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Mia K. Markey @markeymk.bsky.social · 1h

www.thedp.com/article/2025...

Penn rejects White House proposal for special funding treatment

With the decision, Penn becomes the third university to decline the offer.

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Chicago Tribune @chicagotribune.com · 15h

Nearly three years after leaving his post as Chicago Board of Education vice president, former teacher and Chicago Public Schools parent Sendhil Revuluri is vying to return, announcing his candidacy for school board president Wednesday.

Former CPS board Vice President Sendhil Revuluri to run for top seat

The former vice president aims to align the school board under a single goal of promoting student learning if he’s elected next year.

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Ansley Erickson @ansleyerickson.bsky.social · 17h

Former Columbia Provost Jonathan Cole asks the university to bravely admit where it was wrong:

www.columbiaspectator.com/opinion/2025...

Columbia must now show courage and empathy

Dear Columbia leaders,

www.columbiaspectator.com

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Mia K. Markey @markeymk.bsky.social · 20h

apnews.com/article/immi...

This family visit to a military base ended with ICE deporting a Marine's dad

A U.S. Marine says his parents were detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials after they visited a California military base and one of them was later deported.

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Mia K. Markey @markeymk.bsky.social · 22h

UT Austin AAUP members... please watch your personal email account for a message from the AAUP Chapter at UT Austin from the address "[email protected]" which is an opportunity to vote on the AAUP Chapter at UT Austin Resolution on the Trump Administration “Compact”.

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Mia K. Markey @markeymk.bsky.social · 22h

www.aaup.org/news/univers...

Universities Must Reject Trump Admin "Loyalty Oath" Compacts

The AAUP and AFT warn that the Trump administration’s offer to give preferential treatment to colleges and universities in exchange for allegiance to a partisan ideological agenda is entirely corrupt.

www.aaup.org

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AAUP @aaup.org · 1d

SATURDAY

Stand Up. Fight Back.

#NoKings

Find an event near you.

www.nokings.org#map

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AAUP @aaup.org · 1d

"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

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

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AAUP @aaup.org · 1d

When students, faculty, and our communities are united to fight for our universities, for the common good, and for our democracy, nothing can stop us!

WHEN WE FIGHT, WE WIN!

@aft @higheredlabor.bsky.social

#DefendHigherEd

AAUP @aaup.org · 7d

Over 100 Brown U students & 20 faculty members gathered outside
the campus today to demand that the university reject Trump’s loyalty oath compact. Professors & students taped their mouths shut to symbolize the compact’s threat to free speech, #academicfreedom & diversity of thought.
#DefendHigherEd

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Mia K. Markey @markeymk.bsky.social · 1d

www.brown.edu/news/2025-10...

Brown University president declines invitation for Brown to join federal Compact

In a letter to the White House, President Christina H. Paxson wrote that Compact provisions restricting academic freedom and undermining autonomy would impede the University’s ability to fulfill its m...

www.brown.edu

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AAUP chapter @UT Austin @utaustinaaup.bsky.social · 2d

thedailytexan.com/2025/10/13/s...

Do Not Sign!

Student organizations protest Trump administration’s compact offered to UT

About 200 students chanted “do not sign” in front of the Main Tower on Monday, as they protested the compact the Trump administration offered the University earlier this month. The compact would prior...

thedailytexan.com

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AAUP chapter @UT Austin @utaustinaaup.bsky.social · 1d

Our executive committee, the only elected faculty body remaining at UT, urged the President and Board of Regents to reject Trump’s ultimatum. www.chronicle.com/article/dart...

Dartmouth’s President Balks at Trump Compact, Sources Say, as Feds Expand Offer to ‘Any Institution’

Sian Leah Beilock has told faculty members she won’t sign the document as written. Meanwhile, the White House’s broader proposal has shifted discussion about the deal.

www.chronicle.com

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Texas Conference of the AAUP @texasaaup.bsky.social · 1d

“A federal judge in Austin has temporarily blocked key parts of Texas' new law limiting expression on campuses, halting the University of Texas System's enforcement of a ban on overnight expression and limits on speakers, amplified sounds and drums during the last two weeks of the semester.”

Federal judge temporarily blocks key parts of state law that limits campus protests

The law banned “expressive activity” on campuses from 10 p.m. to 8 a.m., among other restrictions. “The Court cannot trust the universities to enforce their policies in a constitutional way,” the judg...

www.texastribune.org

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The Onion @theonion.com · 2d

Nation’s Indigenous People Confirm They Don’t Need Special Holiday, Just Large Swaths Of Land Returned Immediately https://theonion.com/nation-s-indigenous-people-confirm-they-don-t-need-spec-1839033177/

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Mia K. Markey @markeymk.bsky.social · 9d

www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

Opinion | Six surgeons general: It’s our duty to warn the nation about RFK Jr.

We took an oath to declare dangers when we found them. We’re doing that again today.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 9d

I have been trying to get this published as an op-ed, but I am going to post it here since I think it is timely in light of the "consent" extortion events.

Deafening Quiet from the Scientific Establishment

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AAUP @aaup.org · 14d

The Trump admin’s offer to give preferential treatment to institutions that toe the party line reeks of bribery in exchange for allegiance to a partisan ideological agenda.

This is corruption.

Adherence to ‘loyalty oaths’ would usher in a new era of thought policing in American higher education.

Universities Must Reject Trump Admin 'Loyalty Oath' Compacts

The AAUP and AFT warn that the Trump administration’s offer to give preferential treatment to colleges and universities that court government favor in exchange for allegiance to a partisan ideological...

www.aaup.org

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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 14d

The legendary Jane Fonda “has relaunched the Committee for the First Amendment, the McCarthy-era initiative started by her father, Henry Fonda ...” www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oc...

Jane Fonda relaunches free speech group started by her father during the McCarthy era

In wake of the Trump administration’s censorship threats, the actor re-established the Committee for the First Amendment with A-list support

www.theguardian.com

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Neil Lewis, Jr. @neillewisjr.bsky.social · 17d

"Data manipulation by the US Gov...makes crucial datasets untrustworthy and unusable. If the US Government secretly changes datasets for political reasons, researchers relying on the data might erroneously recommend ineffective or counterproductive interventions."
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...