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Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social · 11h

"the results show that most Americans are not buying the White House’s arguments for the compact’s measures, said [Baker]...The compact has been presented as a tool to promote [affordability and merit]...but it’s really about censoring institutions and faculty."

www.chronicle.com/article/amer...

Americans Think Trump Is Overreaching With His Higher-Ed Compact

Most don’t want the federal government setting colleges’ policies, a new Quinnipiac poll reveals.

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Dan Greene @dmgreene.bsky.social · 24d

The @aaup.org beat Marco Rubio in court, with a Reagan-appointed judge ruling that ideological deportations obviously violate the first amendment.

These cases cost money. And we need millions of people moving together to make them stick. If you're faculty in the US, join AAUP and join the fight.

Join

Joining the AAUP says that you’re concerned about academic freedom, and about the way that basic freedom protects your teaching and research. Join today.

www.aaup.org

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Maryam Jamshidi @msjamshidi.bsky.social · 19d

Am reading Judge Young's decision in AAUP v. Rubio - a case about the government's ideological deportation policy against pro-Palestine non-citizens. There are just so many drop dead important lines. Here r a few: "ICE goes masked for a single reason -- to terrorize Americans into quiescence." /n

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Molly McKew @mollymckew.bsky.social · 15h

This document is … insane? Incredible?

In it the USG shakes down a university for $1.17 BILLION “to avoid legal action” and dictates how hiring, promotion, admissions, scholarships, and CURRICULA REVIEW will be conducted. It stipulates how and when students can protest on campus.

It is un-American

Miriam Posner @miriamposner.com · 1d

Here is the proposed agreement the Trump admin sent to UCLA, which administrators fought tooth and claw to keep secret ucop.edu/communicatio...

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Miriam Posner @miriamposner.com · 1d

Here is the proposed agreement the Trump admin sent to UCLA, which administrators fought tooth and claw to keep secret ucop.edu/communicatio...

ucop.edu

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Veena Dubal @veenadubal.bsky.social · 1d

Please understand that the only reason this has been released is because of the UCLA faculty association who filed a request and challenged the refusal in court. If you are a UC faculty member, join your FA!

Jaweed Kaleem @jaweedkaleem.bsky.social · 1d

BREAKING: The California Supreme Court has DENIED the University of California's request that it block the release of a 28-page, $1.2-billion fine Trump administration UCLA settlement offer. UC is required to give a faculty group the document today. www.latimes.com/california/s...

UC must publicly release Trump administration's $1.2-billion settlement proposal

The California Supreme Court on Friday declined a request from the University of California to block the release of a roughly $1.2-billion Trump UCLA settlement. UCLA is required to share the document...

www.latimes.com

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Jaweed Kaleem @jaweedkaleem.bsky.social · 1d

BREAKING: The California Supreme Court has DENIED the University of California's request that it block the release of a 28-page, $1.2-billion fine Trump administration UCLA settlement offer. UC is required to give a faculty group the document today. www.latimes.com/california/s...

UC must publicly release Trump administration's $1.2-billion settlement proposal

The California Supreme Court on Friday declined a request from the University of California to block the release of a roughly $1.2-billion Trump UCLA settlement. UCLA is required to share the document...

www.latimes.com

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 1d

A Bard College student was kidnapped by ICE and Bard’s administration is advocating for his release and has created a website to assist the rest of the community in joining them.

That’s what academic leaders should be doing for their students right now. www.instagram.com/p/DQKSTDJkeF...

Login • Instagram

Welcome back to Instagram. Sign in to check out what your friends, family & interests have been capturing & sharing around the world.

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Bard College @bardcollege.bsky.social · 2d

As many in the Bard community are aware, a Bard College student was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement after appearing for a scheduled interview at the New York Asylum Office.

For more information, including how you can help the detained student, please visit go.bard.edu/take-action.

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Bard College @bardcollege.bsky.social · 1d

President Leon Botstein’s essay, “Autocracy and the university in America today,” is free to read for one week. "In the immediate term, the greatest danger facing the American university... is the loss of independence perpetrated by a profoundly anti-intellectual government,” he writes.

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AFT @aft.org · 2d

When the Trump administration failed to follow through on its duties to forgive student loan debt for eligible borrowers, the AFT took it to court—and won. Now 2.5 million borrowers are set to have their loan debt forgiven. Read more about what it could mean for you here ⬇️
time.com/7327813/stud...

Trump Administration to Resume Some Student Loan Forgiveness

The agreement comes after the American Federation of Teachers filed a lawsuit against the Department of Education.

time.com

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S. Sommers @printculture.bsky.social · 2d

Our UConn students kept watch over negotiations for more than 3 hours on Monday. When asked why it mattered to be there one shared,“If professors don’t have their rights and freedoms then neither do any of us.” @aaup.org #nutmegsky #academicsky #edusky

S. Sommers @printculture.bsky.social · 2d

Proud of my union @uconnaaup.bsky.social hittin’ the boss where it hurts … in the press. www.courant.com/2025/10/23/u...

UConn professors union calls for stronger protections for academic freedom. Why they are worried.

Union officials say they are looking for stronger protections for professors to be able to “teach, research, and express ideas freely.”

www.courant.com

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Yale AAUP @yaleaaup.bsky.social · 3d

"Conservative strategists seem to understand that their agenda on higher education, including defunding universities, intimidating international students and privatizing loans, has little public support." -Yale AAUP President Daniel HoSang on the AI-fueled propaganda campaign against higher ed

HOSANG: How a talented Yale alum helped a right wing grift site mischaracterize our AAUP meeting

Much of the article mirrored the News’ story and included quotations invented, mischaracterized or taken out of context, as well as false claims.

yaledailynews.com

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AAUP @aaup.org · 2d

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DEFEND HIGHER ED STARTER PACK!

We are building a movement to defend US higher education & have created a starter pack of AAUP chapter & ally accounts to follow. Please Share!

(This list is not exhaustive. If you have suggestions, please shoot us a DM!)

#DefendHighEd

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go.bsky.app/3YidJ7k

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LPE Blog @lpeblog.bsky.social · 2d

Today, Rana Jaleel & Risa Lieberwitz of the @aaup.org explain how the Trump administration has used Title VI to pressure universities to undermine free speech and entrench inequality, and how universities have largely crumbled in the face of this pressure.

lpeproject.org/blog/the-cor...

The Corruption of Civil Rights and the Capitulation of Higher Ed

By weaponizing Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, the Trump administration is using antidiscrimination law to protect privilege and entrench inequality. Yet rather than uniting to resist these sham…

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Amy Kapczynski @akapczynski.bsky.social · 2d

Good for everyone to understand a little more about the “Campus Reform” grift. yaledailynews.com/blog/2025/10...

HOSANG: How a talented Yale alum helped a right wing grift site mischaracterize our AAUP meeting

Much of the article mirrored the News’ story and included quotations invented, mischaracterized or taken out of context, as well as false claims.

yaledailynews.com

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AFT Connecticut @aftct.bsky.social · 2d

“A core tenet of academic freedom is protection from unlawful government coercion, a principle that faculty across the political spectrum hold dear.”
#AcademicFreedom @yaleaaup.bsky.social

HOSANG: How a talented Yale alum helped a right wing grift site mischaracterize our AAUP meeting

Much of the article mirrored the News’ story and included quotations invented, mischaracterized or taken out of context, as well as false claims.

yaledailynews.com

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AAUP @aaup.org · 2d

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

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AFT Connecticut @aftct.bsky.social · 2d

“We consider these protections essential given the ongoing climate of threats to academic freedom” #AcademicFreedom @uconnaaup.bsky.social

UConn professors union calls for stronger protections for academic freedom. Why they are worried.

Union officials say they are looking for stronger protections for professors to be able to “teach, research, and express ideas freely.”

www.courant.com

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Yale AAUP @yaleaaup.bsky.social · 3d

"I laughed at the AI version of myself standing in a darkened room before a fake slide with a fake headline. But the laughter stops quickly. That same week, a professor at Rutgers was reportedly fleeing the country with his family after receiving death threats following a smear campaign"

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Yale AAUP @yaleaaup.bsky.social · 3d

"Campus Reform’s business model appears simple: scrape stories from student newspapers and university press releases, attach modified images with menacing faces and darkened rooms and repackage them as evidence of “liberal bias.' Writers are not expected to report or investigate."

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Yale AAUP @yaleaaup.bsky.social · 3d

"Conservative strategists seem to understand that their agenda on higher education, including defunding universities, intimidating international students and privatizing loans, has little public support." -Yale AAUP President Daniel HoSang on the AI-fueled propaganda campaign against higher ed

HOSANG: How a talented Yale alum helped a right wing grift site mischaracterize our AAUP meeting

Much of the article mirrored the News’ story and included quotations invented, mischaracterized or taken out of context, as well as false claims.

yaledailynews.com

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AAUP @aaup.org · 3d

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

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Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 7d

In New Haven, CT, I visited the Truman School—an incredible example of a true community school. From wraparound services to family partnerships, it’s a place where every child feels seen, supported, and set up for success. @aftct.bsky.social youtube.com/shorts/HPI8J...

Community and Collaboration at Truman

YouTube video by AFT

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S. Sommers @printculture.bsky.social · 5d

Today @uconnaaup.bsky.social turned out 200+ members and supporters to our contract action in Storrs. The part of the day that I am most proud of is teaching dozens of students about unions, solidarity, and the meaning of academic freedom. #unionyes #unionstrong

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