Here are some ways you can join the National Day of Action for Higher Ed!
#DefendHigherEd 🧵
November 7, 2025 at 12:49 AM
North Carolina students, faculty, staff, and community:
Here are some ways you can join the National Day of Action for Higher Ed!
#DefendHigherEd 🧵
Here are some ways you can join the National Day of Action for Higher Ed!
#DefendHigherEd 🧵
We demand an end to student debt!
We're disrupting business as usual on Nov 7 to demand college affordability, the freedom to teach & learn, and safety for the most vulnerable on our campuses.
Signs made by Josh MacPhee 🔥 grab one when you protest this Friday!
#DefendHigherEd
#EndStudentDebt
We're disrupting business as usual on Nov 7 to demand college affordability, the freedom to teach & learn, and safety for the most vulnerable on our campuses.
Signs made by Josh MacPhee 🔥 grab one when you protest this Friday!
#DefendHigherEd
#EndStudentDebt
November 4, 2025 at 4:14 PM
We demand an end to student debt!
We're disrupting business as usual on Nov 7 to demand college affordability, the freedom to teach & learn, and safety for the most vulnerable on our campuses.
Signs made by Josh MacPhee 🔥 grab one when you protest this Friday!
#DefendHigherEd
#EndStudentDebt
We're disrupting business as usual on Nov 7 to demand college affordability, the freedom to teach & learn, and safety for the most vulnerable on our campuses.
Signs made by Josh MacPhee 🔥 grab one when you protest this Friday!
#DefendHigherEd
#EndStudentDebt
“All across NYU, students and colleagues have been undeterred in their organizing. NYU leadership should follow the example of their courage and tell the Trump administration and grifters like Rowan to keep their hands off higher education.”
— @zachsamalin.bsky.social,
NYU AAUP
#DefendHigherEd
— @zachsamalin.bsky.social,
NYU AAUP
#DefendHigherEd
Guest Essay: NYU must reject Trump’s coercive ‘compact’ - Washington Square News
Zachary Samalin is the president of NYU’s chapter of the American Association of University Professors and an associate professor of English. NYU senior leadership should unequivocally reject the “Com...
nyunews.com
November 1, 2025 at 4:04 PM
“All across NYU, students and colleagues have been undeterred in their organizing. NYU leadership should follow the example of their courage and tell the Trump administration and grifters like Rowan to keep their hands off higher education.”
— @zachsamalin.bsky.social,
NYU AAUP
#DefendHigherEd
— @zachsamalin.bsky.social,
NYU AAUP
#DefendHigherEd
“Trump’s compact is the greatest single incursion into the freedom & autonomy of higher education to ever happen in this country.” — Todd Wolfson, AAUP President
#DefendHigherEd
#DefendHigherEd
‘Students Are Terrified’: How Trump’s Higher Education Compact Puts Queer Students at Risk
The heavy-handed document promises federal funding in exchange for ideological compliance. So far, it's unpopular.
rewirenewsgroup.com
October 30, 2025 at 12:32 PM
“Trump’s compact is the greatest single incursion into the freedom & autonomy of higher education to ever happen in this country.” — Todd Wolfson, AAUP President
#DefendHigherEd
#DefendHigherEd
Harvard AAUP's Ryan Enos explains the importance of colleges working together to combat Trump’s attempts to shake down universities.
#defendhighered
@ryanenos.bsky.social
#defendhighered
@ryanenos.bsky.social
Transcript: Elite Colleges Reject Trump’s Authoritarian “Compact”
Harvard’s Ryan Enos explains the importance of colleges working together to combat Trump’s attempts to shake down universities.
newrepublic.com
October 27, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Harvard AAUP's Ryan Enos explains the importance of colleges working together to combat Trump’s attempts to shake down universities.
#defendhighered
@ryanenos.bsky.social
#defendhighered
@ryanenos.bsky.social
Building the power to #DefendHigherEd; local #union & chapter activists came away from our nat'l @afthighered.bsky.social & @aaup.org #2025SummerInstitute equipped to meet the moment: aftct.org/2025/09/23/l... #OrganizeFightWin @aft.org @aftacademics.bsky.social @higheredlabor.bsky.social
October 24, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Building the power to #DefendHigherEd; local #union & chapter activists came away from our nat'l @afthighered.bsky.social & @aaup.org #2025SummerInstitute equipped to meet the moment: aftct.org/2025/09/23/l... #OrganizeFightWin @aft.org @aftacademics.bsky.social @higheredlabor.bsky.social
1000 people doesn't just happen--this took incredible collaboration between UCWVA-UVA and @aaup.org, as well as Wahoos4UVA, UVA Undergrad Student Council, Professors emeriti of UVA, UndocUVA, and UVA chapters of the National Campus Jewish Alliance, Rise Up, Indivisible, and Jewish Voice for Peace.
October 23, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Everyone from across the political spectrum must unite against Trump’s loyalty oaths!
The community power we build on & across our campuses is key to protecting our freedoms.
Listen to AAUP General Counsel Veena Dubal from our recent AAUP TV update👇
@veenadubal.bsky.social
#DefendHigherEd
The community power we build on & across our campuses is key to protecting our freedoms.
Listen to AAUP General Counsel Veena Dubal from our recent AAUP TV update👇
@veenadubal.bsky.social
#DefendHigherEd
October 23, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Everyone from across the political spectrum must unite against Trump’s loyalty oaths!
The community power we build on & across our campuses is key to protecting our freedoms.
Listen to AAUP General Counsel Veena Dubal from our recent AAUP TV update👇
@veenadubal.bsky.social
#DefendHigherEd
The community power we build on & across our campuses is key to protecting our freedoms.
Listen to AAUP General Counsel Veena Dubal from our recent AAUP TV update👇
@veenadubal.bsky.social
#DefendHigherEd
University of Texas AAUP urges admin to join seven other universities in rejecting Trump’s ‘loyalty oath’ compact.
“The Compact reflects a grave threat to the mission of the University of Texas at Austin.”
@utaustinaaup.bsky.social
#DefendHigherEd
“The Compact reflects a grave threat to the mission of the University of Texas at Austin.”
@utaustinaaup.bsky.social
#DefendHigherEd
October 23, 2025 at 3:29 AM
University of Texas AAUP urges admin to join seven other universities in rejecting Trump’s ‘loyalty oath’ compact.
“The Compact reflects a grave threat to the mission of the University of Texas at Austin.”
@utaustinaaup.bsky.social
#DefendHigherEd
“The Compact reflects a grave threat to the mission of the University of Texas at Austin.”
@utaustinaaup.bsky.social
#DefendHigherEd
Public universities that sign onto Trump's "Loyalty Oath" will violate the constitutional rights of their students.🤯
AAUP General Counsel Veena Dubal breaks down why in this clip from our recent AAUP TV update.
@veenadubal.bsky.social
#DefendHigherEd
AAUP General Counsel Veena Dubal breaks down why in this clip from our recent AAUP TV update.
@veenadubal.bsky.social
#DefendHigherEd
October 22, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Public universities that sign onto Trump's "Loyalty Oath" will violate the constitutional rights of their students.🤯
AAUP General Counsel Veena Dubal breaks down why in this clip from our recent AAUP TV update.
@veenadubal.bsky.social
#DefendHigherEd
AAUP General Counsel Veena Dubal breaks down why in this clip from our recent AAUP TV update.
@veenadubal.bsky.social
#DefendHigherEd
The resistance to Trump’s “loyalty oath” compact is growing and growing!
✅MIT
✅Penn
✅Brown
✅UVa
✅Dartmouth
✅USC
✅Arizona
🟩 Vanderbilt
🟩 Texas
Organized faculty and workers in higher ed will lead us to victory and towards a better world for our students!
#NoLoyaltyOaths
#NoKings
#DefendHigherEd
✅MIT
✅Penn
✅Brown
✅UVa
✅Dartmouth
✅USC
✅Arizona
🟩 Vanderbilt
🟩 Texas
Organized faculty and workers in higher ed will lead us to victory and towards a better world for our students!
#NoLoyaltyOaths
#NoKings
#DefendHigherEd
October 22, 2025 at 4:07 PM
The resistance to Trump’s “loyalty oath” compact is growing and growing!
✅MIT
✅Penn
✅Brown
✅UVa
✅Dartmouth
✅USC
✅Arizona
🟩 Vanderbilt
🟩 Texas
Organized faculty and workers in higher ed will lead us to victory and towards a better world for our students!
#NoLoyaltyOaths
#NoKings
#DefendHigherEd
✅MIT
✅Penn
✅Brown
✅UVa
✅Dartmouth
✅USC
✅Arizona
🟩 Vanderbilt
🟩 Texas
Organized faculty and workers in higher ed will lead us to victory and towards a better world for our students!
#NoLoyaltyOaths
#NoKings
#DefendHigherEd
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
“In the last ten months we’ve seen dozens of attempts from the White House to impose an ideological agenda on U.S. colleges & universities. Our AAUP Chapter, together with national AAUP & many dozens of chapters across the country, recognize the danger it poses to academic freedom.”
#DefendHigherEd
#DefendHigherEd
Faculty group urges Yale to reject potential Trump compact offer
In a Thursday email addressed to the Yale community, Yale’s chapter of the American Association of University Professors urged faculty members to ask administrators to reject a possible compact from t...
yaledailynews.com
October 20, 2025 at 6:25 PM
“In the last ten months we’ve seen dozens of attempts from the White House to impose an ideological agenda on U.S. colleges & universities. Our AAUP Chapter, together with national AAUP & many dozens of chapters across the country, recognize the danger it poses to academic freedom.”
#DefendHigherEd
#DefendHigherEd
I knew this would be a rough day for counting but I did not expect the math-challenged to include the president of the Yale University chapter of the American Association of University Professors.
yaledailynews.com/blog/2025/10...
yaledailynews.com/blog/2025/10...
October 21, 2025 at 2:46 AM
I knew this would be a rough day for counting but I did not expect the math-challenged to include the president of the Yale University chapter of the American Association of University Professors.
yaledailynews.com/blog/2025/10...
yaledailynews.com/blog/2025/10...
October 18, 2025 at 5:11 PM
100's of residents came to the #AAUP table at #NoKings yesterday to fill out postcards explaining why they care about the defense of higher education, academic freedom, student support services, and free speech. Keep it up #FortCollins - our universities need you more than ever! #DefendHigherEd.
October 19, 2025 at 4:41 PM
100's of residents came to the #AAUP table at #NoKings yesterday to fill out postcards explaining why they care about the defense of higher education, academic freedom, student support services, and free speech. Keep it up #FortCollins - our universities need you more than ever! #DefendHigherEd.
October 18, 2025 at 5:16 PM
October 18, 2025 at 5:46 PM
October 18, 2025 at 4:06 PM
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/u...
Who cares? That’s the response of a dictator.
We care! And we’re strong! #DefendHigherEd #NoCompact
❤️📚👨🏽🎓✊🏽
Who cares? That’s the response of a dictator.
We care! And we’re strong! #DefendHigherEd #NoCompact
❤️📚👨🏽🎓✊🏽
‘No More Trump!’: Protesters Denouncing the President Unite Across the Country
www.nytimes.com
October 19, 2025 at 3:04 PM
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/u...
Who cares? That’s the response of a dictator.
We care! And we’re strong! #DefendHigherEd #NoCompact
❤️📚👨🏽🎓✊🏽
Who cares? That’s the response of a dictator.
We care! And we’re strong! #DefendHigherEd #NoCompact
❤️📚👨🏽🎓✊🏽
It's going to take all of us...Join us!
#DefendHigherEd
#DefendHigherEd
Students, faculty, & campus workers are leading this incredible pushback.
We will not back down in defense of higher education & our democracy.
There is an unstoppable wave of unified rejection of Trump’s authoritarian agenda cresting throughout higher education.
Join Us.
#DefendHigherEd
We will not back down in defense of higher education & our democracy.
There is an unstoppable wave of unified rejection of Trump’s authoritarian agenda cresting throughout higher education.
Join Us.
#DefendHigherEd
October 19, 2025 at 2:46 AM
It's going to take all of us...Join us!
#DefendHigherEd
#DefendHigherEd
“By declining to compromise its core mission, Brown has affirmed that no amount of federal bribery is worth surrendering the freedom to question, explore & dissent.“
— Todd Wolfson, AAUP President
#defendhighered
— Todd Wolfson, AAUP President
#defendhighered
Brown University rejects Trump proposal to overhaul policies for preferential funding
University joins MIT in refusing invitation, saying that compact would ‘restrict academic freedom’
www.theguardian.com
October 18, 2025 at 12:43 PM
“By declining to compromise its core mission, Brown has affirmed that no amount of federal bribery is worth surrendering the freedom to question, explore & dissent.“
— Todd Wolfson, AAUP President
#defendhighered
— Todd Wolfson, AAUP President
#defendhighered
The youth in Chicago say “NO KINGS!”
AAUP DePaul is organizing faculty AND the kids!
The fight for free speech and academic freedom is intergenerational!
#NoKings #DefendHigherEd #AAUP
AAUP DePaul is organizing faculty AND the kids!
The fight for free speech and academic freedom is intergenerational!
#NoKings #DefendHigherEd #AAUP
October 18, 2025 at 4:21 PM
The youth in Chicago say “NO KINGS!”
AAUP DePaul is organizing faculty AND the kids!
The fight for free speech and academic freedom is intergenerational!
#NoKings #DefendHigherEd #AAUP
AAUP DePaul is organizing faculty AND the kids!
The fight for free speech and academic freedom is intergenerational!
#NoKings #DefendHigherEd #AAUP
The snake is growing.
✊🏽✊🏻✊🏿✊🏾✊🏼
Vanderbilt, Texas, AZ…now’s the time.
The world is watching.
The resistance is here.
#NoLoyaltyOaths
#NoKings
#DefendHigherEd
✊🏽✊🏻✊🏿✊🏾✊🏼
Vanderbilt, Texas, AZ…now’s the time.
The world is watching.
The resistance is here.
#NoLoyaltyOaths
#NoKings
#DefendHigherEd
October 18, 2025 at 4:59 PM
The snake is growing.
✊🏽✊🏻✊🏿✊🏾✊🏼
Vanderbilt, Texas, AZ…now’s the time.
The world is watching.
The resistance is here.
#NoLoyaltyOaths
#NoKings
#DefendHigherEd
✊🏽✊🏻✊🏿✊🏾✊🏼
Vanderbilt, Texas, AZ…now’s the time.
The world is watching.
The resistance is here.
#NoLoyaltyOaths
#NoKings
#DefendHigherEd