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The American Association of University Professors champions academic freedom, advances shared governance, and organizes faculty to ensure higher education's contribution to the common good.
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The US District Court for the Northern District of California has issued a preliminary injunction in AAUP et al v. Trump et al (the wall to wall union lawsuit challenging the administration’s unlawful use of Title VI to reshape the University of California system.
Read the order here:
The US District Court for the Northern District of California has issued a preliminary injunction in AAUP et al v. Trump et al (the wall to wall union lawsuit challenging the administration’s unlawful use of Title VI to reshape the University of California system.
Read the order here:
The AAUP chapter at the University of Nebraska - Lincoln is organizing a week of action to fight devastating budget cuts!
UNL is proposing to slash around 27 million dollars and to close 4 programs at the university.
These cuts will be disastrous.
Let's stand with AAUP - UNL and stop the cuts!
UNL is proposing to slash around 27 million dollars and to close 4 programs at the university.
These cuts will be disastrous.
Let's stand with AAUP - UNL and stop the cuts!
December 1, 2025 at 10:31 PM
The AAUP chapter at the University of Nebraska - Lincoln is organizing a week of action to fight devastating budget cuts!
UNL is proposing to slash around 27 million dollars and to close 4 programs at the university.
These cuts will be disastrous.
Let's stand with AAUP - UNL and stop the cuts!
UNL is proposing to slash around 27 million dollars and to close 4 programs at the university.
These cuts will be disastrous.
Let's stand with AAUP - UNL and stop the cuts!
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New on Academe Blog:
Statement from NU AAUP on the University’s “Resolution Agreement”
BY JACKIE STEVENS Northwestern University’s Interim President Henry Bienen announced on Friday the university had violated commitments to its faculty and students in order to appease an autoc…
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December 1, 2025 at 8:54 PM
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Professors have launched a Political Action Committee!
We are going to fight for the legislation that all faculty, students, staff, and higher ed workers deserve.
A new future for higher education is possible. Join us in the fight!
We are going to fight for the legislation that all faculty, students, staff, and higher ed workers deserve.
A new future for higher education is possible. Join us in the fight!
That’s right and we are gonna fight for free public higher ed, and end to student debt, an end to contingent and a new compact that prioritizes academic freedom, freedom of speech, shared governance and the right to assembly & protest on campus! JOIN US!
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Professors Launch PAC to Fight Back Against Trump’s Attacks
The American Association of University Professors, a union whose members are fighting policies from the Trump administration and GOP Congress, launched a PAC this week to spend in federal elections.
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December 1, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Professors have launched a Political Action Committee!
We are going to fight for the legislation that all faculty, students, staff, and higher ed workers deserve.
A new future for higher education is possible. Join us in the fight!
We are going to fight for the legislation that all faculty, students, staff, and higher ed workers deserve.
A new future for higher education is possible. Join us in the fight!
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That’s right and we are gonna fight for free public higher ed, and end to student debt, an end to contingent and a new compact that prioritizes academic freedom, freedom of speech, shared governance and the right to assembly & protest on campus! JOIN US!
@aaup.org
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Professors Launch PAC to Fight Back Against Trump’s Attacks
The American Association of University Professors, a union whose members are fighting policies from the Trump administration and GOP Congress, launched a PAC this week to spend in federal elections.
news.bgov.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:07 PM
That’s right and we are gonna fight for free public higher ed, and end to student debt, an end to contingent and a new compact that prioritizes academic freedom, freedom of speech, shared governance and the right to assembly & protest on campus! JOIN US!
@aaup.org
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AAUP University of Nebraska - Lincoln is demanding that UNL Leadership and Board of Regents stop proposed cuts to academic programs and vote NO on December 5!
Program closures put key industries at risk, threaten students' futures and harm us all.
Sign the petition below to stop the cuts! 👇
Program closures put key industries at risk, threaten students' futures and harm us all.
Sign the petition below to stop the cuts! 👇
One Faculty, One Nebraska: Stop the Harmful Budget Cuts!
Program closures hurt everyday working Nebraskans and threaten our students' futures. Budget cuts harm us all. Cutting academic programs puts key Nebraska industries at risk. We are demanding that UNL...
actionnetwork.org
December 1, 2025 at 8:22 PM
AAUP University of Nebraska - Lincoln is demanding that UNL Leadership and Board of Regents stop proposed cuts to academic programs and vote NO on December 5!
Program closures put key industries at risk, threaten students' futures and harm us all.
Sign the petition below to stop the cuts! 👇
Program closures put key industries at risk, threaten students' futures and harm us all.
Sign the petition below to stop the cuts! 👇
On Florida's DOGE request to review course materials:
“Faculty members are demoralized and scared because it’s not just this one thing. They also feel like they need to catch up with these draconian restrictions on their speech on a weekly basis now."
— @uff-fsu.bsky.social President Robin Goodman
“Faculty members are demoralized and scared because it’s not just this one thing. They also feel like they need to catch up with these draconian restrictions on their speech on a weekly basis now."
— @uff-fsu.bsky.social President Robin Goodman
Florida higher ed tensions grow amid new DOGE inquiry
Florida’s Department of Governmental Efficiency is putting public university courses under scrutiny with a massive request – and a December deadline.
www.tallahassee.com
December 1, 2025 at 8:00 PM
On Florida's DOGE request to review course materials:
“Faculty members are demoralized and scared because it’s not just this one thing. They also feel like they need to catch up with these draconian restrictions on their speech on a weekly basis now."
— @uff-fsu.bsky.social President Robin Goodman
“Faculty members are demoralized and scared because it’s not just this one thing. They also feel like they need to catch up with these draconian restrictions on their speech on a weekly basis now."
— @uff-fsu.bsky.social President Robin Goodman
"But it’s not really indoctrination they worry about. The worry is that students will develop the ability to question received truths, see through the ideologies that justify social and economic inequalities, and resist manipulative political rhetoric that bypasses rationality."
The Fight for Academic Freedom Is a Fight for Justice | Common Dreams
The right-wing effort to infringe on students' right to learn is an effort to hobble higher education as a force for creating a more just society.
www.commondreams.org
December 1, 2025 at 7:22 PM
"But it’s not really indoctrination they worry about. The worry is that students will develop the ability to question received truths, see through the ideologies that justify social and economic inequalities, and resist manipulative political rhetoric that bypasses rationality."
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Hey UConn, protect academic freedom now! @aaup.org #adminsofragile
December 1, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Hey UConn, protect academic freedom now! @aaup.org #adminsofragile
“The main message here is that faculty would like to see the universities fight against the White House’s push to destroy our institutions, rather than just negotiate with the attackers."
— Deb Palmer, University of Colorado - Boulder AAUP co-president
— Deb Palmer, University of Colorado - Boulder AAUP co-president
Colorado Faculty Councils Call on University Leaders to Oppose Trump on Higher Education
A growing number of Colorado university faculty bodies have adopted resolutions asking school leaders to consider pooling resources to oppose the Trump administration’s unprecedented push to reshape c...
coloradotimesrecorder.com
December 1, 2025 at 6:24 PM
“The main message here is that faculty would like to see the universities fight against the White House’s push to destroy our institutions, rather than just negotiate with the attackers."
— Deb Palmer, University of Colorado - Boulder AAUP co-president
— Deb Palmer, University of Colorado - Boulder AAUP co-president
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Higher ed folks! Hopkins Press is having a 40% off holiday sale, so it's a great time to get copies of "the best book there is on the topic" of academic freedom. Use code HHOL25. www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/... #Academia #academicsky #highered
Understanding Academic Freedom
In the evolving landscape of academic freedom in America, this second edition addresses the latest challenges and developments in the field.Since the publication of the first edition of Understanding ...
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November 25, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Higher ed folks! Hopkins Press is having a 40% off holiday sale, so it's a great time to get copies of "the best book there is on the topic" of academic freedom. Use code HHOL25. www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/... #Academia #academicsky #highered
The current administration at the New College of Florida lack the necessary experience to run a higher ed institution.
"Not only do the folks running New College not have what it takes to run a higher education institution, they don't trust the people who do know what they're doing."
"Not only do the folks running New College not have what it takes to run a higher education institution, they don't trust the people who do know what they're doing."
3 years later, the 'new' New College is a total failure | Opinion
The recent, damning Florida DOGE report proves that President Richard Corcoran and his crew have failed at New College of Florida.
www.heraldtribune.com
December 1, 2025 at 4:54 PM
The current administration at the New College of Florida lack the necessary experience to run a higher ed institution.
"Not only do the folks running New College not have what it takes to run a higher education institution, they don't trust the people who do know what they're doing."
"Not only do the folks running New College not have what it takes to run a higher education institution, they don't trust the people who do know what they're doing."
"Restrictions in Texas, Florida, Hungary & elsewhere are not isolated. They're part of a long battle over what truths will shape the next generation. When universities choose openness, societies move forward. When they choose silence, societies fracture."
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Faculty senates, legal organisations, student groups and international networks must challenge restrictions. Courts must overturn unconstitutional measures. Universities must adopt strong academic freedom charters and support scholars under pressure.
Faculty senates, legal organisations, student groups and international networks must challenge restrictions. Courts must overturn unconstitutional measures. Universities must adopt strong academic freedom charters and support scholars under pressure.
When universities choose to be silent, societies fracture
Texas A&M University’s restrictions on teaching race or gender reinstall an older moral architecture, asking universities to prepare students fo...
www.universityworldnews.com
December 1, 2025 at 3:10 PM
"Restrictions in Texas, Florida, Hungary & elsewhere are not isolated. They're part of a long battle over what truths will shape the next generation. When universities choose openness, societies move forward. When they choose silence, societies fracture."
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Universities can't function if they're constantly running scared of an online cancel factory and spineless politicians who won't push back. Should this student have received a bad grade? Don't know. Should the governor of the state be commenting on it? Absolutely not. www.oudaily.com/news/ou-stat...
OU puts graduate instructor on leave after student claims discrimination on Bible-based essay grade
OU placed a graduate student instructor on leave after a student publicly contested a grade and filed an illegal discrimination claim after she received a failing grade on an essay
www.oudaily.com
December 1, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Universities can't function if they're constantly running scared of an online cancel factory and spineless politicians who won't push back. Should this student have received a bad grade? Don't know. Should the governor of the state be commenting on it? Absolutely not. www.oudaily.com/news/ou-stat...
"We need shadow universities to preserve academic values and academic freedom at a time when they are under attack by government officials and campus administrators."
— John K. Wilson for Inside Higher Ed
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— John K. Wilson for Inside Higher Ed
@insidehighered.com
Northwestern’s Complicity With the Trump Regime
We need shadow universities to preserve academic values and academic freedom at a time when they are under attack by government officials and campus administrators.
www.insidehighered.com
December 1, 2025 at 2:32 PM
"We need shadow universities to preserve academic values and academic freedom at a time when they are under attack by government officials and campus administrators."
— John K. Wilson for Inside Higher Ed
@insidehighered.com
— John K. Wilson for Inside Higher Ed
@insidehighered.com
The Indiana Commission for Higher Education's new policy is threatening shared governance and academic freedom.
"This policy is the latest effort by Indiana's politicians to take power away from faculty & cheapen the education students have access to in Indiana."
- @iubaaup.bsky.social
"This policy is the latest effort by Indiana's politicians to take power away from faculty & cheapen the education students have access to in Indiana."
- @iubaaup.bsky.social
Indiana colleges must answer how new degrees commit to American values
Under new requirements, universities must answer whether proposed degree programs exercise a "commitment to the core values of American society."
www.indystar.com
November 30, 2025 at 3:06 PM
The Indiana Commission for Higher Education's new policy is threatening shared governance and academic freedom.
"This policy is the latest effort by Indiana's politicians to take power away from faculty & cheapen the education students have access to in Indiana."
- @iubaaup.bsky.social
"This policy is the latest effort by Indiana's politicians to take power away from faculty & cheapen the education students have access to in Indiana."
- @iubaaup.bsky.social
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“We wanted to address a frustrating narrative we’ve been hearing more frequently—that Yale has somehow been exempted from the funding freezes and disruptions affecting other institutions”
-- Daniel HoSang, President of Yale AAUP
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-- Daniel HoSang, President of Yale AAUP
@yaleaaup.bsky.social
Professors lament federal research funding cuts at faculty panel
The Yale chapter of the American Association of University Professors held a virtual panel Thursday featuring six faculty members who have been affected by President Donald Trump’s cuts.
yaledailynews.com
November 29, 2025 at 11:59 PM
“We wanted to address a frustrating narrative we’ve been hearing more frequently—that Yale has somehow been exempted from the funding freezes and disruptions affecting other institutions”
-- Daniel HoSang, President of Yale AAUP
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-- Daniel HoSang, President of Yale AAUP
@yaleaaup.bsky.social
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(not in this video but) AAUP has made an illuminating connection btwn how Marc Rowan is accustomed to operating in the realm of private equity and how he & aligned people are treating higher ed--take a run that leaves the org financially vulnerable, then take it over 👀
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Marc Rowan--a billionaire responsible for Trump's devastating loyalty oath compact--will step down from his advisory role at the Wharton Business School at the University of Pennsylvania in summer of 2026!
AAUP President Todd Wolfson discusses our November 7th action that led to this step forward.
AAUP President Todd Wolfson discusses our November 7th action that led to this step forward.
November 29, 2025 at 5:59 PM
(not in this video but) AAUP has made an illuminating connection btwn how Marc Rowan is accustomed to operating in the realm of private equity and how he & aligned people are treating higher ed--take a run that leaves the org financially vulnerable, then take it over 👀
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Curtailment of faculty authority in governing higher education institutions today will not only undermine professional freedoms--it will spoil the fruits of those freedoms: an independent, intellectually rigorous, and incorruptible education for future generations
-- Afshan Jafar (Conn AAUP)
-- Afshan Jafar (Conn AAUP)
In Defense of an Independent and Representative Faculty Voice: The Case of Faculty Senates
BY AFSHAN JAFAR We have recently seen accelerating legislative and political attacks on faculty governing bodies at state institutions, including legislation recently enacted in Indiana, Ohio, Utah…
academeblog.org
November 30, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Curtailment of faculty authority in governing higher education institutions today will not only undermine professional freedoms--it will spoil the fruits of those freedoms: an independent, intellectually rigorous, and incorruptible education for future generations
-- Afshan Jafar (Conn AAUP)
-- Afshan Jafar (Conn AAUP)
"The university’s Committee on Academic Freedom, Responsibility and Tenure voted 8-0 that Texas A&M 'had no justification for dismissing' McCoul and 'failed to follow required procedures at multiple stages,' according to a Sunday statement from the Texas A&M chapter of the AAUP."
Texas A&M committee sides with professor fired amid conservative furor
The interim leader of the public university will review the nonbinding report and make "a decision in the coming days or weeks," a spokesperson said.
www.highereddive.com
November 29, 2025 at 7:19 PM
"The university’s Committee on Academic Freedom, Responsibility and Tenure voted 8-0 that Texas A&M 'had no justification for dismissing' McCoul and 'failed to follow required procedures at multiple stages,' according to a Sunday statement from the Texas A&M chapter of the AAUP."
"At the end of the day, defending academic freedom is defending democracy. UConn must be a marketplace of ideas, not a walled garden for the ivory tower."
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Opinion: Academic freedom should extend to UConn graduate assistants
Graduate assistants following UConn’s values by speaking clearly, honestly, and frankly deserve the same protection as any full professor.
ctmirror.org
November 29, 2025 at 2:34 PM
"At the end of the day, defending academic freedom is defending democracy. UConn must be a marketplace of ideas, not a walled garden for the ivory tower."
@uconnaaup.bsky.social
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"Academic freedom is being eroded internally by university administrators as well as externally by politicians." -USC @aaup.org president Laura Isabel Serna in the LA Times
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Contributor: Fearing Trump, universities themselves restrict academic freedom
Some institutions may have avoided the ire of the federal government by preemptively undermining research and teaching.
www.latimes.com
November 28, 2025 at 9:50 PM
"Academic freedom is being eroded internally by university administrators as well as externally by politicians." -USC @aaup.org president Laura Isabel Serna in the LA Times
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A university called Northwestern should have a compass.
BREAKING: Northwestern University has agreed to pay the U.S. Treasury $75 million, over the course of three years as part of an agreement with the federal government to restore funding and end investigations into the university
Full statement from NU below:
Full statement from NU below:
November 29, 2025 at 1:27 AM
A university called Northwestern should have a compass.
"Indiana’s Act 202 attacks intellectual diversity. And when administrators violate the law to suspend faculty for presenting controversial views, academic freedom is under even greater threat."
Indiana’s Attack on Intellectual Diversity
Already used to suspend a professor, Indiana’s Act 202 curtails academic freedom and limits the plurality of viewpoints on campus.
www.insidehighered.com
November 28, 2025 at 8:45 PM
"Indiana’s Act 202 attacks intellectual diversity. And when administrators violate the law to suspend faculty for presenting controversial views, academic freedom is under even greater threat."
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#AAUP #DefendHigherEd
🙏 Please consider donating to a PAC created by the American Association of University Professors to fight back against Trump's attacks on academic freedom.
Spread the word! AAUP is a great organization and has been critical in this fight.
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🙏 Please consider donating to a PAC created by the American Association of University Professors to fight back against Trump's attacks on academic freedom.
Spread the word! AAUP is a great organization and has been critical in this fight.
bsky.app/profile/aaup...
We launched a PAC!
“This PAC is an extension of our fight to ensure a future for American higher ed through bipartisan legislation that recognizes that college can be tuition-free, debt-free, welcoming to all, conducive to academic freedom & offer jobs with dignity.”
- Todd Wolfson, AAUP President
“This PAC is an extension of our fight to ensure a future for American higher ed through bipartisan legislation that recognizes that college can be tuition-free, debt-free, welcoming to all, conducive to academic freedom & offer jobs with dignity.”
- Todd Wolfson, AAUP President
Professors Launch PAC to Fight Back Against Trump’s Attacks
The American Association of University Professors, a union whose members are fighting policies from the Trump administration and GOP Congress, launched a PAC this week to spend in federal elections.
news.bgov.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:46 PM
#AAUP #DefendHigherEd
🙏 Please consider donating to a PAC created by the American Association of University Professors to fight back against Trump's attacks on academic freedom.
Spread the word! AAUP is a great organization and has been critical in this fight.
bsky.app/profile/aaup...
🙏 Please consider donating to a PAC created by the American Association of University Professors to fight back against Trump's attacks on academic freedom.
Spread the word! AAUP is a great organization and has been critical in this fight.
bsky.app/profile/aaup...
AAUP members qualify for liability insurance and other legal resources, including protection for charges brought by students or a parent claiming an AAUP-AFT member denied their Constitutional rights or committed libel, slander, invasion of privacy, or a criminal act.
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Professional Liability Insurance and Legal Resources webinar
Join us for a virtual informational session with an AFT representative to learn more about the legal benefits and professional liability insurance available to AAUP members. It provides liability…
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November 28, 2025 at 6:01 PM
AAUP members qualify for liability insurance and other legal resources, including protection for charges brought by students or a parent claiming an AAUP-AFT member denied their Constitutional rights or committed libel, slander, invasion of privacy, or a criminal act.
Check out our webinar👇
Check out our webinar👇