Texas Conference of the AAUP
@texasaaup.bsky.social
We are an association of all AAUP members in Texas #HigherEd. Join us as we advocate for faculty and instructors through the state. Become involved in a local chapter or start one!
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🔔Our open letter to academic leaders in TX: “As pressures mount on TX public institutions of higher education, we write on behalf of faculty across the state to remind you of your obligations to protect academic freedom and due process.”
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Among the provisions are ones agreeing to the Trump administration's definition of sex as "biological sex" and agreeing "not perform hormonal interventions and transgender surgeries ... on any individual under the age of 18 years old, effective immediately."
November 29, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Among the provisions are ones agreeing to the Trump administration's definition of sex as "biological sex" and agreeing "not perform hormonal interventions and transgender surgeries ... on any individual under the age of 18 years old, effective immediately."
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The legal, media, and academic institutions capitulating to an authoritarian ordering payments for favorable treatment are damning themselves to irrelevance. They are destroying their institutions. They will be — and should be — shunned for failing in their most basic purposes for existing.
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 1:37 AM
The legal, media, and academic institutions capitulating to an authoritarian ordering payments for favorable treatment are damning themselves to irrelevance. They are destroying their institutions. They will be — and should be — shunned for failing in their most basic purposes for existing.
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An investigation by ProPublica and @texastribune.org found more than 60 instances of nepotism, self-dealing and conflicts of interest among 27 private schools that likely would have violated state laws had the schools been public.
Texas Private Schools Hire Relatives and Enrich Insiders. Soon They Can Do It With Taxpayer Money.
An investigation by ProPublica and The Texas Tribune found more than 60 instances of nepotism, self-dealing and conflicts of interest among 27 private schools that likely would have violated state law...
www.propublica.org
November 27, 2025 at 10:00 PM
An investigation by ProPublica and @texastribune.org found more than 60 instances of nepotism, self-dealing and conflicts of interest among 27 private schools that likely would have violated state laws had the schools been public.
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“This is yet another rollback of academic freedom & shared governance. It’s not the place of a state—it’s not the place of politicians—to tell faculty such things & it opens a door for political reprisal, for other ways to limit academic freedom.”
- Noor O'Neill, President AAUP Indiana Conference
- Noor O'Neill, President AAUP Indiana Conference
Ind. May Reject Degrees That Don’t Commit to American “Values”
Indiana may reject proposed degree programs at public institutions that don’t “cultivate civic responsibility and commitment to the core values of American society.” Earlier this month, the Indiana Co...
www.insidehighered.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:49 PM
“This is yet another rollback of academic freedom & shared governance. It’s not the place of a state—it’s not the place of politicians—to tell faculty such things & it opens a door for political reprisal, for other ways to limit academic freedom.”
- Noor O'Neill, President AAUP Indiana Conference
- Noor O'Neill, President AAUP Indiana Conference
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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 26, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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
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ICYMI AAUP is starting a PAC news.bgov.com/bloomberg-go...
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 11:28 PM
ICYMI AAUP is starting a PAC news.bgov.com/bloomberg-go...
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The entire business model of R1 public universities rests on 4 revenue sources:
1. Federal grants
2. Private gifts/endowments
3. Tuition (esp. from foreign students)
4. State $
For decades, 📈 in 1-3 offset a secular 📉 in 4. Now, 1 & 3 are being decimated & 4 ain't coming back. The math is clear.
1. Federal grants
2. Private gifts/endowments
3. Tuition (esp. from foreign students)
4. State $
For decades, 📈 in 1-3 offset a secular 📉 in 4. Now, 1 & 3 are being decimated & 4 ain't coming back. The math is clear.
August 5, 2025 at 6:13 PM
The entire business model of R1 public universities rests on 4 revenue sources:
1. Federal grants
2. Private gifts/endowments
3. Tuition (esp. from foreign students)
4. State $
For decades, 📈 in 1-3 offset a secular 📉 in 4. Now, 1 & 3 are being decimated & 4 ain't coming back. The math is clear.
1. Federal grants
2. Private gifts/endowments
3. Tuition (esp. from foreign students)
4. State $
For decades, 📈 in 1-3 offset a secular 📉 in 4. Now, 1 & 3 are being decimated & 4 ain't coming back. The math is clear.
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New NAFSA data show steep new international enrollment drops this fall. 6% in U.S. bachelor’s and 19% in master’s programs. Restrictive visa/immigration policies are the top barrier, cited by 85–90% of colleges, threatening campus diversity and finances. www.highereddive.com/news/new-int...
New international enrollment dipped this fall, NAFSA survey finds
The poll is the second released this month to show significant declines, especially in new foreign graduate students coming to the U.S.
www.highereddive.com
November 26, 2025 at 12:59 PM
New NAFSA data show steep new international enrollment drops this fall. 6% in U.S. bachelor’s and 19% in master’s programs. Restrictive visa/immigration policies are the top barrier, cited by 85–90% of colleges, threatening campus diversity and finances. www.highereddive.com/news/new-int...
⭐️ From the AAUP Chapter at Texas A&M: “Reinstate Dr. Melissa McCoul immediately + Affirm the University’s commitment to its governing rules, ensuring that no faculty member is ever again dismissed without the due process mandated by University policy.” ⭐️
AAUP @ Texas A&M: Reinstate Prof. Melissa McCoul
CONTACT: Leonard Bright, PhD, President of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) Chapter at Texas A&M University-College Station, [email protected]
aaup-texas.org
November 26, 2025 at 12:31 AM
⭐️ From the AAUP Chapter at Texas A&M: “Reinstate Dr. Melissa McCoul immediately + Affirm the University’s commitment to its governing rules, ensuring that no faculty member is ever again dismissed without the due process mandated by University policy.” ⭐️
📢📢The AAUP chapter at the University of Houston has sent the following letter to admin: “We are deeply concerned that the directives outlined in Chancellor Khator's email present significant risks to academic freedom, to the integrity of our teaching mission + to the University’s legal obligations.”
AAUP @ Univ. of Houston Opposes Campus Censorship
CONTACT: Daniel Morales, JD, President of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) Chapter at the University of Houston, [email protected]
aaup-texas.org
November 26, 2025 at 12:27 AM
📢📢The AAUP chapter at the University of Houston has sent the following letter to admin: “We are deeply concerned that the directives outlined in Chancellor Khator's email present significant risks to academic freedom, to the integrity of our teaching mission + to the University’s legal obligations.”
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eliminated programs include:
BS in integrated major in mathematics and English
BA in medieval and renaissance studies
BM in music theory and musicology
Associate in biochemical science
Associate in landscape horticulture
Associate in sustainable agriculture
Associate in sustainable agriculture
BS in integrated major in mathematics and English
BA in medieval and renaissance studies
BM in music theory and musicology
Associate in biochemical science
Associate in landscape horticulture
Associate in sustainable agriculture
Associate in sustainable agriculture
The cuts and mergers in higher education in Ohio have now begun in earnest in large part due to the sweeping demands required by the state to comply with SB1 www.dispatch.com/story/news/e...
Ohio State to cut eight majors, merge 20 others to comply with SB 1
Ohio State University will cut eight programs across two colleges and proposed several new merged majors to comply with Senate Bill 1.
www.dispatch.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:09 PM
eliminated programs include:
BS in integrated major in mathematics and English
BA in medieval and renaissance studies
BM in music theory and musicology
Associate in biochemical science
Associate in landscape horticulture
Associate in sustainable agriculture
Associate in sustainable agriculture
BS in integrated major in mathematics and English
BA in medieval and renaissance studies
BM in music theory and musicology
Associate in biochemical science
Associate in landscape horticulture
Associate in sustainable agriculture
Associate in sustainable agriculture
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OPEN LETTER FROM THE AAUP–TAMU CHAPTER to Interim President Tommy Williams
“Reinstatement is the only just and appropriate remedy.”
“Reinstatement is the only just and appropriate remedy.”
November 24, 2025 at 1:48 PM
OPEN LETTER FROM THE AAUP–TAMU CHAPTER to Interim President Tommy Williams
“Reinstatement is the only just and appropriate remedy.”
“Reinstatement is the only just and appropriate remedy.”
🗣️ “Dr. McCoul has a long and distinguished record of exceptional teaching and service to Texas A&M…The vilification, trauma, and reputational harm she has endured at the hands of Texas A&M for simply doing her job must be acknowledged and corrected.” 👇
OPEN LETTER FROM THE AAUP–TAMU CHAPTER to Interim President Tommy Williams
“Reinstatement is the only just and appropriate remedy.”
“Reinstatement is the only just and appropriate remedy.”
November 24, 2025 at 1:55 PM
🗣️ “Dr. McCoul has a long and distinguished record of exceptional teaching and service to Texas A&M…The vilification, trauma, and reputational harm she has endured at the hands of Texas A&M for simply doing her job must be acknowledged and corrected.” 👇
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Thanks!
AAUP at UT Austin Stands in Solidarity with Faculty in the Texas A&M System
Statement by Karma Chavez, President of the AAUP chapter at UT Austin on the impending action by the Texas A&M Board of Regents regarding civil rights and academic freedom November 11, 2025 We…
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November 12, 2025 at 12:09 PM
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November 24, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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WILL IS FREE FROM ICE!
After months in detention, Tae Heung "Will" Kim, a scientist at Texas A&M developing a vaccine to treat Lyme disease & longtime US permanent resident, has been released!
Our movement to defend higher ed means protecting higher ed workers from ICE.
@texasaaup.bsky.social
After months in detention, Tae Heung "Will" Kim, a scientist at Texas A&M developing a vaccine to treat Lyme disease & longtime US permanent resident, has been released!
Our movement to defend higher ed means protecting higher ed workers from ICE.
@texasaaup.bsky.social
Korean American detainee freed
The National Korean American Service & Education Consortium announced on its Facebook page that Tae Heung “Will” Kim has been freed.
nwasianweekly.com
November 18, 2025 at 4:05 PM
WILL IS FREE FROM ICE!
After months in detention, Tae Heung "Will" Kim, a scientist at Texas A&M developing a vaccine to treat Lyme disease & longtime US permanent resident, has been released!
Our movement to defend higher ed means protecting higher ed workers from ICE.
@texasaaup.bsky.social
After months in detention, Tae Heung "Will" Kim, a scientist at Texas A&M developing a vaccine to treat Lyme disease & longtime US permanent resident, has been released!
Our movement to defend higher ed means protecting higher ed workers from ICE.
@texasaaup.bsky.social
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“Without an independent & sufficiently representative faculty body to oversee the curriculum & faculty status, an institution may fragment or fall victim to the latest fashionable notion proposed by a centralized administration, politicized board or legislature."
Read more about our new report👇
Read more about our new report👇
AAUP Report Defends Shared Governance Amid Political Attacks
In a report released Tuesday, the American Association of University Professors outlines its case for shared governance at colleges and universities as state legislatures increasingly seek to constrai...
www.insidehighered.com
November 19, 2025 at 5:23 PM
“Without an independent & sufficiently representative faculty body to oversee the curriculum & faculty status, an institution may fragment or fall victim to the latest fashionable notion proposed by a centralized administration, politicized board or legislature."
Read more about our new report👇
Read more about our new report👇
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"The state department is proposing to suspend 38 universities including Harvard and Yale from a federal research partnership program because they engage in diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) hiring practices, according to an internal memo and spreadsheet obtained by the Guardian."
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State department to cut 38 universities from research program over DEI policies
Exclusive: Trump administration proposal would exclude elite schools that use diversity, equity and inclusion hiring practices
www.theguardian.com
November 19, 2025 at 6:54 PM
"The state department is proposing to suspend 38 universities including Harvard and Yale from a federal research partnership program because they engage in diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) hiring practices, according to an internal memo and spreadsheet obtained by the Guardian."
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“This move is neither streamlining nor reform–it’s an abdication and abandonment of America’s future. Rather than show leadership in helping all students seize their potential, it walks away from that responsibility.” — @rweingarten.bsky.social
www.cnn.com/2025/11/18/p...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/18/p...
Trump administration accelerates push to dismantle Education Department as it offloads work to other agencies | CNN Politics
The Department of Education on Tuesday announced a further dismantling of the agency by transferring much of its remaining workload to other federal agencies in a bid to convince Congress the departme...
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November 19, 2025 at 6:44 PM
“This move is neither streamlining nor reform–it’s an abdication and abandonment of America’s future. Rather than show leadership in helping all students seize their potential, it walks away from that responsibility.” — @rweingarten.bsky.social
www.cnn.com/2025/11/18/p...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/18/p...
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A new AAUP Report on faculty senates is out! 📝
As political attacks on faculty governing bodies increase, our new report argues that effective shared governance requires that faculty have a strong, distinctive & representative collective voice to safeguard academic freedom.
Read below 👇
As political attacks on faculty governing bodies increase, our new report argues that effective shared governance requires that faculty have a strong, distinctive & representative collective voice to safeguard academic freedom.
Read below 👇
In Defense of an Independent and Representative Faculty Voice: The Case of Faculty Senates
This report, prepared by a subcommittee of the AAUP’s Committee on College and University Governance, reexamines the necessity of strong faculty senates through the lens of the Statement on Government of Colleges and Universities and other AAUP statements and in light of escalating political interference against shared governance.
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November 18, 2025 at 5:49 PM
A new AAUP Report on faculty senates is out! 📝
As political attacks on faculty governing bodies increase, our new report argues that effective shared governance requires that faculty have a strong, distinctive & representative collective voice to safeguard academic freedom.
Read below 👇
As political attacks on faculty governing bodies increase, our new report argues that effective shared governance requires that faculty have a strong, distinctive & representative collective voice to safeguard academic freedom.
Read below 👇
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“For the first time, we are delivering a united message to the Regents: We will not accept a lack of transparency, the exclusion of faculty from decision-making, or the erosion of our university’s 156-year-old mission to educate Nebraska’s students.”
– UNL AAUP President Sarah Zuckerman
– UNL AAUP President Sarah Zuckerman
UNL Faculty Senate approves historic no-confidence resolution
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln Faculty Senate voted 60-14 to approve a no-confidence resolution against Chancellor Rodney Bennett. It's believed to be the first such vote in the university's histo...
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November 20, 2025 at 3:14 PM
“For the first time, we are delivering a united message to the Regents: We will not accept a lack of transparency, the exclusion of faculty from decision-making, or the erosion of our university’s 156-year-old mission to educate Nebraska’s students.”
– UNL AAUP President Sarah Zuckerman
– UNL AAUP President Sarah Zuckerman
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As faculty governance is attacked, a bit of relevant history. #Academia academeblog.org/2025/11/19/o...
On Faculty Senates and the “Berkeley Revolution of 1919-20”
BY HANK REICHMAN This week the AAUP released a report, In Defense of an Independent and Representative Faculty Voice: The Case of Faculty Senates, prepared by a subcommittee of the AAUP’…
academeblog.org
November 20, 2025 at 1:32 PM
As faculty governance is attacked, a bit of relevant history. #Academia academeblog.org/2025/11/19/o...
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Your dues pay for these legal victories (and much more at the chapter level). Join AAUP today!
November 20, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Your dues pay for these legal victories (and much more at the chapter level). Join AAUP today!
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"All of us have a role to play in deciding how our university gets through these difficult times. These policies affect us all & no one – not humanities nor STEM students – has the leisure of distance. As researchers, we must find the time to take off our lab coats, close our books & take a stand."
Opinion: Student researchers need to stand up for themselves politically - Daily Bruin
The Trump administration’s policies leave a lasting imprint on universities across the country — and UCLA has not been spared. With continual threats to scholarly autonomy, academics must become more ...
dailybruin.com
November 20, 2025 at 8:30 PM
"All of us have a role to play in deciding how our university gets through these difficult times. These policies affect us all & no one – not humanities nor STEM students – has the leisure of distance. As researchers, we must find the time to take off our lab coats, close our books & take a stand."
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Two weeks ago today a coalition of NYC unions incl @psc-cuny.org, @aaup.org chapters, @debtcollective.bsky.social, @higheredlabor.bsky.social & student groups took the fight against Trump’s loyalty oath “compact” for higher ed to its billionaire author, Apollo Global Management CEO Marc Rowan (1/3)
Marc Rowan is trying to end academic freedom as we know it.
The billionaire Trump donor is demanding higher ed institutions to sign a loyalty oath to gain access to federal funds.
Here's how faculty, students, and @aaup.org @psc-cuny.org @debtcollective.bsky.social responded.
The billionaire Trump donor is demanding higher ed institutions to sign a loyalty oath to gain access to federal funds.
Here's how faculty, students, and @aaup.org @psc-cuny.org @debtcollective.bsky.social responded.
November 21, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Two weeks ago today a coalition of NYC unions incl @psc-cuny.org, @aaup.org chapters, @debtcollective.bsky.social, @higheredlabor.bsky.social & student groups took the fight against Trump’s loyalty oath “compact” for higher ed to its billionaire author, Apollo Global Management CEO Marc Rowan (1/3)