“Father Brian Shanley is violating New York state law & ignoring decades of St. John’s institutional practice & centuries of Catholic social teaching around respect for labor & workers."
— Sophie Bell, St. John's University AAUP President
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
An Invitation: Get to know your Governing Board.
Academic governing boards exercise significant & often final legal authority over the colleges & universities they rule. We need a rebalance of this power.
#sharedgoverance
#academicsky
@actioninhighered.bsky.social
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“The response was quite different. It’s not clear whether this reflects the difference in the public stands these students have taken or a fundamental change in the university’s approach...I hope it will prove to be the latter.”
—Michael Thaddeus, Columbia AAUP
@aaupcu.bsky.social
Brad Lander: “It’s pretty outrageous…once people think that they don’t have to follow the law because the president doesn’t, workers suffer, our universities suffer, students & faculty suffer.”
St. John’s University can’t just UNrecognize faculty unions after 56 years. That’s not the law works.
I want to be clear, @aaup.org stands with our HBCUs. At the same time, what Virginia State University did by laying off 6 tenured/tenure-stream faculty, for NO CAUSE, & threatening them with trespass breaks every norm. It is shameful. Reinstate the Fired Six! SIGN & SHARE
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“Two powerful teachers’ unions that have committed at least $27.5 billion to Apollo wrote a letter to the SEC this week calling for federal regulators to investigate Apollo’s “apparent lack of candor” over its relationship with Epstein.”
Let’s get this investigation going NOW.
#academicsky @aft.org
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Congrats to Columbia AAUP on successfully standing up against ICE recruitment on campus.
Let's keep organizing and go all out to get ICE off our campuses.
@swcolumbia.bsky.social
@aaupcu.bsky.social
“Abolishing gender programs & the lessons they have taught, will, Trump & his acolytes hope, undermine our ability not just to condemn, but also to critically analyze the policies & practices they want to impose.”
Must Read by Joan Scott, member of the AAUP’s Committee on Academic Freedom.
AAUP President Todd Wolfson issued the following statement in response to Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt's Executive Order issued today immediately eliminating academic tenure at the state’s public regional universities and community colleges.
Reminder: Never capitulate to tyrants.
Fight Back.
#DefendHigherEd
#AcademicSky
Education is a public good for all.
When politicians censor classroom teaching in order to narrow the field of topics that students can engage in, they rob them of a stellar world class education.
This is what is happening at Texas A&M & other institutions in the state.
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If Texas A&M truly believes in the values of leadership, integrity, & service, it must defend academic freedom & protect student learning.
Please sign & share this petition to TAMU leadership demanding an end to all censorship of instruction & retaliation against faculty who refuse to censor.
“Judge Young affirmed unequivocally, without a doubt, that non-citizens lawfully present here in the US have the same free speech rights as everyone else. He established that the federal government clearly & unconstitutionally pursued a policy of discrimination against pro-Palestinian speech.”
"As we approach the start of the new semester it falls to us to do whatever we can to keep one another safe. Please remember: while ICE agents may enter public areas of the campus, they require a subpoena or a valid judicial warrant to enter private or restricted spaces."
– @umn-tc-aaup.bsky.social
We need to flood them with letters now. Write today!
“We need a higher ed system that’s not rooted in students as customers, but in critical inquiry and the development of smart, thoughtful citizens in a democracy who can see through the lies and stand up for the kind of society we want to build.”
— Todd Wolfson, AAUP President
This is how you stand up for educators against politically motivated attacks on teaching.
Please sign OU AAUP’s petition demanding that OU protect the freedom to teach & learn, & stand up against targeted harassment & intimidation.
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actionnetwork.org/forms/defend...
TODAY! 4PM!
CUT THE CUTS Rally at The New School!
• SUSPEND “realignment” measures
• RESCIND all “voluntary separation package agreements”
• CAP on salaries over $200,000
• CALL on the Board of Trustees to hold a public meeting with the entire university community
Livestream link below.
AAUP University of Nebraska - Lincoln is packing the Board of Regents meeting RIGHT NOW to say no to a $27.5 million budget cut and to the closure of 4 academic programs!
Catch the livestream of the meeting and the testimonies of organized UNL higher ed workers here👇
nebraska.edu/news-and-eve...
"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."
Billionaires, who quite often do not see education as a common good, should not be guiding higher education policy.
“I kind of yearn,” Mr. Nassirian said, “for the gilded age when billionaires satisfied their extracurricular interests by collecting Fabergé eggs and prized ponies.”
#DefendHigherEd
Solidarity to all students & higher ed workers across the country standing up to build a better future today!
#DefendHigherEd
Happy 11/7 to all who are building a world where students are free to learn. Rise up against billionaires and their loyalty oaths!
Good morning NYC! Are you ready?
“From attacks on academic freedom to the defunding of life-saving scientific research to arresting peaceful student protesters, Trump’s higher ed policies have been catastrophic for our democracy. We’re excited to build a coalition of workers & students fighting back."
– AAUP president Todd Wolfson
Tell Billionaire Marc Rowan: HANDS OFF HIGHER ED! Fri. Nov. 7, @ 11 a.m. Apollo Global Management 9 West 57th St, NYC RSVP QR code link: https://view.page/yDwfT6 Union logos: AAUP, AFT, Debt Collective, NY Metro Coalition for Higher Ed, AAUP NYU, Sunrise Movement, SDS, HIGHER ED LABOR UNITED Columbia AAUP, NYSUT, Fordham AAUP, PSC CUNY, UUP, Frontline for Freedom, AAUP-Penn, CU Stand Up, NYU SDS, Strong Economy for all Coalition
NYC, come out 11/7 and say: Billionaires out of our classrooms! Stand with @aaup.org @aft.org @debtcollective.bsky.social @psc-cuny.org @uupinfo.bsky.social. @higheredlabor.bsky.social @nysut.bsky.social @fordhamaaup.bsky.social @aaupcu.bsky.social, NYU AAUP, SDS, & many more
Harvard AAUP's Ryan Enos explains the importance of colleges working together to combat Trump’s attempts to shake down universities.
#defendhighered
@ryanenos.bsky.social
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DEFEND HIGHER ED STARTER PACK!
We are building a movement to defend US higher education & have created a starter pack of AAUP chapter & ally accounts to follow. Please Share!
(This list is not exhaustive. If you have suggestions, please shoot us a DM!)
#DefendHighEd
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Public universities that sign onto Trump's "Loyalty Oath" will violate the constitutional rights of their students.🤯
AAUP General Counsel Veena Dubal breaks down why in this clip from our recent AAUP TV update.
@veenadubal.bsky.social
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