Fordham AAUP
@fordhamaaup.bsky.social
Fordham University chapter of the American Association of University Professors.
“Higher education is a public good. It’s good for democracy, it’s good for the economy. And so it’s worse for all of us if it gets controlled one way or the other from the outside”
AAUP Protests Against Trump Admin’s Higher Ed Compact
Fordham faculty and students attend a protest against Marc Rowan and the Compact for Excellence in Higher Education.
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November 24, 2025 at 8:39 PM
“Higher education is a public good. It’s good for democracy, it’s good for the economy. And so it’s worse for all of us if it gets controlled one way or the other from the outside”
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In our recent AAUP TV episode, "Building a Broad Higher Ed Coalition," we talk about our November 7th actions across the nation and at Rowan's headquarters in New York City, where we protested his nefarious role in restricting academic freedom and making college unaffordable.
Full episode here:
Full episode here:
AAUP TV: BUILDING A BROAD HIGHER ED COALITION
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November 13, 2025 at 4:43 PM
In our recent AAUP TV episode, "Building a Broad Higher Ed Coalition," we talk about our November 7th actions across the nation and at Rowan's headquarters in New York City, where we protested his nefarious role in restricting academic freedom and making college unaffordable.
Full episode here:
Full episode here:
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Marc Rowan--a billionaire responsible for Trump's devastating loyalty oath compact--will step down from his advisory role at the Wharton Business School at the University of Pennsylvania in summer of 2026!
AAUP President Todd Wolfson discusses our November 7th action that led to this step forward.
AAUP President Todd Wolfson discusses our November 7th action that led to this step forward.
November 13, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Marc Rowan--a billionaire responsible for Trump's devastating loyalty oath compact--will step down from his advisory role at the Wharton Business School at the University of Pennsylvania in summer of 2026!
AAUP President Todd Wolfson discusses our November 7th action that led to this step forward.
AAUP President Todd Wolfson discusses our November 7th action that led to this step forward.
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Our coalition of 200+ protesters at NYC included higher ed unions and student organizations, including @aaup-penn.bsky.social , @psc-cuny.org, @sunrisemvmt.bsky.social , @debtcollective.bsky.social, @fordhamaaup.bsky.social, @aaupcu.bsky.social, AAUP - NYU & more!
November 13, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Our coalition of 200+ protesters at NYC included higher ed unions and student organizations, including @aaup-penn.bsky.social , @psc-cuny.org, @sunrisemvmt.bsky.social , @debtcollective.bsky.social, @fordhamaaup.bsky.social, @aaupcu.bsky.social, AAUP - NYU & more!
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TOMORROW: Join AFT & @aaup.org for a higher ed day of action to push back against Trump’s attacks. Students, faculty & staff are rallying on campuses across the country to stand up for higher ed as a democratic, accessible & transformative public good.
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November 6, 2025 at 5:33 PM
TOMORROW: Join AFT & @aaup.org for a higher ed day of action to push back against Trump’s attacks. Students, faculty & staff are rallying on campuses across the country to stand up for higher ed as a democratic, accessible & transformative public good.
Find an event ⬇️
www.studentsriseup.org/map
Find an event ⬇️
www.studentsriseup.org/map
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A new report published today by the AAUP & @mesa1966.bsky.social finds that the weaponization of civil rights law has been central to attacks on campus speech over the past two years.
Only one of 102 antisemitism complaints reviewed raise antisemitism claims unrelated to criticism of Israel.
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Only one of 102 antisemitism complaints reviewed raise antisemitism claims unrelated to criticism of Israel.
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Surge in antisemitism investigations at US universities after October 7 attacks, data shows
A report shared exclusively with the Guardian documents how a civil rights law has become a tool to impose ideological priorities on US schools
www.theguardian.com
November 5, 2025 at 3:28 PM
A new report published today by the AAUP & @mesa1966.bsky.social finds that the weaponization of civil rights law has been central to attacks on campus speech over the past two years.
Only one of 102 antisemitism complaints reviewed raise antisemitism claims unrelated to criticism of Israel.
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Only one of 102 antisemitism complaints reviewed raise antisemitism claims unrelated to criticism of Israel.
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Join us this Friday! NYC says Hands Off Higher Ed
November 3, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Join us this Friday! NYC says Hands Off Higher Ed
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NYC, come out 11/7 and say: Billionaires out of our classrooms! Stand with @aaup.org @aft.org @debtcollective.bsky.social @psc-cuny.org @uupinfo.bsky.social. @higheredlabor.bsky.social @nysut.bsky.social @fordhamaaup.bsky.social @aaupcu.bsky.social, NYU AAUP, SDS, & many more
November 3, 2025 at 1:45 PM
NYC, come out 11/7 and say: Billionaires out of our classrooms! Stand with @aaup.org @aft.org @debtcollective.bsky.social @psc-cuny.org @uupinfo.bsky.social. @higheredlabor.bsky.social @nysut.bsky.social @fordhamaaup.bsky.social @aaupcu.bsky.social, NYU AAUP, SDS, & many more
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On Novemver 13th the PSC will be cohosting a hybrid forum with Higher Ed Labor United & @aaup.org about academic freedom, free speech and how contingency and adjunctification contribute to the suppression of political speech on campus.
Find out more: psc-cuny.org/calendar/com...
Find out more: psc-cuny.org/calendar/com...
November 1, 2025 at 11:24 PM
On Novemver 13th the PSC will be cohosting a hybrid forum with Higher Ed Labor United & @aaup.org about academic freedom, free speech and how contingency and adjunctification contribute to the suppression of political speech on campus.
Find out more: psc-cuny.org/calendar/com...
Find out more: psc-cuny.org/calendar/com...
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Isaac Kamola, Aaron Supple, and Ralph Wilson, “From Direct to Diffuse Donor Influence: Charles Koch Foundation Funding in Higher Education, 1990–2024” 1/4
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www.aaup.org/JAF16/direct...
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October 31, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Isaac Kamola, Aaron Supple, and Ralph Wilson, “From Direct to Diffuse Donor Influence: Charles Koch Foundation Funding in Higher Education, 1990–2024” 1/4
@isaackamola.bsky.social
www.aaup.org/JAF16/direct...
@isaackamola.bsky.social
www.aaup.org/JAF16/direct...
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‘Study after study shows that students want to develop these critical thinking skills, are not lazy, and large numbers of them would be in favor of banning ChatGPT and similar tools in universities’, says @olivia.science www.ru.nl/en/research/...
‘Opposing the inevitability of AI at universities is possible and necessary’ | Radboud University
Since the widespread release of ChatGPT in December of 2022, AI has taken over much of the world by storm – including academia. Most of this happened with very little pushback, despite a myriad of iss...
www.ru.nl
November 1, 2025 at 10:26 PM
‘Study after study shows that students want to develop these critical thinking skills, are not lazy, and large numbers of them would be in favor of banning ChatGPT and similar tools in universities’, says @olivia.science www.ru.nl/en/research/...
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“All across NYU, students and colleagues have been undeterred in their organizing. NYU leadership should follow the example of their courage and tell the Trump administration and grifters like Rowan to keep their hands off higher education.”
— @zachsamalin.bsky.social,
NYU AAUP
#DefendHigherEd
— @zachsamalin.bsky.social,
NYU AAUP
#DefendHigherEd
Guest Essay: NYU must reject Trump’s coercive ‘compact’ - Washington Square News
Zachary Samalin is the president of NYU’s chapter of the American Association of University Professors and an associate professor of English. NYU senior leadership should unequivocally reject the “Com...
nyunews.com
November 1, 2025 at 4:04 PM
“All across NYU, students and colleagues have been undeterred in their organizing. NYU leadership should follow the example of their courage and tell the Trump administration and grifters like Rowan to keep their hands off higher education.”
— @zachsamalin.bsky.social,
NYU AAUP
#DefendHigherEd
— @zachsamalin.bsky.social,
NYU AAUP
#DefendHigherEd
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“Students & education workers form the backbones of communities in every state & are witnessing firsthand how Trump’s policies are wreaking havoc on campuses & beyond. We need a massive movement of higher ed workers & students...As higher ed goes, so goes democracy.”
— Todd Wolfson, AAUP President
— Todd Wolfson, AAUP President
STUDENTS RISE UP: NOVEMBER 7TH DAY OF ACTION
Students and education workers across the US are organizing our schools towards mass non-cooperation on November 7th! Find an action on your campus!
actionnetwork.org
October 29, 2025 at 4:24 PM
“Students & education workers form the backbones of communities in every state & are witnessing firsthand how Trump’s policies are wreaking havoc on campuses & beyond. We need a massive movement of higher ed workers & students...As higher ed goes, so goes democracy.”
— Todd Wolfson, AAUP President
— Todd Wolfson, AAUP President
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“The Coalition for Action in Higher Education and AAUP Local 6741 are delighted to announce: ‘Mapping Anti-Palestinian Discrimination, Harassment, and Misinformation in U.S. Higher Education.’ This series of five webinars takes place from October to December.”
October 31, 2025 at 3:21 PM
“The Coalition for Action in Higher Education and AAUP Local 6741 are delighted to announce: ‘Mapping Anti-Palestinian Discrimination, Harassment, and Misinformation in U.S. Higher Education.’ This series of five webinars takes place from October to December.”
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Faculty, students & staff are joining together to defend & advance higher education on 11/7. Plan your action & register it here: docs.google.com/.../1bhu9QLt....
This event is in collaboration with studentsriseup.org @sunrisemvmt.bsky.social @aaup.org @higheredlabor.bsky.social @aft.org
This event is in collaboration with studentsriseup.org @sunrisemvmt.bsky.social @aaup.org @higheredlabor.bsky.social @aft.org
October 23, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Faculty, students & staff are joining together to defend & advance higher education on 11/7. Plan your action & register it here: docs.google.com/.../1bhu9QLt....
This event is in collaboration with studentsriseup.org @sunrisemvmt.bsky.social @aaup.org @higheredlabor.bsky.social @aft.org
This event is in collaboration with studentsriseup.org @sunrisemvmt.bsky.social @aaup.org @higheredlabor.bsky.social @aft.org
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Today's reminder that ALL colleges were "invited" to join Trump's compact, meaning all higher ed workers need to organize against it. Theresa Kulbaga shares why her union, the Faculty Alliance of Miami Local 375, thinks Miami U should refuse to sign ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/10/24/c...
Ohio’s universities could suffer in refusing higher ed 'compact,' but could also suffer in agreeing • Ohio Capital Journal
Commentary: While the loss of federal funding that could come from refusing the Trump administration's "Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education" would threaten Miami University's ability t...
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October 24, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Today's reminder that ALL colleges were "invited" to join Trump's compact, meaning all higher ed workers need to organize against it. Theresa Kulbaga shares why her union, the Faculty Alliance of Miami Local 375, thinks Miami U should refuse to sign ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/10/24/c...
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"To claim that the AAUP wants to permanently impose a political orthodoxy on academia because its magazine published an article questioning government-imposed viewpoint diversity is a really bad argument."
www.insidehighered.com/opinion/colu...
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No, the AAUP Is Not Opposing Reform
We need to recognize a broad range of views opposing government censorship, even if we think they have pursued the wrong strategy.
www.insidehighered.com
October 24, 2025 at 6:49 PM
"To claim that the AAUP wants to permanently impose a political orthodoxy on academia because its magazine published an article questioning government-imposed viewpoint diversity is a really bad argument."
www.insidehighered.com/opinion/colu...
www.insidehighered.com/opinion/colu...
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“If you make statements that right-wing politicians don’t like, then you can lose your job. Period. That is chilling” — Isaac Kamola of the @aaup.org Center for the Defense of Academic Freedom and Faculty First Responders, which provides peer-to-peer support for professors who have been targeted.
How Charlie Kirk’s Professor Watchlist reshaped free speech on campus
Experts say the project laid the groundwork for subsequent attempts to limit what professors and teachers say in the classroom.
www.nbcnews.com
October 9, 2025 at 1:33 AM
“If you make statements that right-wing politicians don’t like, then you can lose your job. Period. That is chilling” — Isaac Kamola of the @aaup.org Center for the Defense of Academic Freedom and Faculty First Responders, which provides peer-to-peer support for professors who have been targeted.
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“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.
www.courant.com
October 9, 2025 at 1:45 AM
“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
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"We are living through a multi-decade moral panic that’s been manufactured against higher education." @aaup.org @isaackamola.bsky.social
Panelists sound alarm about state of academic freedom at Democracy Project event
At Friday’s event, four panelists discussed current threats to academic freedom.
www.browndailyherald.com
October 6, 2025 at 2:48 PM
"We are living through a multi-decade moral panic that’s been manufactured against higher education." @aaup.org @isaackamola.bsky.social
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GIFT LINK: For anyone wondering about Mark Bray, according to this article, it seems he is okay for now after the airport debacle and will be leaving soon.
These TPUSA dox squads are stochastic terrorists.
These TPUSA dox squads are stochastic terrorists.
Rutgers Expert on Antifa Tries to Flee to Spain After Death Threats
www.nytimes.com
October 9, 2025 at 8:31 AM
GIFT LINK: For anyone wondering about Mark Bray, according to this article, it seems he is okay for now after the airport debacle and will be leaving soon.
These TPUSA dox squads are stochastic terrorists.
These TPUSA dox squads are stochastic terrorists.
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Dr. Rupa Marya was a professor of medicine at the UCSF. She reveals how she was fired from her position after a campaign involving a state politician, a billionaire donor, and university admin targeted her for speaking out against the destruction of hospitals from a region experiencing a genocide.
October 8, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Dr. Rupa Marya was a professor of medicine at the UCSF. She reveals how she was fired from her position after a campaign involving a state politician, a billionaire donor, and university admin targeted her for speaking out against the destruction of hospitals from a region experiencing a genocide.
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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👇
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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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October 8, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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👇
Learn more at the link below👇
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Join the AAUP and other allied organizations across the nation on October 18 for a day of peaceful and impactful protest as we come together to make clear: America has no kings, and the power belongs to the people!
#NoKings #AAUP #AcademicFreedom #HigherEducation #DefendHigherEd #Education
#NoKings #AAUP #AcademicFreedom #HigherEducation #DefendHigherEd #Education
October 8, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Join the AAUP and other allied organizations across the nation on October 18 for a day of peaceful and impactful protest as we come together to make clear: America has no kings, and the power belongs to the people!
#NoKings #AAUP #AcademicFreedom #HigherEducation #DefendHigherEd #Education
#NoKings #AAUP #AcademicFreedom #HigherEducation #DefendHigherEd #Education