@ncaaup
We are an association of all AAUP members in North Carolina #highered. Join us as we advocate for all faculty and instructors through the state. Become involved in a local chapter or start one! AN INJURY TO ONE IS AN INJURY TO ALL! https://www.aaupnc.org/
The far right's new politicized higher ed accreditor is illegitimate.
"Rather than protecting educational quality, the CPHE appears designed to give partisan political actors a powerful new tool to pressure universities to conform to a narrow ideological agenda"
— Todd Wolfson, AAUP President
Leech farmers everywhere prick up their ears
Our leadership team would all crawl over broken glass for each other and we find joy in every day of collective action
The AAUP's core mission. We stay busy.
“Yet CPHE has never been independent. Created by an aggressively partisan politician, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, it is a political enterprise rather than one committed to academic excellence, which requires academic freedom and institutional autonomy for colleges and universities.”
At @aaup.org and @aft.org we are prepared to fight for faculty, staff, students and higher education!
I just renewed my membership in @aaup.org Their advocacy nationwide and the strong support of @ncaaup.bsky.social and @unc-ch-aaup.bsky.social on our campus has been a breath of fresh air in these challenging times
NEW: ProPublica has sued the Department of Education in federal court, accusing it of withholding public records about how it’s enforcing civil rights protections for millions of U.S. students.
Cutting off their nose to spite their face.
You can put them all together and call them Rolling Blunder
Thank you!
This is a victory for all who care about higher education in North Carolina that happened to come one day after @ncaaup.bsky.social VP Abigail Hatcher’s op ed was published in @ncnewsline.com & NC AAUP packed the UNC System Board of Governors meeting.
Coincidence? 🤔
When We Fight, We Win!
Congrats to @ncaaup.bsky.social & all who fought against this surveillance policy that would've allowed admin to hijack microphones in the classroom for secret recordings.
This move would've chilled classroom discussion & suppressed students' willingness to ask questions & take intellectual risks.
NCSU's Nubian Message has a powerful denunciation of Chancellor Howell's inaction and what it means for students
thenubianmessage.com/16314/opinio...
States like FL, TX, NC and GA, which have done the most to degrade academic freedom at public universities, are now trying to create their own state-run accrediting agency, the CPHE. What could go wrong? We have until March 4 to send in feedback.
To be clear, we are glad that UNC CH administrators did the right thing and corrected course
“Academic freedom —the ability to research, teach, & learn without interference is essential to the quality of education we offer in North Carolina.
Do we want UNC to go in the direction of Texas or Florida or we do we want to uphold the reputation, standards & quality that it has for decades?”
Terrific coverage of the issue and our action: spectrumlocalnews.com/nc/charlotte...
UNC CH admins touched the stove, and learned that it is hot
www.newsobserver.com/news/local/e...
Let's be clear: While we are disappointed that this passed, the elimination of the most egregious language and restrictions is due to the tireless efforts of our AAUP NC members and allies. We are the fastest growing conference, and we're just getting started.
"As members of AAUP—defenders of academic freedom & shared governance—we believe that states should not police the accreditation of their own universities, nor should they compel 'voluntary' membership to a new accreditor through monetary incentives or veiled threats."
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"People who come to this university system to study do so with the expectation that they will get the quality education that the name UNC represents. A redefinition of the code to restrict academic freedom would damage that expectation.”
—David Ambaras, NC State AAUP President
@ncaaup.bsky.social
She’s been released 🙏🏽
Black background white text title reads how to organize and it has 20 step
Snagged this today but more for self talk than organizing anybody. I mean, I guess I’m organizing myself. Heh.
AAUP members are rejecting the Commission for Public Higher Education accreditation standards, which threatens to introduce unprecedented partisan influence over universities.
Check out this thread and graphics explaining what is at stake nationally, especially at southern universities⬇️
Update: They passed it. We witnessed and walked out.
Let Faculty Teach!
Let Students Learn!
The UNC Board of Governors just voted to rewrite the definition of academic freedom to effectively limit students' ability to fully engage in a variety of scholarly topics & limit open inquiry & academic debate in NC higher education.
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