Reasons to keep ICE and Customs and Border Protection off campus @iubaaup.bsky.social
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Reasons to keep ICE and Customs and Border Protection off campus @iubaaup.bsky.social
“Faculty are now seeing the AAUP as the only place where their issues, their interests and their jobs are being protected against the legislature and the IU administration.”
— David McDonald, AAUP Indiana University President
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ICE is detaining a Bloomington man from Afghanistan at rural Indiana county jail. His friends and family say they have no idea why. @weiss-a-woni.bsky.social
After co-authoring an op ed in the Tufts student paper, Rümeysa Öztürk was doxed by the Canary Mission, an anonymous website that publishes personal information of academics they consider anti-Israel. ICE then used the data to target her in carrying out Trump's brutal student protest crackdown.
"Some disciplinary measures have been imposed on the lecturer, including being monitored as she teaches a class on diversity and social justice." www.nytimes.com/2025/12/11/u...
A detailed black-and-white illustration of a large crowd of people packed together, holding protest signs that read “Free Speech Is an American Value,” “Stop Censoring Teachers,” “Education Needs Free Speech,” “Freedom to Speak, Freedom to Teach, Freedom to Learn for Everyone!,” “Education Is a Human Right,” and “Keep Your Nose Out of My Classroom and Education.” Behind the crowd are hand-drawn banners with “AAUP” in large block letters. Overlaid text at the bottom announces event details in bold marker-style font: “Rally for Free Speech, Friday 12/5, 3pm, Bryan Hall – IUB Campus, 107 S. Indiana.” A column of smaller text on the right lists issues such as recommended Chicago Principles, demands for “American values,” instructors removed for teaching course content, NEA defenses against attacks, and ongoing legislative actions against public schools. The overall style resembles a high-density pen-and-ink illustration filled with expressive faces and signs.
Join us Fri 3pm at Bryan Hall for a Rally for Free Speech — standing against ICHE’s “core American values” mandate & in defense of academic freedom. Then our AAUP chapter mtg 4–5:30 in Woodburn 101. Faculty & students: show up for free inquiry! #AAUP #AcademicFreedom
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
An illustration of a bunch of diplomas stuffed into a trash can in the shape of the state of Indiana. The background has a map of the United States and the University of Indiana overlaid in it.
Indiana May Reject New Degrees That Don’t Commit to “Values of American Society” https://bit.ly/4ohT3sf
#EDUSky #HigherEd #AcademicSky
"Indiana University, one of the great American public universities, is currently melting down with a speed and violence unprecedented in the history of higher education." utotherescue.blogspot.com/2025/11/anat...
Before creating new degrees, Indiana’s public colleges and universities will have to explain to the state how they will promote American values. @indianacapitalchronicle.com
Indiana University president Pamela Whitten is asking faculty government to consider adopting the Chicago Principles, a set of guidelines about free speech on campus. One faculty leader says he's optimistic.
A photo of a wooden boardroom table, set up for a meeting, with pads of paper and water glasses.
@aaup.org Report Defends Shared Governance Amid Political Attacks https://bit.ly/484zptP
The billboard on the west side is the first, but there could be more. If IU doesn’t come to the table, the campaign will run through the end of the football season. @the_real_sand
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A professor who showed a graphic labeling the “Make America Great Again” slogan as covert white supremacy has been removed from teaching a class under a new Indiana law meant to foster “intellectual diversity.” www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
"Faculty, students, and community members at Indiana University hold a press conference to call on IU leadership to reject the Trump Compact for Academic Excellence and to stop what speakers describe as “over-compliance” with political pressure." youtu.be/At3T3YNyXW8?...
A lecturer in the Indiana University School of Social Work has been removed from teaching one of her classes — “Diversity, Human Rights, and Social Justice” — while the university investigates a complaint by a student against material she presented. @weiss-a-woni.bsky.social
AAUP: IU is not MAGA University! Faculty and students speak against the Trump Compact and abuses by the IU upper administration.
Meet us on November 7 at 11 by the Herman B Wells statue to show your support.
Learn more: iubaaup.org/2025/11/05/p...
Flyer for event. Features green swirl border on a beige background, with a group of people sitting at a table enjoying drinks. Text reads: "AAUP First Thursday Happy Hour. Thursday, November 6, from 4-6pm. The Vault Pub (at the Indiana Memorial Union)"
This Thursday, Nov 6. we kick off our "first Thursdays" happy hour, 4:00 to 6:00 in the Vault Pub (lower level of the IMU). Jazz starts at 5:30, so come early for conversation and stay for the music!
Quote from “The State as Donor: How Indiana Uses SEA 202 and HEA 1001 to Reshape Academic Freedom and Faculty Governance” by Carlos Morales: State governments are using their role as donors and primary funders of state universities to exert power over professors and universities in a manner that erodes academic freedom and autonomy.
Carlos Morales, “The State as Donor: How Indiana Uses SEA 202 and HEA 1001 to Reshape Academic Freedom and Faculty Governance”
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IU’s decision to suspend the print publication of its student newspaper is costing the institution: Alumni are pulling donations in protest. The university ended the IDS’s print edition after firing the paper’s adviser.
AAUP member Deborah Cohn's overview of IU's censorship and disinvestment in the IDS, one of Bloomington's most important sources for local news and journalism medium.com/@dncohn/ius-...
Executive Committee Statement on the Closing and Erasure of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at #IndianaUniversity @iubaaup.bsky.social iubaaup.org/2025/10/23/e...
Reject the ongoing censorship of student media on our campuses!
“Administrative efforts to subordinate campus journalism to public relations are inconsistent with the mission of higher education to provide a space of intellectual exploration and debate”
—Hank Reichman, in a new Academe Blog post
Administrators at Indiana University baselessly fired the student media director and ordered the student paper to cease its print edition, so it'd sure be a shame if this excellent digital front page were to be widely shared today
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Indiana University fired the director of student media amid growing tension between the school and the student newspaper over what content was allowed in the print edition.
It's time for IU to respect the value of its educators, and ensure faculty, staff, and graduate student worker compensation keeps pace with the cost of living and ensures that we can live and thrive. Fair compensation is essential to a world-class university.
Line graph with the title "IU Compensation in Inflation Adjusted 2024 Dollars." Red line goes downward, representing faculty compensation; green line shoots upwards, representing IU President Whitten's compensation. More details in caption/description.
At IUB, faculty salaries have not kept up with the cost of living. As the graph shows, relative to the cost of living, average faculty salaries declined by 10% between 2019 and 2025. Yet even with a vote of no confidence, Whitten's compensation has ballooned.
Despite changes affecting the lives of tens of thousands of students, faculty and staff, Indiana University continues to make most important decisions in secret and leaders routinely avoid interviews with informed journalists. @weiss-a-woni.bsky.social
“Acquiescing to a Mailman compact would be a profound betrayal of your students, staff, faculty, the public, higher education, and our shared democracy—one that would irretrievably tarnish your personal reputation and compromise your institution’s legacy.” 🔥