UMiami AAUP
@aaupumiami.bsky.social
Advocacy chapter of the American Association of University Professors, welcoming all UM faculty, staff, and graduate students to join. We do not speak for the University of Miami in any official capacity.
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On major questions of university governance, a 99.3% majority vote of the faculty means nothing to the people who are actually in charge. This is a fact all of us need to take much more seriously.
November 29, 2025 at 1:18 AM
On major questions of university governance, a 99.3% majority vote of the faculty means nothing to the people who are actually in charge. This is a fact all of us need to take much more seriously.
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The legal, media, and academic institutions capitulating to an authoritarian ordering payments for favorable treatment are damning themselves to irrelevance. They are destroying their institutions. They will be — and should be — shunned for failing in their most basic purposes for existing.
BREAKING: Northwestern University has agreed to pay the U.S. Treasury $75 million, over the course of three years as part of an agreement with the federal government to restore funding and end investigations into the university
Full statement from NU below:
Full statement from NU below:
November 29, 2025 at 1:37 AM
The legal, media, and academic institutions capitulating to an authoritarian ordering payments for favorable treatment are damning themselves to irrelevance. They are destroying their institutions. They will be — and should be — shunned for failing in their most basic purposes for existing.
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More cowardly bending of the knee from another US institution who should be showing that they would win in court against a government seemingly made up of the worst “lawyers” in the country.
BREAKING: Northwestern University has agreed to pay the U.S. Treasury $75 million, over the course of three years as part of an agreement with the federal government to restore funding and end investigations into the university
Full statement from NU below:
Full statement from NU below:
November 29, 2025 at 12:54 AM
More cowardly bending of the knee from another US institution who should be showing that they would win in court against a government seemingly made up of the worst “lawyers” in the country.
“Is it possible that some institutions have avoided the ire of the federal government by preemptively undermining academic freedom? Perhaps. But if so, these practices are already doing the work that the compact would have done. They are not protecting scholarship but sacrificing it.”
"Academic freedom is being eroded internally by university administrators as well as externally by politicians." -USC @aaup.org president Laura Isabel Serna in the LA Times
www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...
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Contributor: Fearing Trump, universities themselves restrict academic freedom
Some institutions may have avoided the ire of the federal government by preemptively undermining research and teaching.
www.latimes.com
November 29, 2025 at 12:12 PM
“Is it possible that some institutions have avoided the ire of the federal government by preemptively undermining academic freedom? Perhaps. But if so, these practices are already doing the work that the compact would have done. They are not protecting scholarship but sacrificing it.”
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“Awesome display of conviction MSU. “If I wasn’t explicitly invited, I wouldn’t explicitly decline to participate.” www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...
More College Leaders Speak Out Against Trump’s Compact
Experts say the mixed messaging reflects confusion over the Trump administration’s muddled rollout of the agreement and a desire to keep all options open.
www.insidehighered.com
November 1, 2025 at 10:43 PM
“Awesome display of conviction MSU. “If I wasn’t explicitly invited, I wouldn’t explicitly decline to participate.” www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...
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University of Miami folks: if you want to encourage the president and provost not to have the university sign on to the extortion scheme known as the Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education, please sign this open letter (anonymously if you prefer).
We invite all University of Miami faculty, students, staff, and alumni, to join our letter. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
UMiami-AAUP Statement on the "Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education"
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October 27, 2025 at 8:16 PM
University of Miami folks: if you want to encourage the president and provost not to have the university sign on to the extortion scheme known as the Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education, please sign this open letter (anonymously if you prefer).
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Surprise, surprise…
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October 29, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Surprise, surprise…
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"Vanderbilt is failing in its moral responsibility to push back against rising authoritarianism and political coercion."
My effort to convince Vanderbilt (and all universities) to take a stand for the rule of law, the Constitution, and our democracy.
www.tennessean.com/story/opinio...
My effort to convince Vanderbilt (and all universities) to take a stand for the rule of law, the Constitution, and our democracy.
www.tennessean.com/story/opinio...
Here's why Vanderbilt's response to the Trump higher ed 'compact' is not enough | Opinion
With the deadline looming for colleges to sign Trump's "compact," Vanderbilt must resist, says one university professor.
www.tennessean.com
October 24, 2025 at 12:32 PM
"Vanderbilt is failing in its moral responsibility to push back against rising authoritarianism and political coercion."
My effort to convince Vanderbilt (and all universities) to take a stand for the rule of law, the Constitution, and our democracy.
www.tennessean.com/story/opinio...
My effort to convince Vanderbilt (and all universities) to take a stand for the rule of law, the Constitution, and our democracy.
www.tennessean.com/story/opinio...
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Syracuse University says no to Trump’s “compact.”
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Syracuse University declines signing Trump's higher education compact
Chancellor Kent Syverud left the door open to signing it if changes were made.
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October 25, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Syracuse University says no to Trump’s “compact.”
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We invite all University of Miami faculty, students, staff, and alumni, to join our letter. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
UMiami-AAUP Statement on the "Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education"
docs.google.com
October 25, 2025 at 1:22 PM
We invite all University of Miami faculty, students, staff, and alumni, to join our letter. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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“The compact is a step in the wrong direction,” the statement reads. “The dictates set by it are harmful for higher education and our entire nation, no matter your politics.”
“The compact is a step in the wrong direction,” the statement reads. “The dictates set by it are harmful for higher education and our entire nation, no matter your politics.”
www.aaup.org
October 25, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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“The compact is a step in the wrong direction,” the statement reads. “The dictates set by it are harmful for higher education and our entire nation, no matter your politics.”
“The compact is a step in the wrong direction,” the statement reads. “The dictates set by it are harmful for higher education and our entire nation, no matter your politics.”
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W/ @genevievelakier.bsky.social, the @aaup.org today released a letter to the Offices of the General Counsel at US colleges & universities. We detail why the Compact violates the Constitution & urge that no one signs it.
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October 20, 2025 at 4:04 PM
W/ @genevievelakier.bsky.social, the @aaup.org today released a letter to the Offices of the General Counsel at US colleges & universities. We detail why the Compact violates the Constitution & urge that no one signs it.
www.aaup.org/sites/defaul...
www.aaup.org/sites/defaul...
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Q: but what if a full Epstein investigation also takes down Bill Clinton?????
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it’s not even a sacrifice, it’s like a Free Gift With Purchase
September 9, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Q: but what if a full Epstein investigation also takes down Bill Clinton?????
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www.amnestyusa.org/press-releas... “It is gravely concerning that the Trump admin is demanding universities surrender their right to freedom of thought, expression & discourse. This compact threatens to dismantle the foundations of higher education and unravel the social fabric of university life.”
Academic Freedom Cannot Exist Under Political Coercion: President Trump’s Compact Threatens Higher Education
Universities across the country must stand firm in defending their student body. Political coercion has no place in higher education.
www.amnestyusa.org
October 21, 2025 at 1:51 PM
www.amnestyusa.org/press-releas... “It is gravely concerning that the Trump admin is demanding universities surrender their right to freedom of thought, expression & discourse. This compact threatens to dismantle the foundations of higher education and unravel the social fabric of university life.”
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Columbia University historians: The death threats incited by Turning Point USA are not just an attack on anti-fascist scholar Professor Mark Bray and his family but also on academic freedom in general, and, as such, it has implications for all faculty.
www.columbiaspectator.com/opinion/2025...
www.columbiaspectator.com/opinion/2025...
We recognize in the case of Rutgers historian Mark Bray a threat to us all
We, the undersigned historians at Columbia University and Barnard College, write to express our profound dismay at the events involving historian Professor Mark Bray, a scholar of anti-fascist politic...
www.columbiaspectator.com
October 19, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Columbia University historians: The death threats incited by Turning Point USA are not just an attack on anti-fascist scholar Professor Mark Bray and his family but also on academic freedom in general, and, as such, it has implications for all faculty.
www.columbiaspectator.com/opinion/2025...
www.columbiaspectator.com/opinion/2025...
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“We defeated the compact at Penn, we defeated it at Brown, MIT, and USC. Now they’ve extended it to every university in the country; that’s because they’re losing” —Todd Wolfson proftwolf.bsky.social
October 17, 2025 at 8:00 PM
“We defeated the compact at Penn, we defeated it at Brown, MIT, and USC. Now they’ve extended it to every university in the country; that’s because they’re losing” —Todd Wolfson proftwolf.bsky.social
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BOOM!
After over a thousand students, faculty, & workers gathered on campus to demand a rejection of Trump’s bribe,
UVA SAYS NO LOYALTY OATH!
✊🏼✊🏿✊🏻✊🏾
M.I.T. ☑️
BROWN ☑️
PENN ☑️
USC☑️
UVA ☑️
This is People Power in Action.
#DefendHigherEd
After over a thousand students, faculty, & workers gathered on campus to demand a rejection of Trump’s bribe,
UVA SAYS NO LOYALTY OATH!
✊🏼✊🏿✊🏻✊🏾
M.I.T. ☑️
BROWN ☑️
PENN ☑️
USC☑️
UVA ☑️
This is People Power in Action.
#DefendHigherEd
October 17, 2025 at 9:19 PM
BOOM!
After over a thousand students, faculty, & workers gathered on campus to demand a rejection of Trump’s bribe,
UVA SAYS NO LOYALTY OATH!
✊🏼✊🏿✊🏻✊🏾
M.I.T. ☑️
BROWN ☑️
PENN ☑️
USC☑️
UVA ☑️
This is People Power in Action.
#DefendHigherEd
After over a thousand students, faculty, & workers gathered on campus to demand a rejection of Trump’s bribe,
UVA SAYS NO LOYALTY OATH!
✊🏼✊🏿✊🏻✊🏾
M.I.T. ☑️
BROWN ☑️
PENN ☑️
USC☑️
UVA ☑️
This is People Power in Action.
#DefendHigherEd
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"Are we cowardly Lions who cower in front of a false prophet or in the face of a blustering, empty wizard in Washington who is trying to destroy our autonomous universities?"
www.columbiaspectator.com/opinion/2025...
www.columbiaspectator.com/opinion/2025...
Columbia must now show courage and empathy
Dear Columbia leaders,
www.columbiaspectator.com
October 16, 2025 at 3:35 AM
"Are we cowardly Lions who cower in front of a false prophet or in the face of a blustering, empty wizard in Washington who is trying to destroy our autonomous universities?"
www.columbiaspectator.com/opinion/2025...
www.columbiaspectator.com/opinion/2025...
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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
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
October 9, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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
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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So, at the very least, we all need to be joining or starting an AAUP chapter:
www.aaup.org/chapters/fin...
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Find a Chapter
A list of AAUP chapters, both unionized and nonunionized. (You can also see a list of just union chapters.)
www.aaup.org
September 29, 2025 at 5:02 PM
So, at the very least, we all need to be joining or starting an AAUP chapter:
www.aaup.org/chapters/fin...
www.aaup.org/chapters/fin...
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569 Dartmouth faculty members have signed a petition urging College President Sian Leah Beilock not to sign the Trump administration’s “Compact”
More than half of Dartmouth faculty members sign petition against Trump compact
The petition states that signing the compact would “undermine” the College’s “academic freedom.”
www.thedartmouth.com
October 13, 2025 at 7:32 PM
569 Dartmouth faculty members have signed a petition urging College President Sian Leah Beilock not to sign the Trump administration’s “Compact”
www.aaup.org/seven-theses... "...if viewpoint diversity means committing oneself to a robust debate about truth and values, then the movement should be open to responding to and refuting the following theses challenging its premises and fundamental arguments."
Seven Theses Against Viewpoint Diversity
Demands for “viewpoint diversity,” a pillar of the Right’s strategy to remake higher education, collide with the pursuit of truth.
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October 14, 2025 at 11:32 AM
www.aaup.org/seven-theses... "...if viewpoint diversity means committing oneself to a robust debate about truth and values, then the movement should be open to responding to and refuting the following theses challenging its premises and fundamental arguments."