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Deborah McDowell @dem8z.bsky.social · 1d

PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD!!

The University of Texas-Austin is beginning a process to eliminate the Black Studies, Latino Studies, and Gender Studies departments in the College of Liberal Arts. This is a grave threat to the educational liberty of students, faculty, staff, and the people of Texas. 1/

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AAUP @aaup.org · 47m

AAUP chapters across the nation in solidarity against Trump's compact!

"Jonathan Gilligan, who proposed the resolution, [said]
that the language of the resolution closely mirrored that of the University of Virginia’s...to 'help ensure unity & solidarity'" for others opposing the compact.

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Vanderbilt faculty ask school administration to reject Trump memo, citing free speech

The Vanderbilt Faculty Senate voted on a resolution asking the university to reject a recent White House compact.

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AAUP @aaup.org · 1h

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AAUP @aaup.org · 1h

Thanks for writing!

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AAUP @aaup.org · 2h

“The university is under attack because gender studies is under attack, and if universities don’t stand up to this infringement on academic freedom now, it is not just gender studies that will be lost, but all free and open inquiry.”

— Laurie Essig, in a new post for AAUP’s Academe Blog

Academe @academemagazine.bsky.social · 5h

New on Academe Blog: academeblog.org/2025/10/14/h...

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How the Trump Regime and the Media Killed Gender Studies

BY LAURIE ESSIG On Wednesday, October 1, the Department of Education sent nine universities a “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education.” The document asks universities to comply …

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Academe @academemagazine.bsky.social · 5h

New on Academe Blog: academeblog.org/2025/10/14/h...

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How the Trump Regime and the Media Killed Gender Studies

BY LAURIE ESSIG On Wednesday, October 1, the Department of Education sent nine universities a “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education.” The document asks universities to comply …

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AAUP @aaup.org · 2h

Check out the full video of Jairo Fúnez telling his story on our YouTube page. Link below👇

Faculty on the Front Lines: Jairo Funez (Texas Tech)

YouTube video by TheAAUP

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AAUP @aaup.org · 2h

This video is part of the Center for the Defense of Academic Freedom's series, "Faculty on the Front Lines," which spotlights ten AAUP members who share their stories of repression and resistance in the face of partisan interference and violations of academic freedom.

Learn more at the link below👇

Faculty on the Front Lines

Faculty on the Front Lines:AAUP Members Share Stories of Repression and Resistance"Faculty on the Front Lines" is a series documenting the stories of AAUP members. While some of these participants hav...

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AAUP @aaup.org · 2h

"We must continue to organize within and beyond academic spaces, whether it's establishing chapters, getting involved in AAUP, or pressuring academic organizations...what we are seeing is that pressure really does work, so we must continue doing that."

— Jairo Fúnez

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AAUP @aaup.org · 2h

Jairo Fúnez is a professor of curriculum studies at Texas Tech University. He was suspended after a campaign by rightwing media & a weaponized Title VI complaint over private social media posts. He received overwhelming outside support, offering key lessons on collective organizing & solidarity.

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AAUP @aaup.org · 5h

“We unequivocally denounce any policies that devalue our students’ presence or diminish their contributions to our intellectual & cultural community.

International & non-citizen students bring invaluable & diverse perspectives to our classrooms, labs & campuses.”

— AAUP University of North Texas

Letter to the Editor: Open letter to non-citizen UNT students

To our non-United States citizen students at UNT,

www.ntdaily.com

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Hakeem Jefferson @hakeemjefferson.bsky.social · 1d

Agree 100% @stanfordaaup.bsky.social!

“When it inevitably comes time for Stanford to choose, we must remember that we owe our loyalty not to any executive branch official but to our own foundational principles. We must be ready, when it’s our turn, to walk away.”

stanforddaily.com/2025/10/12/f...

From the Community | We must refuse the 'Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education'

Associate professor Greg Martin writes on behalf of the Stanford's AAUP chapter to condemn the White House's compact on higher education.

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Stanford AAUP @stanfordaaup.bsky.social · 20h

As we’ve said before, no university should sign on to this compact, certainly not our own. @gjmartin.bsky.social and other Stanford AAUP colleagues explain why in this editorial👇

From the Community | We must refuse the 'Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education'

Associate professor Greg Martin writes on behalf of the Stanford's AAUP chapter to condemn the White House's compact on higher education.

stanforddaily.com

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uuaaup.bsky.social @uuaaup.bsky.social · 16h

We hope @utah.edu’s leaders will have the insight and resoluteness necessary to reject this compact. In Utah, we do not trade away our independence and autonomy.

@sltrib.com @thechrony.bsky.social

Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 22h

The Trump administration is inviting all US colleges to participate in a compact that would grant preferential federal funding in return for commitments to specific policy changes like DEI bans, according to a source

Trump Offers All Colleges Preferential Funding Plan Rejected by MIT

The Trump administration is inviting all US colleges to participate in a compact — initially rejected by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology — that would grant preferential federal funding in return for commitments to specific policy changes like DEI bans, according to a person familiar with the matter.

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UMiami AAUP @aaupumiami.bsky.social · 9h

www.aaup.org/seven-theses... "...if viewpoint diversity means committing oneself to a robust debate about truth and values, then the movement should be open to responding to and refuting the following theses challenging its premises and fundamental arguments."

Seven Theses Against Viewpoint Diversity

Demands for “viewpoint diversity,” a pillar of the Right’s strategy to remake higher education, collide with the pursuit of truth.

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AAUP chapter @UT Austin @utaustinaaup.bsky.social · 7h

www.austinchronicle.com/news/republi...

Every faculty member quoted in this piece is active in the AAUP chapter at UT Austin. We are proud of our leaders and members, speaking out when so many are silent. 👏🏽👏🏽

Republicans Continue to Batter UT • The Austin Chronicle

The Texas Republican Party’s ideological transformation of UT-Austin is barreling forward, with new developments coming on a weekly and sometimes daily basis. Last Wednesday, Board of Regents Chairma...

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Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 7h

Doing an open call for volunteers to sign up for my protection racket

Robert Kelchen @robertkelchen.com · 22h

After getting zero firm commitments to this point from the first nine invitees, the Trump administration is extending its proposed compact to all colleges. Expect some red-state publics to say yes.

Trump Offers All Colleges Preferential Funding Plan Rejected by MIT

The Trump administration is inviting all US colleges to participate in a compact — initially rejected by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology — that would grant preferential federal funding in re...

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AAUP @aaup.org · 7h

"Once you start teaching loyalty instead of critical thinking, you stop creating scholars & you start creating followers. That's not the America we signed up for."

#noloyaltyoaths
#academicfreedom

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

www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

“It’s pretty vague what the advantages are of signing the compact,” said Teresa Sullivan, the former president of the University of Virginia, one of 9 colleges the Trump administration is trying to court. “If you’re thinking of this as a deal, it’s a one-sided deal.

‘One-sided deal’: College presidents see Trump offer rife with peril

MIT’s rebuke of the Trump administration’s compact presents an opening for other college presidents to resist.

www.politico.com

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AAUP Texas A&M-College Station Chapter @tamu-aaup.bsky.social · 1d

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Ruha Benjamin @ruha9.bsky.social · 15d

So, at the very least, we all need to be joining or starting an AAUP chapter:

www.aaup.org/chapters/fin...

Find a Chapter

A list of AAUP chapters, both unionized and nonunionized. (You can also see a list of just union chapters.)

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Todd Wolfson @proftwolf.bsky.social · 1d

Join Together and Reject Trump's Loyalty Oath for Higher Ed-Penn, USC, Vanderbilt, University of Virginia, University of Arizona, UT-Austin, MIT, Brown & Dartmouth.
@aaup.org @aaup-penn.bsky.social @utaustinaaup.bsky.social @aaupbrownchapter.bsky.social

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AAUP @aaup.org · 1d

Check out the full video of Judith Norman telling her story on our YouTube page. Link below👇

Faculty on the Front Lines: Judith Norman (Trinity University)

YouTube video by TheAAUP

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AAUP @aaup.org · 1d

This video is part of the Center for the Defense of Academic Freedom's series, "Faculty on the Front Lines," which spotlights ten AAUP members who share their stories of repression and resistance in the face of partisan interference and violations of academic freedom.

Learn more at the link below👇

Faculty on the Front Lines

Faculty on the Front Lines:AAUP Members Share Stories of Repression and Resistance"Faculty on the Front Lines" is a series documenting the stories of AAUP members. While some of these participants hav...

www.aaup.org

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AAUP @aaup.org · 1d

“There needs to be a sense in which the university actively supports people exercising their free speech rights. Faculty need to feel that what they are doing is right and is within the university’s mission. Otherwise, free speech will suffer at the university.”

— Judith Norman

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