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This is one of the most important documents produced this year.
At a time when many of our professional organizations are punting, @aaup.org has been leading on EdTech, AI, academic freedom & faculty governance.
I'm humbled to be joining the team that authored this report.
At a time when many of our professional organizations are punting, @aaup.org has been leading on EdTech, AI, academic freedom & faculty governance.
I'm humbled to be joining the team that authored this report.
Artificial Intelligence and Academic Professions
Educational technology, or ed-tech, including artificial intelligence (AI), continues to become more integrated into teaching and research in higher education, with minimal oversight. The AAUP’s ad ho...
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December 10, 2025 at 3:09 PM
This is one of the most important documents produced this year.
At a time when many of our professional organizations are punting, @aaup.org has been leading on EdTech, AI, academic freedom & faculty governance.
I'm humbled to be joining the team that authored this report.
At a time when many of our professional organizations are punting, @aaup.org has been leading on EdTech, AI, academic freedom & faculty governance.
I'm humbled to be joining the team that authored this report.
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The AAUP chapter at Oklahoma University released a statement demanding that the President and Board of Regents defend Mel Curth, the instructor put on administrative leave after the viral fallout for failing Samantha Fulnecke’s essay, from death threats and targeted harassment.
December 11, 2025 at 10:33 PM
The AAUP chapter at Oklahoma University released a statement demanding that the President and Board of Regents defend Mel Curth, the instructor put on administrative leave after the viral fallout for failing Samantha Fulnecke’s essay, from death threats and targeted harassment.
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🚨The “American Higher Education Restoration Act” would carve out a special pathway to tenure for faculty who teach “American Constitutionalism + Western Civilization,” increase the teaching loads for faculty who work in non-STEM disciplines…+ impose new governing board control over hiring. 👇
December 10, 2025 at 1:38 PM
🚨The “American Higher Education Restoration Act” would carve out a special pathway to tenure for faculty who teach “American Constitutionalism + Western Civilization,” increase the teaching loads for faculty who work in non-STEM disciplines…+ impose new governing board control over hiring. 👇
“The key to America’s economic growth is research and development. Removing or barring top researchers from the country would transfer that talent (and the research and development) to other countries.“
Thanks to our UTampa colleagues, Drs. Coon and Hall!
www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/12/01/c...
Thanks to our UTampa colleagues, Drs. Coon and Hall!
www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/12/01/c...
Commentary: Block the governor’s plan to dumb down Florida universities
Ron DeSantis says he wants to “pull the plug” on H1-B visas, which allow immigrants with specialized knowledge to enter the country. This would do major harm to university faculty’…
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December 7, 2025 at 7:24 PM
“The key to America’s economic growth is research and development. Removing or barring top researchers from the country would transfer that talent (and the research and development) to other countries.“
Thanks to our UTampa colleagues, Drs. Coon and Hall!
www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/12/01/c...
Thanks to our UTampa colleagues, Drs. Coon and Hall!
www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/12/01/c...
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The most recent newsletter covers the University of Texas system's fight against the compact👇
The most recent newsletter covers the University of Texas system's fight against the compact👇
UT Must Not Trade Academic Freedom For Political Favor
A guest column from UT faculty member John Hoberman
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November 24, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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The most recent newsletter covers the University of Texas system's fight against the compact👇
The most recent newsletter covers the University of Texas system's fight against the compact👇
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“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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🔥 WashU in STL rejects Trump’s loyalty oath compact! 🔥
The resistance cannot be stopped!
AAUP chapters and organized higher ed workers across the nation are unified in spearheading this fight—let’s keep it up!
The resistance cannot be stopped!
AAUP chapters and organized higher ed workers across the nation are unified in spearheading this fight—let’s keep it up!
WashU in STL just announced, in a university-wide email, that we will NOT be signing The Compact.
This statement, I believe, exists thanks to the tremendous energy generated w/in our community by, among others, the Faculty Senate, the revived AAUP, and student journalists. I'm proud of everybody.
This statement, I believe, exists thanks to the tremendous energy generated w/in our community by, among others, the Faculty Senate, the revived AAUP, and student journalists. I'm proud of everybody.
October 22, 2025 at 7:34 PM
🔥 WashU in STL rejects Trump’s loyalty oath compact! 🔥
The resistance cannot be stopped!
AAUP chapters and organized higher ed workers across the nation are unified in spearheading this fight—let’s keep it up!
The resistance cannot be stopped!
AAUP chapters and organized higher ed workers across the nation are unified in spearheading this fight—let’s keep it up!
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October 18, 2025 at 10:52 PM
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Join AAUP's National Teach-In on Trump's Loyalty Oaths!
Tomorrow, Oct 17pm at 2pmET on Zoom. Be there!
Register at link below👇
#AcademicSky #DefendHigherEd
Tomorrow, Oct 17pm at 2pmET on Zoom. Be there!
Register at link below👇
#AcademicSky #DefendHigherEd
Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: National Teach-In on Loyalty Oaths. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
The Trump administration has imposed unprecedented and highly politicized regulations on institutions of higher education, pressured them with coercive funding threats, extorted promises to fall in li...
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October 16, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Join AAUP's National Teach-In on Trump's Loyalty Oaths!
Tomorrow, Oct 17pm at 2pmET on Zoom. Be there!
Register at link below👇
#AcademicSky #DefendHigherEd
Tomorrow, Oct 17pm at 2pmET on Zoom. Be there!
Register at link below👇
#AcademicSky #DefendHigherEd
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Reject the ongoing censorship of student media on our campuses!
“Administrative efforts to subordinate campus journalism to public relations are inconsistent with the mission of higher education to provide a space of intellectual exploration and debate”
—Hank Reichman, in a new Academe Blog post
“Administrative efforts to subordinate campus journalism to public relations are inconsistent with the mission of higher education to provide a space of intellectual exploration and debate”
—Hank Reichman, in a new Academe Blog post
October 17, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Reject the ongoing censorship of student media on our campuses!
“Administrative efforts to subordinate campus journalism to public relations are inconsistent with the mission of higher education to provide a space of intellectual exploration and debate”
—Hank Reichman, in a new Academe Blog post
“Administrative efforts to subordinate campus journalism to public relations are inconsistent with the mission of higher education to provide a space of intellectual exploration and debate”
—Hank Reichman, in a new Academe Blog post
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ICYMI | MIT has rejected the Trump administration’s proposal to sign on to the “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education,” which would mandate sweeping changes across campus in exchange for preferential treatment on federal funding.
https://bit.ly/3KO0g5l
https://bit.ly/3KO0g5l
October 13, 2025 at 3:20 PM
ICYMI | MIT has rejected the Trump administration’s proposal to sign on to the “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education,” which would mandate sweeping changes across campus in exchange for preferential treatment on federal funding.
https://bit.ly/3KO0g5l
https://bit.ly/3KO0g5l
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Great piece @insidehighered.com by Robert Post and Tom Ginsburg about the considerable threats posed by Trump's (extortion) "compact" with 9 universities. @aaup.org
www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...
www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...
A Compact for Control (opinion)
No self-respecting institution of higher education should accept the Trump administration’s unconstitutional terms, Robert Post and Tom Ginsburg write.
www.insidehighered.com
October 7, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Great piece @insidehighered.com by Robert Post and Tom Ginsburg about the considerable threats posed by Trump's (extortion) "compact" with 9 universities. @aaup.org
www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...
www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...
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With Doxing On the Rise, Here Are 7 Tips to Stay Safe Online
Experts offer solutions to prevent doxing and advice about how to respond and keep yourself safe if it happens to you. https://bit.ly/47KLTrY
#AcaemicSky #EDUSky #HigherEd
Experts offer solutions to prevent doxing and advice about how to respond and keep yourself safe if it happens to you. https://bit.ly/47KLTrY
#AcaemicSky #EDUSky #HigherEd
September 19, 2025 at 4:23 PM
With Doxing On the Rise, Here Are 7 Tips to Stay Safe Online
Experts offer solutions to prevent doxing and advice about how to respond and keep yourself safe if it happens to you. https://bit.ly/47KLTrY
#AcaemicSky #EDUSky #HigherEd
Experts offer solutions to prevent doxing and advice about how to respond and keep yourself safe if it happens to you. https://bit.ly/47KLTrY
#AcaemicSky #EDUSky #HigherEd
Just a little #throwback, thinking about our joint #solidarity event on Monday!
September 4, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Just a little #throwback, thinking about our joint #solidarity event on Monday!
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Here’s a 🧵 on key points in Judge Burroughs’ order in the AAUP/Harvard AAUP’s lawsuit against Trump’s DOJ for ideological funding cuts at Harvard:
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September 4, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Here’s a 🧵 on key points in Judge Burroughs’ order in the AAUP/Harvard AAUP’s lawsuit against Trump’s DOJ for ideological funding cuts at Harvard:
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We Out Here!
AAUP & @aft.org members from coast to coast are out in the streets this #LaborDay standing on business & raising the voices of higher ed workers as we continue to resist an unprecedented wave of attacks.
Join Us!
#DefendHigherEd
✊🏼✊🏾✊🏻✊🏿✊🏽
AAUP & @aft.org members from coast to coast are out in the streets this #LaborDay standing on business & raising the voices of higher ed workers as we continue to resist an unprecedented wave of attacks.
Join Us!
#DefendHigherEd
✊🏼✊🏾✊🏻✊🏿✊🏽
September 1, 2025 at 4:42 PM
We Out Here!
AAUP & @aft.org members from coast to coast are out in the streets this #LaborDay standing on business & raising the voices of higher ed workers as we continue to resist an unprecedented wave of attacks.
Join Us!
#DefendHigherEd
✊🏼✊🏾✊🏻✊🏿✊🏽
AAUP & @aft.org members from coast to coast are out in the streets this #LaborDay standing on business & raising the voices of higher ed workers as we continue to resist an unprecedented wave of attacks.
Join Us!
#DefendHigherEd
✊🏼✊🏾✊🏻✊🏿✊🏽
Just a few images from our #solidarity event this #LaborDay!
September 1, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Just a few images from our #solidarity event this #LaborDay!
Let’s make this #LaborDay a day of action and #solidarity! Learn more at maydaystrong.org #StrongerTogether #WorkersOverBillionaires
September 1, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Let’s make this #LaborDay a day of action and #solidarity! Learn more at maydaystrong.org #StrongerTogether #WorkersOverBillionaires
Welcome back to school, UTampa #AAUP members! To start the semester off strong, please consider joining us at the #AFT Labor Day event on Sept. 1 in St. Pete. You can find more info and register at the linked site! www.mobilize.us/aft/event/82...
St. Petersburg, FL #WorkersOverBillionaires Labor Day · AFT
On Labor Day, September 1st, we will continue the movement we launched together on May 1st, standing in solidarity with all our communities under attack and fighting for real wins for all our people. ...
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August 27, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Welcome back to school, UTampa #AAUP members! To start the semester off strong, please consider joining us at the #AFT Labor Day event on Sept. 1 in St. Pete. You can find more info and register at the linked site! www.mobilize.us/aft/event/82...
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The Monday letter took an explicitly ideological tone, writing that Harvard had benefited from the American 'free-market system you teach your students to despise.'
McMahon also blasted Harvard for its association with prominent Democrats...
McMahon also blasted Harvard for its association with prominent Democrats...
May 6, 2025 at 2:01 AM
The Monday letter took an explicitly ideological tone, writing that Harvard had benefited from the American 'free-market system you teach your students to despise.'
McMahon also blasted Harvard for its association with prominent Democrats...
McMahon also blasted Harvard for its association with prominent Democrats...
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Since this was published yesterday, NPR reports JAMA joins NEJM on the list of journals that confirms they’ve been sent threatening letters by Trump’s DOJ, ominously referencing their tax-exempt status in a bid to compel regime-friendly editorial choices.
www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-...
www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-...
The Scary Implications of U.S. Government Attacks on Medical Journals
A Trump-aligned prosecutor’s attack on medical journals is a threat to your health care—and the medical establishment should not comply
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May 2, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Since this was published yesterday, NPR reports JAMA joins NEJM on the list of journals that confirms they’ve been sent threatening letters by Trump’s DOJ, ominously referencing their tax-exempt status in a bid to compel regime-friendly editorial choices.
www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-...
www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-...
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We see you Kennesaw State University Faculty Senate!
1st in the South to pass a resolution establishing a mutual defense compact w/ other institutions.
"Whereas, Faculty members must organize to effectively counter political attacks on higher education & defend #academicfreedom..."
#defendhighered
1st in the South to pass a resolution establishing a mutual defense compact w/ other institutions.
"Whereas, Faculty members must organize to effectively counter political attacks on higher education & defend #academicfreedom..."
#defendhighered
April 29, 2025 at 3:25 AM
We see you Kennesaw State University Faculty Senate!
1st in the South to pass a resolution establishing a mutual defense compact w/ other institutions.
"Whereas, Faculty members must organize to effectively counter political attacks on higher education & defend #academicfreedom..."
#defendhighered
1st in the South to pass a resolution establishing a mutual defense compact w/ other institutions.
"Whereas, Faculty members must organize to effectively counter political attacks on higher education & defend #academicfreedom..."
#defendhighered
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University leaders need to understand: they are holding INCREDIBLY good cards.
It is so rare in today's polarized era to have the support of 70+ percent of the public against the Trump admiministration on anything. Universities have that—AND winning legal arguments.
It is so rare in today's polarized era to have the support of 70+ percent of the public against the Trump admiministration on anything. Universities have that—AND winning legal arguments.
April 27, 2025 at 5:29 AM
University leaders need to understand: they are holding INCREDIBLY good cards.
It is so rare in today's polarized era to have the support of 70+ percent of the public against the Trump admiministration on anything. Universities have that—AND winning legal arguments.
It is so rare in today's polarized era to have the support of 70+ percent of the public against the Trump admiministration on anything. Universities have that—AND winning legal arguments.
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Trump’s executive order on accreditation is yet another attempt to dictate what is taught, learned, & said by college instructors & students.
Threats to remove accreditors are transparent attempts to consolidate power in the hands of the administration in order to stifle teaching & research.
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Threats to remove accreditors are transparent attempts to consolidate power in the hands of the administration in order to stifle teaching & research.
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EO on Accreditation Opens the Door for Rampant Corruption and Political Interference
President Donald Trump’s executive order on accreditation is yet another attempt to dictate what is taught, learned, said and done by college students and instructors. Threats to remove accreditors fr...
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April 24, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Trump’s executive order on accreditation is yet another attempt to dictate what is taught, learned, & said by college instructors & students.
Threats to remove accreditors are transparent attempts to consolidate power in the hands of the administration in order to stifle teaching & research.
🧵
Threats to remove accreditors are transparent attempts to consolidate power in the hands of the administration in order to stifle teaching & research.
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