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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.”

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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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Coalition for Action in Higher Ed @actioninhighered.bsky.social · 10h

Re-upping this now that Trump has extended the bribe to all universities.

Coalition for Action in Higher Ed @actioninhighered.bsky.social · 5d

Sign the "No Loyalty Oaths in Education!" petition started by Sunrise and sponsored by @higheredlabor.bsky.social actionnetwork.org/petitions/un...

University Administrations: Reject Trump's "Loyalty Oath" Compacts

The Trump administration is trying to blackmail schools to let him and his unqualified bureaucrats run our schools. They want to dictate what schools teach, who they admit and hire, what researchers s...

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AAUP-Ohio State @osuaaup.bsky.social · 12h

The attack on our colleagues’ academic freedom, and anything to do with race and diversity, is in full force at OSU.

Obeying in advance once again, OSU is now withdrawing support for scholars studying topics and attending relevant conferences that the federal government doesn't like.

Ohio State changes policy on group conferences after Trump administration threats

A federal investigation into potentially discriminatory practices at Ohio State prompted the university to change its policies regarding conferences.

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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 8h

Indiana University has fired the staff director of the student newspaper, after disputes in which university leadership tried to pressure him to prevent students from publishing news.

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The director of student media at Indiana University was fired amidst a dispute between university leadership and editors at the Indiana Daily Student over what content gets printed in the student newspaper.

As director of student media, Jim Rodenbush did not directly oversee or have any say over the content published in the IDS, per a charter between the IDS and the university. But he told IndyStar his firing follows a series of meetings with IU Media School leadership in which it grew increasingly apparent they were expecting him to officially prohibit students from publishing news.

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Claremont Colleges Chapter of AAUP @aaupclaremont.bsky.social · 2d

Quote from General Secretary of the Nobel Prize Committee Hans Ellegren

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Nobel Warns: Academic Freedom in Peril

The Nobel Committee’s surprisingly direct criticism of the authoritarian US administration

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Claremont Colleges Chapter of AAUP @aaupclaremont.bsky.social · 2d

“Academic freedom is under threat. In the USA, the federal administration is trying to take control of university research and teaching by cutting funding, limiting the ability to freely choose research topics, and raising barriers for foreign students to be admitted to programs.”

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

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“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.

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Claremont Colleges Chapter of AAUP @aaupclaremont.bsky.social · 4d

The Claremont Colleges chapter of AAUP has endorsed the petition against the compact and loyalty oaths.

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We Stand for Education and Against the Trump Loyalty Oaths

*This form is for organizational sign-on only. Individuals can add their names to a letter here. * Colleges and universities are places of possibility where big ideas get tested, diseases are cured, ...

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Todd Wolfson @proftwolf.bsky.social · 4d

I am proud to say that MIT has rejected Trump's poison compact. MIT President Sally Kornbluth: "Therefore, with respect, we cannot support the proposed approach to addressing the issues facing higher education."
@aaup.org @aft.org @higheredlabor.bsky.social @uaw.org
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Regarding the Compact

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AAUP @aaup.org · 6d

“If we aren't free to pursue research and teaching based on wherever the knowledge leads us, we are not truly working in the service of the public.”

— Rana Jaleel, associate professor at UC Davis & Chair of the AAUP’s Committee A on Academic Freedom & Tenure

How Academic Freedom in Universities Generates the Greatest Value for Society

Academic freedom is at the foundation of one of the most powerful and fundamental ideas about universities. Learn about how academic freedom has contributed to broad benefits in society and UC Davis f...

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Miriam Posner @miriamposner.com · 5d

Recently learned that if you are an AFT member—as, for example, members of the UC Faculty Association are, if we opt in to AAUP membership—you’re eligible for $6/mo professional legal insurance. Useful if, say, you’re in a dispute with your employer. www.aft.org/sites/defaul...

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AAUP–Penn @aaup-penn.bsky.social · 6d

To sign this loyalty oath, as AAUP-Penn president Jessa Lingel says, “would be a total betrayal of our values” whyy.org/articles/pen...

Penn union organizers call Trump demands on higher ed ‘total betrayal of our values’

The White House asked nine universities to make sweeping policy changes to access federal programs like visas and research grants.

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AAUP @aaup.org · 6d

Join the AAUP and other allied organizations across the nation on October 18 for a day of peaceful and impactful protest as we come together to make clear: America has no kings, and the power belongs to the people!

#NoKings #AAUP #AcademicFreedom #HigherEducation #DefendHigherEd #Education

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Courtney Joslin @courtneygjoslin.bsky.social · 8d

"The Vanderbilt Chapter of the AAUP stands with the national AAUP, the AAUP chapters of the other targeted universities, and members of the Vanderbilt community in opposing the Compact and demanding that our administration do so as well."

Jonathan Gilligan @jgilligan.org · 8d

The Vanderbilt chapter of @aaup.org has issued a statement condemning President Trump's proposed "Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education" as an illegal assault on civil rights, academic freedom, shared governance, and institutional autonomy.

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Statement by the Vanderbilt AAUP Executive Committee on the “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education”

October 6, 2025 On October 2nd, Vanderbilt was among nine universities “invited” to sign a “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education” with the federal government. The Compact, however, i…

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Nancy Kanwisher @nancykanwisher.bsky.social · 8d

I am proud of MIT, where our branch of AAUP has voted unanimously to endorse this statement urging MIT leadership and the MIT Corporation to reject the Compact wholesale
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Letter Regarding Compact

MIT Chapter of the American Association of University Professors October 6, 2025 Statement on the “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education” MIT has been invited by the federal governmen...

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Veena Dubal @veenadubal.bsky.social · 10d

If we get through this, someone should write a casebook based on all the lawsuits filed against the Trump administration, divided up into different areas of law: 1st A, APA, Civil Rights Act, INA, 10th A, NLRA, Just Cause, etc. Would be fascinating.

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Kathryn Paige Harden @kph3k.bsky.social · 17d

“There is no state or federal law that prohibits instruction on gender identity in college classes.“ This sentence is essential. They aren’t even bothering to pass laws now. The SB17 law in Texas specifically exempts instruction! They are just making things up and calling it law.

Texas Tribune @texastribune.org · 18d

Breaking: Texas Tech chancellor limits academic mentions of transgender and nonbinary identities at five universities.

Texas Tech chancellor limits academic mentions of transgender and nonbinary identities at five universities

Advocacy groups say the new state law, presidential executive order and gubernatorial letter Tedd Mitchell cited do not prohibit classroom discussions of particular LGBTQ+ identities.

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Veena Dubal @veenadubal.bsky.social · 18d

The @aaup.org and Council of UC Faculty Associations sent this detailed letter to UCOP President Milliken and UC General Counsel Robinson explaining why they should not release the personally identifiable info of faculty, students, and staff to OCR.

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UCs Should Not Release Personal Student and Employee Information

In response to news that the University of California administration plans to provide the US Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights with personally identifiable information of numerous UC f...

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AAUP @aaup.org · 18d

WEBINAR ALERT!💻

The AAUP is hosting a webinar exploring the importance of independent accreditation systems for maintaining professional standards & examining threats a politicized accreditation system poses to academic freedom.
▶️October 6, 7PM

Politicizing Accreditation in the South and Beyond

This webinar will explore the historic importance of independent accreditation systems for maintaining professional norms and standards for public higher education and examine the threats a politicize...

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Texas Conference of the AAUP @texasaaup.bsky.social · 18d

“On Friday, a Hays County judge ruled that a fired Texas State University (TXST) professor will be reinstated to his job while his lawsuit against the school proceeds, according to the professor’s attorney.” 👏✊🙌

Ben Johnson @benjaminhjohns1.bsky.social · 18d

actual good news this week: www.kxan.com/news/local/h...

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AAUP @aaup.org · 20d

A network of right wing “pink slime” faux news sites is targeting “anti-American” classes at colleges & universities nationwide.

#DefendHigherEd

Local colleges targeted amid growing campus culture wars

National media and conservative groups are seeking syllabi and student information from public colleges; professors say they feel targeted and harassed.

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AAUP @aaup.org · 19d

“Knowledge flourishes when inquiry is free and respectful."

The AAUP supports statements affirming academic freedom in class syllabi!

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#DefendHigherEd #AcademicFreedom

Faculty insert AAUP academic freedom statement into class syllabi

Some Columbia professors have inserted a statement supporting academic freedom into their fall 2025 class syllabi in light of the University’s July 23 <a href="https://www.columbiaspectator.com/news/2...

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Miriam Posner @miriamposner.com · 19d

To read the university’s triumphant all-campus email about restored NIH funding, you’d think UC administrators made it happen. But that’s not true. In fact the UC *Faculty Association* organized the lawsuit; administrators kept their heads down and hoped it’d go away.

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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 20d

BREAKING: A federal judge has ordered the University of South Dakota to reinstate a professor who posted criticism of Charlie Kirk on his Facebook page the day of the shooting, finding the action likely violated the First Amendment. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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AAUP chapter @UT Austin @utaustinaaup.bsky.social · 20d

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UT professor says manufactured outrage is killing academic freedom in Texas

Enough with the "gotcha" attacks. Let professors teach. Let students learn.

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