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“Plato does not agree with the narrative that there are two biological sexes and that everyone should be heterosexual. So it is controversial. But that's the whole point of including him in the syllabus.”
— Martin Peterson, Texas A&M
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— Martin Peterson, Texas A&M
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@texasaft.org
@tamu-aaup.bsky.social
January 9, 2026 at 2:55 PM
“Plato does not agree with the narrative that there are two biological sexes and that everyone should be heterosexual. So it is controversial. But that's the whole point of including him in the syllabus.”
— Martin Peterson, Texas A&M
@texasaaup.bsky.social
@texasaft.org
@tamu-aaup.bsky.social
— Martin Peterson, Texas A&M
@texasaaup.bsky.social
@texasaft.org
@tamu-aaup.bsky.social
Statement by AAUP President Todd Wolf on the murder of Renee Nicole Good by ICE⬇️
#AbolishICE
#AcademicSky
#AbolishICE
#AcademicSky
January 8, 2026 at 6:41 PM
Statement by AAUP President Todd Wolf on the murder of Renee Nicole Good by ICE⬇️
#AbolishICE
#AcademicSky
#AbolishICE
#AcademicSky
So, the University of Nebraska - Lincoln somehow finds the money to pay the outgoing chancellor $1.1 million in a severance package immediately after closing 4 academic programs and announcing a $27.5 million budget deficit...🤔
The AAUP UNL chapter condemns this irresponsible decision.
The AAUP UNL chapter condemns this irresponsible decision.
January 7, 2026 at 10:43 PM
So, the University of Nebraska - Lincoln somehow finds the money to pay the outgoing chancellor $1.1 million in a severance package immediately after closing 4 academic programs and announcing a $27.5 million budget deficit...🤔
The AAUP UNL chapter condemns this irresponsible decision.
The AAUP UNL chapter condemns this irresponsible decision.
"Can professors teach without unwarranted intrusions and political interference, even if the concept is controversial yet has been upheld by academic and scientific standards in every field?"
- Michael Givel, President of AAUP University of Oklahoma
- Michael Givel, President of AAUP University of Oklahoma
January 6, 2026 at 2:41 PM
"Can professors teach without unwarranted intrusions and political interference, even if the concept is controversial yet has been upheld by academic and scientific standards in every field?"
- Michael Givel, President of AAUP University of Oklahoma
- Michael Givel, President of AAUP University of Oklahoma
If AAUP's 2025 can be summed up in a phrase, it would be: Organize, Fight, Win!
We will remember 2025 as a year of membership growth, mass actions against Trump's loyalty oath compact & major legal victories for the AAUP.
We invite you to organize, fight, and win with us in 2026!
We will remember 2025 as a year of membership growth, mass actions against Trump's loyalty oath compact & major legal victories for the AAUP.
We invite you to organize, fight, and win with us in 2026!
December 29, 2025 at 6:03 PM
If AAUP's 2025 can be summed up in a phrase, it would be: Organize, Fight, Win!
We will remember 2025 as a year of membership growth, mass actions against Trump's loyalty oath compact & major legal victories for the AAUP.
We invite you to organize, fight, and win with us in 2026!
We will remember 2025 as a year of membership growth, mass actions against Trump's loyalty oath compact & major legal victories for the AAUP.
We invite you to organize, fight, and win with us in 2026!
This is how you stand up for educators against politically motivated attacks on teaching.
Please sign OU AAUP’s petition demanding that OU protect the freedom to teach & learn, & stand up against targeted harassment & intimidation.
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actionnetwork.org/forms/defend...
Please sign OU AAUP’s petition demanding that OU protect the freedom to teach & learn, & stand up against targeted harassment & intimidation.
⬇️⬇️⬇️
actionnetwork.org/forms/defend...
December 16, 2025 at 7:13 PM
This is how you stand up for educators against politically motivated attacks on teaching.
Please sign OU AAUP’s petition demanding that OU protect the freedom to teach & learn, & stand up against targeted harassment & intimidation.
⬇️⬇️⬇️
actionnetwork.org/forms/defend...
Please sign OU AAUP’s petition demanding that OU protect the freedom to teach & learn, & stand up against targeted harassment & intimidation.
⬇️⬇️⬇️
actionnetwork.org/forms/defend...
Our AAUP TV episode, “Scholasticide in Palestine: A Primer for Labor” streams on December 16 @ 7pm ET.
Donna Murch speaks w/ Ahmad Abu Shabaan & Abdel Razzaq Takriti about the destruction of educational life in Palestine & solidarity in the higher ed labor movement.
Link to stream in thread🧵
Donna Murch speaks w/ Ahmad Abu Shabaan & Abdel Razzaq Takriti about the destruction of educational life in Palestine & solidarity in the higher ed labor movement.
Link to stream in thread🧵
December 15, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Our AAUP TV episode, “Scholasticide in Palestine: A Primer for Labor” streams on December 16 @ 7pm ET.
Donna Murch speaks w/ Ahmad Abu Shabaan & Abdel Razzaq Takriti about the destruction of educational life in Palestine & solidarity in the higher ed labor movement.
Link to stream in thread🧵
Donna Murch speaks w/ Ahmad Abu Shabaan & Abdel Razzaq Takriti about the destruction of educational life in Palestine & solidarity in the higher ed labor movement.
Link to stream in thread🧵
The fight against austerity at The New School is connected to other fights in higher ed challenging admins that hire Huron, a consulting firm that offers data to justify budget cuts & faculty layoffs.
Ujju Aggarwal of AAUP-TNS says that solidarity across AAUP chapters & unions is the way forward.
Ujju Aggarwal of AAUP-TNS says that solidarity across AAUP chapters & unions is the way forward.
December 14, 2025 at 5:02 PM
The fight against austerity at The New School is connected to other fights in higher ed challenging admins that hire Huron, a consulting firm that offers data to justify budget cuts & faculty layoffs.
Ujju Aggarwal of AAUP-TNS says that solidarity across AAUP chapters & unions is the way forward.
Ujju Aggarwal of AAUP-TNS says that solidarity across AAUP chapters & unions is the way forward.
Higher ed workers at The New School are rejecting the admin's strategies of divide and conquer to mount a unified challenge to austerity.
In this AAUP TV episode, Laura Liu of AAUP-TNS talks about how faculty, students & staff come together despite weaponized employment contracts that divide them.
In this AAUP TV episode, Laura Liu of AAUP-TNS talks about how faculty, students & staff come together despite weaponized employment contracts that divide them.
December 13, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Higher ed workers at The New School are rejecting the admin's strategies of divide and conquer to mount a unified challenge to austerity.
In this AAUP TV episode, Laura Liu of AAUP-TNS talks about how faculty, students & staff come together despite weaponized employment contracts that divide them.
In this AAUP TV episode, Laura Liu of AAUP-TNS talks about how faculty, students & staff come together despite weaponized employment contracts that divide them.
In our most recent AAUP TV episode, Jeremy Varon, Prof of History and AAUP The New School Leadership Council member, discusses the university administration's proposal to terminate up to 40% of full-time faculty.
The proposed layoffs will be catastrophic for faculty, students, and staff.
The proposed layoffs will be catastrophic for faculty, students, and staff.
December 12, 2025 at 8:58 PM
In our most recent AAUP TV episode, Jeremy Varon, Prof of History and AAUP The New School Leadership Council member, discusses the university administration's proposal to terminate up to 40% of full-time faculty.
The proposed layoffs will be catastrophic for faculty, students, and staff.
The proposed layoffs will be catastrophic for faculty, students, and staff.
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.
Massive turnout of organized higher ed workers to protest the brutal austerity measures proposed by The New School management ✊
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@newschoolaaup.bsky.social
December 10, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Massive turnout of organized higher ed workers to protest the brutal austerity measures proposed by The New School management ✊
@newschoolaaup.bsky.social
@newschoolaaup.bsky.social
Tune in for another episode of AAUP TV tomorrow, Thursday, December 11 @ 7 PM ET.
Chenjerai Kumanyika, AAUP National Council Member, and Todd Wolfson, AAUP President, will discuss the organized effort to fight extreme austerity attacks at The New School.
Tune in on YouTube (link in thread).
Chenjerai Kumanyika, AAUP National Council Member, and Todd Wolfson, AAUP President, will discuss the organized effort to fight extreme austerity attacks at The New School.
Tune in on YouTube (link in thread).
December 10, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Tune in for another episode of AAUP TV tomorrow, Thursday, December 11 @ 7 PM ET.
Chenjerai Kumanyika, AAUP National Council Member, and Todd Wolfson, AAUP President, will discuss the organized effort to fight extreme austerity attacks at The New School.
Tune in on YouTube (link in thread).
Chenjerai Kumanyika, AAUP National Council Member, and Todd Wolfson, AAUP President, will discuss the organized effort to fight extreme austerity attacks at The New School.
Tune in on YouTube (link in thread).
Higher ed workers at the University of Virginia demand:
Democratize the campus!
Out with the Rector and Vice Rector!
In with student, faculty, and staff power!
Collective bargaining and a living wage NOW!
Democratize the campus!
Out with the Rector and Vice Rector!
In with student, faculty, and staff power!
Collective bargaining and a living wage NOW!
December 5, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Higher ed workers at the University of Virginia demand:
Democratize the campus!
Out with the Rector and Vice Rector!
In with student, faculty, and staff power!
Collective bargaining and a living wage NOW!
Democratize the campus!
Out with the Rector and Vice Rector!
In with student, faculty, and staff power!
Collective bargaining and a living wage NOW!
AAUP University of Nebraska - Lincoln is packing the Board of Regents meeting RIGHT NOW to say no to a $27.5 million budget cut and to the closure of 4 academic programs!
Catch the livestream of the meeting and the testimonies of organized UNL higher ed workers here👇
nebraska.edu/news-and-eve...
Catch the livestream of the meeting and the testimonies of organized UNL higher ed workers here👇
nebraska.edu/news-and-eve...
December 5, 2025 at 4:21 PM
AAUP University of Nebraska - Lincoln is packing the Board of Regents meeting RIGHT NOW to say no to a $27.5 million budget cut and to the closure of 4 academic programs!
Catch the livestream of the meeting and the testimonies of organized UNL higher ed workers here👇
nebraska.edu/news-and-eve...
Catch the livestream of the meeting and the testimonies of organized UNL higher ed workers here👇
nebraska.edu/news-and-eve...
The AAUP Ad Hoc committee on AI and Academic Professions & colleagues will discuss ongoing strategy building in the movement for tech justice and freedom from surveillance.
We also want to hear from you – what you are thinking about, your needs & how you engage with the topic of AI in education.
We also want to hear from you – what you are thinking about, your needs & how you engage with the topic of AI in education.
December 5, 2025 at 3:36 PM
The AAUP Ad Hoc committee on AI and Academic Professions & colleagues will discuss ongoing strategy building in the movement for tech justice and freedom from surveillance.
We also want to hear from you – what you are thinking about, your needs & how you engage with the topic of AI in education.
We also want to hear from you – what you are thinking about, your needs & how you engage with the topic of AI in education.
AAUP University of Nebraska - Lincoln is countering
the threats to cut around $25 million in funding and to close four academic programs with music and grassroots energy!
The creative solidarity among faculty, students, and staff energize powers the fight against these disastrous budget cuts!
the threats to cut around $25 million in funding and to close four academic programs with music and grassroots energy!
The creative solidarity among faculty, students, and staff energize powers the fight against these disastrous budget cuts!
December 4, 2025 at 7:38 PM
AAUP University of Nebraska - Lincoln is countering
the threats to cut around $25 million in funding and to close four academic programs with music and grassroots energy!
The creative solidarity among faculty, students, and staff energize powers the fight against these disastrous budget cuts!
the threats to cut around $25 million in funding and to close four academic programs with music and grassroots energy!
The creative solidarity among faculty, students, and staff energize powers the fight against these disastrous budget cuts!
Today, UNL AAUP held a jazz funeral procession through the UNL campus to mourn the “deaths” of multiple program degrees & 120 faculty positions if UNL’s Board of Regents votes to cut $27.5 million from the budget on Friday.
Help fight back. Send a letter here: actionnetwork.org/letters/one-...
Help fight back. Send a letter here: actionnetwork.org/letters/one-...
December 3, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Today, UNL AAUP held a jazz funeral procession through the UNL campus to mourn the “deaths” of multiple program degrees & 120 faculty positions if UNL’s Board of Regents votes to cut $27.5 million from the budget on Friday.
Help fight back. Send a letter here: actionnetwork.org/letters/one-...
Help fight back. Send a letter here: actionnetwork.org/letters/one-...
The AAUP chapter at the University of Nebraska - Lincoln is organizing a week of action to fight devastating budget cuts!
UNL is proposing to slash around 27 million dollars and to close 4 programs at the university.
These cuts will be disastrous.
Let's stand with AAUP - UNL and stop the cuts!
UNL is proposing to slash around 27 million dollars and to close 4 programs at the university.
These cuts will be disastrous.
Let's stand with AAUP - UNL and stop the cuts!
December 1, 2025 at 10:31 PM
The AAUP chapter at the University of Nebraska - Lincoln is organizing a week of action to fight devastating budget cuts!
UNL is proposing to slash around 27 million dollars and to close 4 programs at the university.
These cuts will be disastrous.
Let's stand with AAUP - UNL and stop the cuts!
UNL is proposing to slash around 27 million dollars and to close 4 programs at the university.
These cuts will be disastrous.
Let's stand with AAUP - UNL and stop the cuts!
The unity of students, faculty & staff powered our legal victories against the Trump admin!
Administrators & elected officials are not the ones filing the lawsuits against the Trump admin when our universities are under attack. Rather, faculty, students & staff are the ones defending higher ed.
Administrators & elected officials are not the ones filing the lawsuits against the Trump admin when our universities are under attack. Rather, faculty, students & staff are the ones defending higher ed.
November 23, 2025 at 7:39 PM
The unity of students, faculty & staff powered our legal victories against the Trump admin!
Administrators & elected officials are not the ones filing the lawsuits against the Trump admin when our universities are under attack. Rather, faculty, students & staff are the ones defending higher ed.
Administrators & elected officials are not the ones filing the lawsuits against the Trump admin when our universities are under attack. Rather, faculty, students & staff are the ones defending higher ed.
Our legal victory in AAUP v. Trump ensures that the Trump administration cannot use civil rights laws to pull federal research funds from universities, which undermines our 1st and 10th amendment rights.
AAUP General Counsel Veena Dubal explains why this is a major victory for higher ed workers.
AAUP General Counsel Veena Dubal explains why this is a major victory for higher ed workers.
November 22, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Our legal victory in AAUP v. Trump ensures that the Trump administration cannot use civil rights laws to pull federal research funds from universities, which undermines our 1st and 10th amendment rights.
AAUP General Counsel Veena Dubal explains why this is a major victory for higher ed workers.
AAUP General Counsel Veena Dubal explains why this is a major victory for higher ed workers.
AAUP General Counsel Veena Dubal goes over the numerous unlawful demands that the Trump admin made of the University of California system, which chilled speech across campuses.
Our victory in AAUP v. Trump, led by a historic wall-to-wall coalition of UC labor unions, blocked this wrongful assault.
Our victory in AAUP v. Trump, led by a historic wall-to-wall coalition of UC labor unions, blocked this wrongful assault.
November 21, 2025 at 6:49 PM
AAUP General Counsel Veena Dubal goes over the numerous unlawful demands that the Trump admin made of the University of California system, which chilled speech across campuses.
Our victory in AAUP v. Trump, led by a historic wall-to-wall coalition of UC labor unions, blocked this wrongful assault.
Our victory in AAUP v. Trump, led by a historic wall-to-wall coalition of UC labor unions, blocked this wrongful assault.
The Trump admin weaponized Title VI of the 1964 Civil Rights Act to attack DEI programs, protections for trans people & freedom of speech at our universities.
We took the Trump admin to court over this in AAUP v. Trump and WON.
AAUP General Counsel Veena Dubal discusses what prompted the lawsuit👇
We took the Trump admin to court over this in AAUP v. Trump and WON.
AAUP General Counsel Veena Dubal discusses what prompted the lawsuit👇
November 20, 2025 at 6:16 PM
The Trump admin weaponized Title VI of the 1964 Civil Rights Act to attack DEI programs, protections for trans people & freedom of speech at our universities.
We took the Trump admin to court over this in AAUP v. Trump and WON.
AAUP General Counsel Veena Dubal discusses what prompted the lawsuit👇
We took the Trump admin to court over this in AAUP v. Trump and WON.
AAUP General Counsel Veena Dubal discusses what prompted the lawsuit👇