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RutgersAAUP-AFT @ruaaup-aft.bsky.social · 1d
We at the RU faculty unions along with other NJ unions stand in support of Mark Bray and the rights of our students and faculty to academic freedom and freedom of speech. See our statement and the list of signatories attached. aftnewjersey.bsky.social teamnjea.bsky.social ruaaup-ptl.bsky.social
Statement of Solidarity with Professor Mark Bray & Reaffirmation of the Principals of Academic Freedom & Free Speech Rutgers Professor and AAUP-AFT member Dr. Mark Bray has come under attack from Turning Point USA’s Rutgers chapter for his public scholarship. As a result of this attack, he has been doxxed and threatened and has had to leave the country to protect himself and his family. As members of the Rutgers and New Jersey labor community, and as unions committed to the defense of our coworkers, we stand in strong solidarity with Professor Mark Bray and his partner, Professor Yesenia Barragan. We affirm the principles of academic freedom and support strong First Amendment rights for all workers in higher ed and beyond. Rutgers AAUP-AFT, Local 6323 Rutgers Adjunct Faculty Union AAUP-BHSNJ URA-AFT, Local 1766, AFL-CIO HPAE, Local 5089, AFT, AFL-CIO AFT New Jersey New Jersey Education Association (NJEA) AFM Local 16-248 UFCW Local 1776 KS CWA Local 1031, AFL-CIO AFT Local 1940
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AAUP-Ohio State @osuaaup.bsky.social · 2d
Our board member @cmcknichols.bsky.social & AAUP members from OSU & around the state contributed to this @dispatch.com article on the chilling impact of SB1 across Ohio. Between legal mandates & admin overcompliance, we are living the grim reality that thousands protested for over 2 years.
cmcknichols.bsky.social Christopher McKnight Nichols @cmcknichols.bsky.social · 3d
The "chill is real" on #Ohio campuses right now after #SB1 *and with federal attacks on + efforts to micromanage higher education -- cancellations, closures, + chalking and land acknowledgement bans, with some quotes from me as well, great piece in the Dispatch www.dispatch.com/story/news/e...
As SB 1 impacts ripple across Ohio college campuses, students, faculty say 'the chill is real'
Two months into her final fall semester, one OSU senior said the ripple effect of Ohio Senate Bill 1 on campus has been "like a quiet roar."
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AAUP @aaup.org · 3d
Harvard AAUP's Ryan Enos explains the importance of colleges working together to combat Trump’s attempts to shake down universities.

#defendhighered
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Transcript: Elite Colleges Reject Trump’s Authoritarian “Compact”
Harvard’s Ryan Enos explains the importance of colleges working together to combat Trump’s attempts to shake down universities.
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Pennsylvania AAUP Conference @paaaup.bsky.social · 4d
www.phillytrib.com/commentary/e...
Editorial: University of Pennsylvania is right to reject Trump compact offer
The University of Pennsylvania has rightfully rejected a Trump administration proposal that would provide favorable access to federal funding in exchange for committing to the administration’s politic...
www.phillytrib.com
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Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 3d
Welcome to the new Dark Ages. In one self inflicted blow the US is giving up on knowledge generation, technical innovation and medical advances for a generation or more. This is Trump and Vought. This is their doing.
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CT State Conference-AAUP @ct-aaup.bsky.social · 3d
"I laughed at the AI version of myself standing in a darkened room before a fake slide with a fake headline. But the laughter stops quickly" -- Daniel HoSang (president of @yaleaaup.bsky.social)
HOSANG: How a talented Yale alum helped a right wing grift site mischaracterize our AAUP meeting
Much of the article mirrored the News’ story and included quotations invented, mischaracterized or taken out of context, as well as false claims.
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CT State Conference-AAUP @ct-aaup.bsky.social · 3d
“We consider these protections essential given the ongoing climate of threats to academic freedom” -- Jeffrey Dudas (President of @uconnaaup.bsky.social)
UConn professors union calls for stronger protections for academic freedom. Why they are worried.
Union officials say they are looking for stronger protections for professors to be able to “teach, research, and express ideas freely.”
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Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social · 4d
"the results show that most Americans are not buying the White House’s arguments for the compact’s measures, said [Baker]...The compact has been presented as a tool to promote [affordability and merit]...but it’s really about censoring institutions and faculty."

www.chronicle.com/article/amer...
Americans Think Trump Is Overreaching With His Higher-Ed Compact
Most don’t want the federal government setting colleges’ policies, a new Quinnipiac poll reveals.
www.chronicle.com
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Dan Greene @dmgreene.bsky.social · 28d
The @aaup.org beat Marco Rubio in court, with a Reagan-appointed judge ruling that ideological deportations obviously violate the first amendment.

These cases cost money. And we need millions of people moving together to make them stick. If you're faculty in the US, join AAUP and join the fight.
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Joining the AAUP says that you’re concerned about academic freedom, and about the way that basic freedom protects your teaching and research. Join today.
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Maryam Jamshidi @msjamshidi.bsky.social · 24d
Am reading Judge Young's decision in AAUP v. Rubio - a case about the government's ideological deportation policy against pro-Palestine non-citizens. There are just so many drop dead important lines. Here r a few: "ICE goes masked for a single reason -- to terrorize Americans into quiescence." /n
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Molly McKew @mollymckew.bsky.social · 4d
This document is … insane? Incredible?

In it the USG shakes down a university for $1.17 BILLION “to avoid legal action” and dictates how hiring, promotion, admissions, scholarships, and CURRICULA REVIEW will be conducted. It stipulates how and when students can protest on campus.

It is un-American
miriamposner.com Miriam Posner @miriamposner.com · 5d
Here is the proposed agreement the Trump admin sent to UCLA, which administrators fought tooth and claw to keep secret ucop.edu/communicatio...
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Miriam Posner @miriamposner.com · 5d
Here is the proposed agreement the Trump admin sent to UCLA, which administrators fought tooth and claw to keep secret ucop.edu/communicatio...
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Veena Dubal @veenadubal.bsky.social · 5d
Please understand that the only reason this has been released is because of the UCLA faculty association who filed a request and challenged the refusal in court. If you are a UC faculty member, join your FA!
jaweedkaleem.bsky.social Jaweed Kaleem @jaweedkaleem.bsky.social · 5d
BREAKING: The California Supreme Court has DENIED the University of California's request that it block the release of a 28-page, $1.2-billion fine Trump administration UCLA settlement offer. UC is required to give a faculty group the document today. www.latimes.com/california/s...
UC must publicly release Trump administration's $1.2-billion settlement proposal
The California Supreme Court on Friday declined a request from the University of California to block the release of a roughly $1.2-billion Trump UCLA settlement. UCLA is required to share the document...
www.latimes.com
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Jaweed Kaleem @jaweedkaleem.bsky.social · 5d
BREAKING: The California Supreme Court has DENIED the University of California's request that it block the release of a 28-page, $1.2-billion fine Trump administration UCLA settlement offer. UC is required to give a faculty group the document today. www.latimes.com/california/s...
UC must publicly release Trump administration's $1.2-billion settlement proposal
The California Supreme Court on Friday declined a request from the University of California to block the release of a roughly $1.2-billion Trump UCLA settlement. UCLA is required to share the document...
www.latimes.com
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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 6d
A Bard College student was kidnapped by ICE and Bard’s administration is advocating for his release and has created a website to assist the rest of the community in joining them.

That’s what academic leaders should be doing for their students right now. www.instagram.com/p/DQKSTDJkeF...
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Bard College @bardcollege.bsky.social · 6d
As many in the Bard community are aware, a Bard College student was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement after appearing for a scheduled interview at the New York Asylum Office.

For more information, including how you can help the detained student, please visit go.bard.edu/take-action.
As many in the Bard community are aware, a Bard College student was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement after appearing for a scheduled interview at the New York Asylum Office. The College has joined the Episcopal Diocese of New York and Human Rights First in calling for the student’s release. President Botstein has mobilized federal and state elected officials at the highest levels in New York and New Jersey to assist with this case. “It is my hope that he will be able to return to Bard and resume his studies as soon as possible,” he said. For more information, including how you can help the detained student, please visit go.bard.edu/take-action.
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Bard College @bardcollege.bsky.social · 5d
President Leon Botstein’s essay, “Autocracy and the university in America today,” is free to read for one week. "In the immediate term, the greatest danger facing the American university... is the loss of independence perpetrated by a profoundly anti-intellectual government,” he writes.
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AFT @aft.org · 6d
When the Trump administration failed to follow through on its duties to forgive student loan debt for eligible borrowers, the AFT took it to court—and won. Now 2.5 million borrowers are set to have their loan debt forgiven. Read more about what it could mean for you here ⬇️
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Trump Administration to Resume Some Student Loan Forgiveness
The agreement comes after the American Federation of Teachers filed a lawsuit against the Department of Education.
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S. Sommers @printculture.bsky.social · 6d
Our UConn students kept watch over negotiations for more than 3 hours on Monday. When asked why it mattered to be there one shared,“If professors don’t have their rights and freedoms then neither do any of us.” @aaup.org #nutmegsky #academicsky #edusky
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Yale AAUP @yaleaaup.bsky.social · 7d
"Conservative strategists seem to understand that their agenda on higher education, including defunding universities, intimidating international students and privatizing loans, has little public support." -Yale AAUP President Daniel HoSang on the AI-fueled propaganda campaign against higher ed
HOSANG: How a talented Yale alum helped a right wing grift site mischaracterize our AAUP meeting
Much of the article mirrored the News’ story and included quotations invented, mischaracterized or taken out of context, as well as false claims.
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AAUP @aaup.org · 6d
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We are building a movement to defend US higher education & have created a starter pack of AAUP chapter & ally accounts to follow. Please Share!

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LPE Blog @lpeblog.bsky.social · 6d
Today, Rana Jaleel & Risa Lieberwitz of the @aaup.org explain how the Trump administration has used Title VI to pressure universities to undermine free speech and entrench inequality, and how universities have largely crumbled in the face of this pressure.

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The Corruption of Civil Rights and the Capitulation of Higher Ed
By weaponizing Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, the Trump administration is using antidiscrimination law to protect privilege and entrench inequality. Yet rather than uniting to resist these sham…
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Amy Kapczynski @akapczynski.bsky.social · 6d
Good for everyone to understand a little more about the “Campus Reform” grift. yaledailynews.com/blog/2025/10...
HOSANG: How a talented Yale alum helped a right wing grift site mischaracterize our AAUP meeting
Much of the article mirrored the News’ story and included quotations invented, mischaracterized or taken out of context, as well as false claims.
yaledailynews.com
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AFT Connecticut @aftct.bsky.social · 6d
“A core tenet of academic freedom is protection from unlawful government coercion, a principle that faculty across the political spectrum hold dear.”
#AcademicFreedom @yaleaaup.bsky.social
HOSANG: How a talented Yale alum helped a right wing grift site mischaracterize our AAUP meeting
Much of the article mirrored the News’ story and included quotations invented, mischaracterized or taken out of context, as well as false claims.
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AAUP @aaup.org · 7d
University of Texas AAUP urges admin to join seven other universities in rejecting Trump’s ‘loyalty oath’ compact.

“The Compact reflects a grave threat to the mission of the University of Texas at Austin.”

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#DefendHigherEd
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