Cornell AAUP
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Cornell’s chapter of the American Association of University Professors
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“We were hopeful that the UC system would defend itself legally,” says Veena Dubal, general counsel to the AAUP.
After UCLA published the administration’s 27-page list of demands in August, she says, the AAUP decided it couldn’t wait any longer:
“We couldn’t not sue, they were so outrageous.”
After UCLA published the administration’s 27-page list of demands in August, she says, the AAUP decided it couldn’t wait any longer:
“We couldn’t not sue, they were so outrageous.”
Commentary: The UC faculty just won a big court victory over Trump. But why didn't UC join their lawsuit?
The UC faculty went to court to fight Trump's funding cutoffs and won. Why has the university system tried to negotiate instead?
www.latimes.com
November 21, 2025 at 8:16 PM
“We were hopeful that the UC system would defend itself legally,” says Veena Dubal, general counsel to the AAUP.
After UCLA published the administration’s 27-page list of demands in August, she says, the AAUP decided it couldn’t wait any longer:
“We couldn’t not sue, they were so outrageous.”
After UCLA published the administration’s 27-page list of demands in August, she says, the AAUP decided it couldn’t wait any longer:
“We couldn’t not sue, they were so outrageous.”
The Trump administration is demanding, in effect, a list of Jewish faculty, staff, and students at Penn. So far, Penn is resisting the subpoena. Please sign this petition in support of their resistance!
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Stand with Penn Against the Trump Administration's Demand for a List of Jewish Community Members
We are deeply concerned by the Trump Administration's lawsuit, which demands that the University compile and provide the names, personal emails, phone numbers, and addresses of Jewish members of the P...
actionnetwork.org
November 21, 2025 at 7:29 PM
The Trump administration is demanding, in effect, a list of Jewish faculty, staff, and students at Penn. So far, Penn is resisting the subpoena. Please sign this petition in support of their resistance!
actionnetwork.org/petitions/st...
actionnetwork.org/petitions/st...
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"In its pursuit of a Jewish professor teaching a course on Gaza, Cornell mirrored the tactic that Trump used to extort Cornell: treat criticism of Israel as discrimination and use the language of civil rights to punish views the institution finds inconvenient."
STITH | Cornell and Trumps' Holy Matrimony
Senior Opinion Columnist Yihun Stith '26 argues that Cornell’s agreement with the Trump administration on paper doesn’t accurately depict Cornell’s relationship with the government. From secretive sub...
www.cornellsun.com
November 19, 2025 at 3:32 PM
"In its pursuit of a Jewish professor teaching a course on Gaza, Cornell mirrored the tactic that Trump used to extort Cornell: treat criticism of Israel as discrimination and use the language of civil rights to punish views the institution finds inconvenient."
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AAUP-TAMU-CS statement regarding BOR gender and race restrictions.
This fight is not over! We will continue to speak the truth, continue to defend our students, and continue to resist political efforts to distort education at Texas A&M.
This fight is not over! We will continue to speak the truth, continue to defend our students, and continue to resist political efforts to distort education at Texas A&M.
November 19, 2025 at 2:52 PM
AAUP-TAMU-CS statement regarding BOR gender and race restrictions.
This fight is not over! We will continue to speak the truth, continue to defend our students, and continue to resist political efforts to distort education at Texas A&M.
This fight is not over! We will continue to speak the truth, continue to defend our students, and continue to resist political efforts to distort education at Texas A&M.
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WE JUST KEEP WINNING. (UC President's Postdoctoral Fellowship Program RESTORED!!!!)
![On official UC letterhead:
UNIVERSITY
OF
CALIFORNIA
James B. Milliken President
Office of the President
1111 Franklin Street Oakland, CA 94607
universityofcalifornia.edu
CAMPUSES Berkeley
Davis
Irvine
UCLA
Merced
Riverside San Diego San Francisco
Santa Barbara Santa Cruz
MEDICAL CENTERS
Davis
Irvine
UCLA
San Diego
San Francisco
NATIONAL LABORATORIES Lawrence Berkeley Lawrence Livermore Los Alamos
DIVISION OF AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES
November 18, 2025
Dear Chancellors:
I'm writing with regard to the President's Postdoctoral Fellowship Program (PPFP) and the program's associated faculty hiring incentive.
As you know, for more than 40 years, PPFP has provided postdoctoral research fellowships, professional development, and faculty mentoring to scholars in all fields whose research, teaching, and service advance the academic and research missions of the University of California.
Since 2003, UC campuses that hire current and former PPFP fellows into ladder-rank positions have been eligible for a hiring incentive funded by the University that provides support for newly hired fellows for five years. Since the creation of the incentive, more than $162 million has been invested by the University to support PPFP faculty hires. This commitment has enabled our campuses to successfully recruit and retain outstanding faculty across a range of disciplines.
Given the myriad challenges currently facing UC - including disruptions to billions of dollars in annual federal support, as well as uncertainty around the state budget- reasonable questions were raised in recent months about whether the University could maintain the commitment to current levels of incentive funding. After considering a recommendation to sunset the incentive program due to these significant fiscal constraints, I consulted with all of you as well as faculty and campus academic administrators and systemwide Academic Senate leadership.
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November 18, 2025 at 10:34 PM
WE JUST KEEP WINNING. (UC President's Postdoctoral Fellowship Program RESTORED!!!!)
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Cornell alums (and others) are encouraged to sign a petition organized by the recently-formed Cornell Courage: cornellcourage.fillout.com/letter1
November 16, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Cornell alums (and others) are encouraged to sign a petition organized by the recently-formed Cornell Courage: cornellcourage.fillout.com/letter1
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Cornell has released a FAQ addressing concerns about the recent deal. The reassurance here is… not very reassuring. The real answer is “nothing.” info.cornell.edu/executive-or...
November 17, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Cornell has released a FAQ addressing concerns about the recent deal. The reassurance here is… not very reassuring. The real answer is “nothing.” info.cornell.edu/executive-or...
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"An important lesson we can draw from the new report is that our failure in higher education to defend, without giving any ground, pro-Palestinian speech has proven to be not just costly, but nothing less than an existential threat." Dan Segal on the AAUP-MESA Report. wp.me/p8xr4h-dit
The New AAUP-MESA Report on Our Moment’s Campus Repression
BY DANIEL SEGAL It is the rare faculty member who today is unaware of the significant increase in attacks on speech rights and academic freedom protections on U.S. campuses over the past two years.…
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November 15, 2025 at 2:10 AM
"An important lesson we can draw from the new report is that our failure in higher education to defend, without giving any ground, pro-Palestinian speech has proven to be not just costly, but nothing less than an existential threat." Dan Segal on the AAUP-MESA Report. wp.me/p8xr4h-dit
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WE WON!!!
The US District Court for the Northern District of California has issued a preliminary injunction in AAUP et al v. Trump et al (the wall to wall union lawsuit challenging the administration’s unlawful use of Title VI to reshape the University of California system.
Read the order here:
The US District Court for the Northern District of California has issued a preliminary injunction in AAUP et al v. Trump et al (the wall to wall union lawsuit challenging the administration’s unlawful use of Title VI to reshape the University of California system.
Read the order here:
democracyforward.org
November 15, 2025 at 1:21 AM
WE WON!!!
The US District Court for the Northern District of California has issued a preliminary injunction in AAUP et al v. Trump et al (the wall to wall union lawsuit challenging the administration’s unlawful use of Title VI to reshape the University of California system.
Read the order here:
The US District Court for the Northern District of California has issued a preliminary injunction in AAUP et al v. Trump et al (the wall to wall union lawsuit challenging the administration’s unlawful use of Title VI to reshape the University of California system.
Read the order here:
“The bottom line is that Cornell is trying to appease the bully. It has missed an historic opportunity to emerge on the world stage as a principled leader of academic freedom and the rule of law — a much sounder investment in its long-term prestige and institutional security.”
Letter to the Editor: No matter how nicely rationalized, Cornell's deal is capitulation
www.14850.com
November 14, 2025 at 10:10 AM
“The bottom line is that Cornell is trying to appease the bully. It has missed an historic opportunity to emerge on the world stage as a principled leader of academic freedom and the rule of law — a much sounder investment in its long-term prestige and institutional security.”
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“Texas A&M University System regents voted Thursday to limit how instructors may discuss matters like gender identity and race ideology in classrooms, tightening the rules in a conservative state where debates over academic freedom have flared for months.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
Texas A&M Tightens Rules on Talking About Race and Gender in Classes
www.nytimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 11:04 PM
“Texas A&M University System regents voted Thursday to limit how instructors may discuss matters like gender identity and race ideology in classrooms, tightening the rules in a conservative state where debates over academic freedom have flared for months.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
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"Any proposed agreement should have been presented to the University Faculty & other governing bodies...The Cornell administration’s acceptance of this agreement without any faculty governance involvement is a betrayal of shared governance structures. "
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GUEST ROOM | AAUP Statement on the Trump-Cornell Deal
The Cornell Chapter of the American Association of University Professors writes to address harmful provisions in the University's deal with the Trump administration.
www.cornellsun.com
November 13, 2025 at 9:07 PM
"Any proposed agreement should have been presented to the University Faculty & other governing bodies...The Cornell administration’s acceptance of this agreement without any faculty governance involvement is a betrayal of shared governance structures. "
- AAUP Cornell
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Our Chapter's comments on the Cornell-Trump Deal are now available in the Daily Sun.
We will continue fighting to protect academic freedom and shared governance as Cornell moves from negotiating to implementing this dangerous agreement.
We will continue fighting to protect academic freedom and shared governance as Cornell moves from negotiating to implementing this dangerous agreement.
GUEST ROOM | AAUP Statement on the Trump-Cornell Deal
The Cornell Chapter of the American Association of University Professors writes to address harmful provisions in the University's deal with the Trump administration.
www.cornellsun.com
November 13, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Our Chapter's comments on the Cornell-Trump Deal are now available in the Daily Sun.
We will continue fighting to protect academic freedom and shared governance as Cornell moves from negotiating to implementing this dangerous agreement.
We will continue fighting to protect academic freedom and shared governance as Cornell moves from negotiating to implementing this dangerous agreement.
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"Trans lives are at stake in the battle for recognition, especially on college campuses.
An authentic Cornell would protect them; this one has not. The community should anticipate and resist compliance with Bondi’s interpretation."
An authentic Cornell would protect them; this one has not. The community should anticipate and resist compliance with Bondi’s interpretation."
EDITORIAL | Don’t Settle for the Settlement
The Editorial Board advises the community to watch how the University complies with the federal government in the aftermath of their agreement.
www.cornellsun.com
November 13, 2025 at 3:39 PM
"Trans lives are at stake in the battle for recognition, especially on college campuses.
An authentic Cornell would protect them; this one has not. The community should anticipate and resist compliance with Bondi’s interpretation."
An authentic Cornell would protect them; this one has not. The community should anticipate and resist compliance with Bondi’s interpretation."
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AAUP/MESA Report: 'Most government investigations of antisemitism are prompted by complaints received from outside campuses... Of the 102 complaints filed with the Office of Civil Rights that the report analyzes, all but one focus on speech critical of Israel.'
www.aaup.org/news/new-rep...
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New Report: Civil Rights Law Weaponized to Chill Speech
A report published today is the first systematic empirical study of government investigations and private lawsuits against US colleges and universities under Title VI of the 1964 Civil Rights Act.
www.aaup.org
November 12, 2025 at 1:44 PM
AAUP/MESA Report: 'Most government investigations of antisemitism are prompted by complaints received from outside campuses... Of the 102 complaints filed with the Office of Civil Rights that the report analyzes, all but one focus on speech critical of Israel.'
www.aaup.org/news/new-rep...
www.aaup.org/news/new-rep...
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The government forcing employees to mouth its partisan messages always seemed like more of a constitutional violation rather than (just) a Hatch Act violation
Judge rules Education Department messages blaming Democrats for the shutdown unconstitutional www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
Education Department's out-of-office messages blaming Democrats for the shutdown are unconstitutional, judge rules
The ruling stems from a lawsuit filed after the Trump administration altered employees’ email messages to add partisan language about the government shutdown without their consent.
www.nbcnews.com
November 8, 2025 at 2:54 AM
The government forcing employees to mouth its partisan messages always seemed like more of a constitutional violation rather than (just) a Hatch Act violation
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Cornell Chapter of the AAUP
Statement on Cornell’s agreement with federal government
aaup-cornell.org/2025/11/07/s...
Statement on Cornell’s agreement with federal government
aaup-cornell.org/2025/11/07/s...
Statement on Cornell’s agreement with federal government
The Cornell AAUP chapter has consistently stated that any deal with the Trump administration would be strategically unwise and a betrayal of Cornell’s principles. This remains the case. We ar…
aaup-cornell.org
November 8, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Cornell Chapter of the AAUP
Statement on Cornell’s agreement with federal government
aaup-cornell.org/2025/11/07/s...
Statement on Cornell’s agreement with federal government
aaup-cornell.org/2025/11/07/s...
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I am very saddened to see Cornell comply with the Trump administration’s dictatorial demands. @cornellaaup.bsky.social provides a careful analysis of the potential dire consequences of this capitulation
The Cornell AAUP chapter has consistently stated that any deal with the Trump administration would be strategically unwise and a betrayal of Cornell’s principles. This remains the case. At best, we can say that this deal could have been worse.
Read our full statement here:
Read our full statement here:
Statement on Cornell’s agreement with federal government
The Cornell AAUP chapter has consistently stated that any deal with the Trump administration would be strategically unwise and a betrayal of Cornell’s principles. This remains the case. We ar…
aaup-cornell.org
November 8, 2025 at 12:47 AM
I am very saddened to see Cornell comply with the Trump administration’s dictatorial demands. @cornellaaup.bsky.social provides a careful analysis of the potential dire consequences of this capitulation
To be clear, we condemn this deal. At the same time, we are also relieved that some of the worst provisions of the deals from Brown, Columbia, and Penn are absent.
November 7, 2025 at 11:48 PM
To be clear, we condemn this deal. At the same time, we are also relieved that some of the worst provisions of the deals from Brown, Columbia, and Penn are absent.
Note: Cornell has *not* agreed to adopt the DOJ Guidance as policy, only as a "training resource." What that means remains to be seen. The Justice Department seems to think it means a lot, but President Kotlikoff explicitly rejected this interpretation today. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...
November 7, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Note: Cornell has *not* agreed to adopt the DOJ Guidance as policy, only as a "training resource." What that means remains to be seen. The Justice Department seems to think it means a lot, but President Kotlikoff explicitly rejected this interpretation today. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...
Put differently, Cornell appears to have failed "The Lando Test." bsky.app/profile/bren...
President Kotlikoff has assured us that this agreement means that the federal government cannot renew its illegal assault on Cornell’s independence. The promise to not break the law next time would be more reassuring if the federal government had not broken the law this time.
November 7, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Put differently, Cornell appears to have failed "The Lando Test." bsky.app/profile/bren...
The Cornell Chapter of the AAUP will continue fighting to protect academic freedom and shared governance as Cornell moves from negotiating to implementing this dangerous agreement.
November 7, 2025 at 11:30 PM
The Cornell Chapter of the AAUP will continue fighting to protect academic freedom and shared governance as Cornell moves from negotiating to implementing this dangerous agreement.
President Kotlikoff has assured us that this agreement means that the federal government cannot renew its illegal assault on Cornell’s independence. The promise to not break the law next time would be more reassuring if the federal government had not broken the law this time.
November 7, 2025 at 11:30 PM
President Kotlikoff has assured us that this agreement means that the federal government cannot renew its illegal assault on Cornell’s independence. The promise to not break the law next time would be more reassuring if the federal government had not broken the law this time.
We are also concerned about how the agreement sets the stage for further intrusion by the Trump administration by voluntarily handing over data on admissions, and by mandating an annual climate survey which embeds the false conflation of criticism of Israel and Zionism with antisemitism.
November 7, 2025 at 11:30 PM
We are also concerned about how the agreement sets the stage for further intrusion by the Trump administration by voluntarily handing over data on admissions, and by mandating an annual climate survey which embeds the false conflation of criticism of Israel and Zionism with antisemitism.