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AAUP @aaup.org · 7h

“If we aren't free to pursue research and teaching based on wherever the knowledge leads us, we are not truly working in the service of the public.”

— Rana Jaleel, associate professor at UC Davis & Chair of the AAUP’s Committee A on Academic Freedom & Tenure

How Academic Freedom in Universities Generates the Greatest Value for Society

Academic freedom is at the foundation of one of the most powerful and fundamental ideas about universities. Learn about how academic freedom has contributed to broad benefits in society and UC Davis f...

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 16h

#WarRavagedPortland

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Peter McInnis @defendeducation.bsky.social · 9h

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Stalinism and Stephen Miller (video)

Cause for concern

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Peter McInnis @defendeducation.bsky.social · 14h

AI and Surveillance in Higher Education. ojs.library.queensu.ca/index.php/su...

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Leonie V. Hicks @lvhicks.bsky.social · 20h

I am absolutely fed up of this assault on critical thinking. Those in power & those who aspire to it don't want people to think critically; they don't want people to _think_. The Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences are valuable in themselves, but watch the economy tank if Badenoch has her way...

Martin Paul Eve @eve.gd · 21h

This makes me so angry. These people view all life as training for lifelong servitude/work. There's no room for interest, enjoyment, and culture in their bleak vision of education. At least she'll never be in power to see it through. Though Reform are probably worse.

Badenoch: Curb students taking "rip-off" degrees such as English. The performing arts, sociology and anthropology are among the subjects the Conservatives would like to cut

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AAUP @aaup.org · 1d

NO LOYALTY OATHS IN HIGHER ED!

Trump's attacks on our universities are an attempt to consolidate power. This loyalty oath directly undermines our right to academic freedom & goes against every democratic principle our country should uphold.

Please click below, sign, & share.

#DefendHigherEd

University Administrations: Reject Trump's "Loyalty Oath" Compacts

The Trump administration is trying to blackmail schools to let him and his unqualified bureaucrats run our schools. They want to dictate what schools teach, who they admit and hire, what researchers s...

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Peter McInnis @defendeducation.bsky.social · 1d

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Renewables overtake coal as world's biggest source of electricity

Developing countries lead the historic clean energy charge but the US and EU rely more on fossil fuels than before, a think tank study shows.

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Peter McInnis @defendeducation.bsky.social · 1d

Why This Essay Could Cause the University of Virginia to Shut Down newrepublic.com/article/2013... via @newrepublic.com

Why This Essay Could Cause the University of Virginia to Shut Down

How Linda McMahon’s latest “compact” would do deep and permanent harm to American higher education

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Scholars for a New Deal for Higher Ed @sfndhe.bsky.social · 2d

As states like Florida and Texas gut tenure protections for university faculty, many assume the greatest loss is to academic freedom. But tenure is not just about academic freedom. It also is, and has always been, about labor protection.
@aaup.org @afthighered.bsky.social @lawcha.bsky.social

The Real History of Tenure

If academics want to protect the idea of tenure, they need to understand how and why it became the norm.

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Peter McInnis @defendeducation.bsky.social · 2d

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Canadian Paintings @canadianpaintings.bsky.social · 3d

Autumn, Knowlton
Prudence Heward
1941

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KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 3d

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

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Peter McInnis @defendeducation.bsky.social · 3d

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Donald the Terrible and His Oprichniki

BY HANK REICHMAN The image above is from an AI video that the GREAT (and demented) LEADER himself posted to social media. It reminded me of an historical analogy I’ve been mulling over …

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Peter McInnis @defendeducation.bsky.social · 5d

Resistance must begin with faculty academeblog.org/2025/10/02/s...

Statement on the Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education

BY THE AAUP-PENN EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE We were alarmed to read reports that Penn has been “invited” to sign a so-called “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education” by the federal government…

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Peter McInnis @defendeducation.bsky.social · 5d

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Universities Must Reject Trump Admin "Loyalty Oath" Compacts

The AAUP and AFT warn that the Trump administration’s offer to give preferential treatment to colleges and universities in exchange for allegiance to a partisan ideological agenda is entirely corrupt.

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Peter McInnis @defendeducation.bsky.social · 6d

Ideological Extortion: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Trump offers top universities funds if they boost conservative ideas

Brown and MIT among nine schools told to back conservative views or risk losing federal support, sparking free speech fears

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Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 7d

Just saying, over on @techwontsave.us I discussed why this would be the case with @abenanav.bsky.social back in **March 2023**

Episode here: techwontsave.us/episode/164_...

Chatbots Won’t Take Many Jobs
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Meidas Sassy™ 🐬 @filosia.bsky.social · 7d

What a woman!
I'll always remember this heartwarming goodbye hug when she brought the chimp back to his home in the jungle.

May you rest in peace, Jane Goodall 💔

#RIPjaneGoodall

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Alice Roberts @profaliceroberts.bsky.social · 7d

I’m sad to hear the news that the wonderful Jane Goodall is no longer in the world. Her work with chimpanzees at Gombe in Tanzania taught us to look at other apes - and ourselves - differently. I was privileged to meet her later in life and tell her what an inspiration she was to me.

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Peter McInnis @defendeducation.bsky.social · 7d

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John Vaillant @johnvaillant.bsky.social · 8d

The last seconds are absolutely shocking

Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 8d

More guns than people…

Is it freedom or a national death cult that keeps growing?

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AAUP @aaup.org · 8d

"Declining international student enrollment is a piece of the larger puzzle undermining the financial health of higher ed. [We see] programs shut down, campuses shut down, smaller public or private institutions closing & a curtailment of opportunities for students."

— Todd Wolfson, AAUP President

'A perfect storm' — more colleges at risk as enrollment falls and financial pressures mount

In part due to the Trump administration's changes to the student visa policy, there are fewer students on college campuses this fall.

www.cnbc.com

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 8d

And after 40 minutes of cringe-Thunderous applause from the generals!

Just kidding. Total silence. 👀 🦗 🦗

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Peter McInnis @defendeducation.bsky.social · 8d

How does a budget of nearly $1 trillion result in such incompetence in a national military?

Crawford Kilian @crof.bsky.social · 8d

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Era of 'politically correct' U.S. military leadership is over, says Hegseth | CBC News

U.S. Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth summoned hundreds of U.S. military officials to an in-person meeting Tuesday to announce directives for troops that include "gender-neutral" or "male-level" standar...

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AFL-CIO @aflcio.org · 9d

Starbucks @sbworkersunited.org baristas are fighting unprecedented corporate greed—their CEO makes 6,666x what an average worker makes. It’s time that Starbucks gives their workers dignity, respect and their fair share of the profits THEY create. #NationalCoffeeDay

Starbucks’ CEO received $97,813,843 in annualized total compensation. Learn more: aflcio.org/paywatch

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