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AAUP chapter @UT Austin @utaustinaaup.bsky.social · 15h

“LGBTQ+ history has reshaped how historians understand American citizenship, the Cold War and the civil rights movement, among many subjects. Officials may succeed in driving LGBTQ+ history out of Texas’s public universities — but they will not erase the past. LGBTQ+ history belongs to all of us.”

AAUP chapter @UT Austin @utaustinaaup.bsky.social · 19h

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Great opinion piece by our AAUP chapter Vice President! 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

I teach LGBTQ+ history. The University of Texas may soon ban my course | Opinion

Across Texas' public universities, faculty like me face course reviews and political pressure to erase LGBTQ+ studies, UT professor Lauren Gutterman writes.

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AAUP @aaup.org · 17h

Check out the full video of Andrea Brower telling her story on our YouTube page. Link below👇

Faculty on the Front Lines: Andrea Brower (formerly of Gonzaga)

YouTube video by TheAAUP

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AAUP @aaup.org · 17h

This video is part of the Center for the Defense of Academic Freedom's series, "Faculty on the Front Lines," which spotlights ten AAUP members who share their stories of repression and resistance in the face of partisan interference and violations of academic freedom.

Learn more at the link below👇

Faculty on the Front Lines

Faculty on the Front Lines:AAUP Members Share Stories of Repression and Resistance"Faculty on the Front Lines" is a series documenting the stories of AAUP members. While some of these participants hav...

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AAUP @aaup.org · 17h

"We must keep at the forefront of our minds, the fact that when ordinary people collectively engage in action to change the direction of society, to challenge the people at the top of gross power hierarchies, and to stand for simply what is good and fair for all...people can win."

—Andrea Brower

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AAUP @aaup.org · 17h

Andrea Brower was the lead instructor for a social justice program at Gonzaga University. In this interview, she reveals that after being targeted for speaking up about labor rights in higher ed & poorly handled Title VI complaint by the university, she could not perform the job she was hired for.

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AAUP @aaup.org · 17h

Professor Karma Chávez of @utaustinaaup.bsky.social explaining how the abolishment of faculty senates in Texas strips away democracy & any notion of shared governance in TX higher education.

#defendhighered

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Texas Conference of the AAUP @texasaaup.bsky.social · 19h

MIT rejects the compact! 👏👏👏👏

AAUP chapter @UT Austin @utaustinaaup.bsky.social · 19h

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“The document also includes principles w/ which we disagree, including those that would restrict freedom of expression & our independence as an institution. And [it] is inconsistent w/ our core belief that scientific funding shld be based on scientific merit alone.”

Regarding the Compact | MIT Organization Chart

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Todd Wolfson @proftwolf.bsky.social · 19h

I am proud to say that MIT has rejected Trump's poison compact. MIT President Sally Kornbluth: "Therefore, with respect, we cannot support the proposed approach to addressing the issues facing higher education."
@aaup.org @aft.org @higheredlabor.bsky.social @uaw.org
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Regarding the Compact

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AAUP @aaup.org · 1d

Over 100 Brown U students & 20 faculty members gathered outside
the campus today to demand that the university reject Trump’s loyalty oath compact. Professors & students taped their mouths shut to symbolize the compact’s threat to free speech, #academicfreedom & diversity of thought.
#DefendHigherEd

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AAUP-CSU @aaupcsu.bsky.social · 22h

Over the past 9 months, @aaup.org and the 100's of branches have proven that WHEN WE FIGHT, WE WIN. We are building a "Wall of Wins" to help faculty, students, and staff see the power of unity. HELP US by quote-posting with links to your own stories about #AAUPwins to be collected on a new website.

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Charmaine Chua @charmainechua.bsky.social · 1d

The lawsuits that @aaup.org and CUCFA have filed are crucial ways to take a proactive stance against the Trump administration. Lawsuits like AAUP v Rubio have been successful so far and are needed to stop the improper purposes that the Trump admin has been committing

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Charmaine Chua @charmainechua.bsky.social · 1d

The Berkeley Faculty Association is currently running an event featuring about the UC’s release of 160 names of faculty, staff and students to the Trump administration’s OCR. Three lawyers - Catherine E. Lhamon, Brian Soucek, and Asli Bali will speak. I’ll be live-tweeting key moments.

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CT State Conference-AAUP @ct-aaup.bsky.social · 2d

“People forget the students involved in all of this. Their educations are in jeopardy, and they want to learn the truth. They don’t want to not be sure that what they’re learning is true or not because we’re afraid to say something”—Louise Williams, President of @csuaaup.bsky.social

Free speech and academic freedom in Connecticut: ‘Everyone is scared’

In the wake of the shooting death of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, Connecticut professors and leaders are concerned about a broader crackdown on free speech and academic freedom.

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RutgersAAUP-AFT @ruaaup-aft.bsky.social · 1d

Read of the day: “Turning Point USA is targeting a Rutgers faculty member for doing his job — in this case, researching the history of postwar anti-fascist movements and writing about them,” [Rutgers AAUP-AFT President] Givan said. https://loom.ly/1rQW_J8

N.J. professor says he’s moving to Europe after death threats over antifa research

Mark Bray said right-wing influencers have been targeting him on social media. Turning Point USA wants him fired.

www.nj.com

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CUIMC Stands Up @cuimcstandsup.bsky.social · 1d

🎙️ Last week, a group of Columbia professors — most of them Jewish — took a stand. Risking reprisal, they publicly rejected the university’s recent incorporation of a controversial definition of antisemitism. Their statements, excerpted here, can be read in full at cu-standsup.org/events/free-....

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CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 1d

🚨🚨🚨University of Arizona students, staff, and faculty are speaking out against Trumps demands in exchange for money. Let’s boost their voices! 1/2

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AAUP @aaup.org · 1d

Over 100 Brown U students & 20 faculty members gathered outside
the campus today to demand that the university reject Trump’s loyalty oath compact. Professors & students taped their mouths shut to symbolize the compact’s threat to free speech, #academicfreedom & diversity of thought.
#DefendHigherEd

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AAUP @aaup.org · 1d

Check out the full video of Sang Hea Kil telling her story on our YouTube page. Link below👇

Faculty on the Front Lines: Sang Hea Kil (San Jose State)

YouTube video by TheAAUP

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AAUP @aaup.org · 1d

This video is part of the Center for the Defense of Academic Freedom's series, "Faculty on the Front Lines," which spotlights ten AAUP members who share their stories of repression and resistance in the face of partisan interference and violations of academic freedom.

Learn more at the link below👇

Faculty on the Front Lines

Faculty on the Front Lines:AAUP Members Share Stories of Repression and Resistance"Faculty on the Front Lines" is a series documenting the stories of AAUP members. While some of these participants hav...

www.aaup.org

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AAUP @aaup.org · 1d

In the full interview, Sang Kil discusses the importance of her union and their Collective Bargaining Agreement in challenging an ongoing termination process.

Faculty unions advance labor & social justice as well as protect the right to free speech in higher ed!

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AAUP @aaup.org · 1d

"We can make a difference if we unite together, organize, and fight together."

— Sang Hea Kil

Dr. Kil is a tenured professor in the Justice Department at San Jose State University. She explains that she was suspended for her support of students organizing encampments and exercising free speech.

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AAUP @aaup.org · 1d

“I joined the AAUP because I wanted to connect w/ people who shared the values I hold dear — values that are under attack & need defending. I saw the opportunity to participate in the trial because of that connection. & because of that connection, I felt able to take a risk worth taking.”

I’m a Non-Citizen Professor. Here’s Why I Testified Against Trump. | Opinion | The Harvard Crimson

I am glad that I could re-learn this crucial lesson. Surround yourself with the right people. Stand in solidarity with them. Courses of action will make themselves known to you, along with the resourc...

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AAUP @aaup.org · 1d

“I will never retreat nor recant my position, and I will use my free-speech rights to continue to name and refuse fascism and white supremacy.”

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AAUP @aaup.org · 3d

NO LOYALTY OATHS IN HIGHER ED!

Trump's attacks on our universities are an attempt to consolidate power. This loyalty oath directly undermines our right to academic freedom & goes against every democratic principle our country should uphold.

Please click below, sign, & share.

#DefendHigherEd

University Administrations: Reject Trump's "Loyalty Oath" Compacts

The Trump administration is trying to blackmail schools to let him and his unqualified bureaucrats run our schools. They want to dictate what schools teach, who they admit and hire, what researchers s...

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AAUP @aaup.org · 2d

“If we aren't free to pursue research and teaching based on wherever the knowledge leads us, we are not truly working in the service of the public.”

— Rana Jaleel, associate professor at UC Davis & Chair of the AAUP’s Committee A on Academic Freedom & Tenure

How Academic Freedom in Universities Generates the Greatest Value for Society

Academic freedom is at the foundation of one of the most powerful and fundamental ideas about universities. Learn about how academic freedom has contributed to broad benefits in society and UC Davis f...

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