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Isaac Kamola @isaackamola.bsky.social · 1d

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...

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

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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...

actionnetwork.org

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AAUP chapter @UT Austin @utaustinaaup.bsky.social · 21h

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

“The carrots serve to lure institutions of higher learning into a dark alley where, rather than just waiting with a big stick, the government can put a gun to their heads at any time.”

US universities must reject Trump’s ‘compact’. It is full of traps | Jan-Werner Müller

The administration is trying to make nine universities an offer they seemingly cannot refuse

www.theguardian.com

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AAUP chapter @UT Austin @utaustinaaup.bsky.social · 1d

“Any university leader who signs on to this compact would betray everything good and solid about the university and would do deep and permanent harm to the United States and the world.”https://newrepublic.com/article/201376/trump-compact-academic-excellence-university-virginia 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

newrepublic.com

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AAUP chapter @UT Austin @utaustinaaup.bsky.social · 21h

Trump’s H-1B Visa Fee Could Strain Universities and Schools

“It’s not patriotic,” Dr. Botstein said. “It harms the economy and has nothing to do with excellence.”

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/u...

Trump’s H-1B Visa Fee Could Strain Universities and Schools

www.nytimes.com

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UAM-UMD @uam-umd.bsky.social · 21h

Reminder for the Wednesday crowd!

UAM-UMD @uam-umd.bsky.social · 1d

Join us!

Friday, October 10th @ 12pm for a PTK Townhall!

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UAM-UMD @uam-umd.bsky.social · 1d

Join us!

Friday, October 10th @ 12pm for a PTK Townhall!

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AFT Connecticut @aftct.bsky.social · 2d

"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

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Todd Wolfson @proftwolf.bsky.social · 5d

Check out me & @chenjerai.bsky.social & Lorena Grundy of @aaup-penn.bsky.social break down the new Trump compact for higher ed…. Otherwise known as loyalty oaths. This is AAUP TV. @aaup.org @aft.org @higheredlabor.bsky.social www.youtube.com/live/RB1FLkR...

Breaking Down Trump's New Higher Ed Loyalty Oath Compacts and Why We Must Resist

YouTube video by TheAAUP

www.youtube.com

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AAUP @aaup.org · 5d

Say NO to Trump’s loyalty oaths and extortion of our universities!

We will NOT throw our students, faculty, and staff under the bus to comply with undemocratic and partisan ideological agendas.

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AAUP @aaup.org · 5d

AAUP President Todd Wolfson and AFT President Randi Weingarten on Trump’s Loyalty Pledge for Colleges and Universities.

Now is the time to unite in defense of democracy and higher education!

Read full statement below 👇

@aft.org
@proftwolf.bsky.social
@rweingarten.bsky.social

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AAUP @aaup.org · 5d

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When we fight, WE WIN!

North Carolina Conference of the AAUP @ncaaup.bsky.social · 5d

UNC Chapel Hill has reinstated Prof. Dwayne Dixon.
Rather than conduct a threat assessment of a faculty member based on spurious accusations, UNC should conduct an assessment of its own administration's threat to First Amendment rights and academic freedom. @aaup.org
www.wral.com/news/local/u...

UNC professor reinstated after investigation into alleged ties with politically motivated group

UNC-Chapel Hill has reinstated a professor who was linked to groups believed to call for politically motivated violence. An investigation found that Dwayne Dixon posed no threat to the campus communit...

www.wral.com

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Dan Greene @dmgreene.bsky.social · 5d

Dwayne has his job back because we organized for it. We fight or we die. Join AAUP today www.aaup.org/join

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AAUP @aaup.org · 5d

“Trump’s restrictions on H-1B visa applications will lead to less lifesaving research, reduced innovation, & diminished competitiveness. This short-sighted policy will hurt every American by slowing research breakthroughs, weakening our economy & putting our global leadership at risk.”
—Todd Wolfson

Groups File Suit Over Trump’s $100,000 H-1B Visa Fee

www.nytimes.com

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AAUP @aaup.org · 5d

AAUP President Todd Wolfson unpacks the dangerous consequences of the Trump administration’s compact, which aims to exert ideological control over universities and colleges. As Wolfson makes clear, this partisan incursion into higher education affects ALL sectors.

@proftwolf.bsky.social

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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.

time.com

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UAM-UMD @uam-umd.bsky.social · 2d

UMD faculty support our grad worker colleagues!

UMD Graduate Labor Union @umd-glu.bsky.social · 5d

UMD admin, take notice: 1000 grads came out to our Majority March on Oct 1 to say that we're done playing by your rules. Negotiate with us now, or we WILL shut it down!

Shout out to our allies @umdydsa.bsky.social @uam-umd.bsky.social MD/DC AFL-CIO and others for joining us!

A graduate worker wearing a high-vis vest holds a sign which reads "Honk if you [heart symbol] unions". In the distance, grad workers march along the sidewalk

UMD graduate workers, many wearing red, march and chant along the sidewalk. A sign in the foreground reads, "If we don't get it, shut it down!"

A group of UMD grad workers standing along a street. Many are holding UAW signs.

UMD grad workers line the entire sidewalk stretching down Baltimore Ave during the GLU Majority March.

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UMD Graduate Labor Union @umd-glu.bsky.social · 5d

UMD admin, take notice: 1000 grads came out to our Majority March on Oct 1 to say that we're done playing by your rules. Negotiate with us now, or we WILL shut it down!

Shout out to our allies @umdydsa.bsky.social @uam-umd.bsky.social MD/DC AFL-CIO and others for joining us!

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AAUP @aaup.org · 6d

In an interview with the Center for the Defense of Academic Freedom, Maura Finkelstein discusses the coordinated campaign that led to the unjust termination from her position as tenured professor at Muhlenberg College—a decision that violated AAUP codes of academic freedom & due process.

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Dan Greene @dmgreene.bsky.social · 7d

Great day to be in a union! UMD grads with GLU-UAW have supermajority support but our bosses refuse to recognize them. Instead of standing with their workers, the universities are joining Trump's attack on them. @uam-umd.bsky.social stands with grads and demands UMD recognizes their union!

Guy in a red tee and black jeans holds a megaphone in front of other people wearing red and waving UAW signs

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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 7d

If Harvard bows down to this lawless president, it will cover itself in shame and betray its motto “Veritas.”

Don’t pretend to stand for truth if you’re going to surrender to this bully. Appeasement only feeds the beast and puts us all at greater risk.

Trump Says a Deal With Harvard Is Close

www.nytimes.com

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AAUP @aaup.org · 7d

Introducing “Faculty on the Frontlines,” a new series from the Center for the Defense of Academic Freedom that documents the stories of AAUP members!

Over the next 2 weeks, we will spotlight the stories of 10 AAUP members fighting to defend academic freedom.

Check out our teaser 🔥

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United Academics @local6741.bsky.social · 7d

Huge win for us!

It is your support that enables these victories.

Become an @aaup.org member today & help us carry on the fight against the Trump admin's attacks on higher ed.

AAUP @aaup.org · 8d

BREAKING: WE WON!!!
💥 💥 💥

Federal Judge William G. Young ruled today in our lawsuit against the Trump administration that the policy of arresting, detaining, & deporting noncitizen students & faculty members for their pro-Palestinian advocacy violates the 1st Amendment.

Full ruling here:

Findings of Fact & Conclusions of Law – #261 in American Association of University Professors v. Rubio (D. Mass., 1:25-cv-10685) – CourtListener.com

Judge William G. Young: ORDER entered. FINDINGS OF FACT AND RULINGS OF LAW, PURSUANT TO FED. R. CIV. P. 52(A)(Sonnenberg, Elizabeth) (Additional attachment(s) added on 9/30/2025: # 1 Main Document) (J...

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Arghavan Salles, MD, PhD @arghavansallesmd.medsky.social · 8d

I joined AAUP because I saw they were one of the few organizations taking a stand. They also organized the lobbying trip I took to DC a couple of weeks ago. If you’re an academic, supporting them is good use of our money.

AAUP @aaup.org · 8d

BREAKING: WE WON!!!
💥 💥 💥

Federal Judge William G. Young ruled today in our lawsuit against the Trump administration that the policy of arresting, detaining, & deporting noncitizen students & faculty members for their pro-Palestinian advocacy violates the 1st Amendment.

Full ruling here:

Findings of Fact & Conclusions of Law – #261 in American Association of University Professors v. Rubio (D. Mass., 1:25-cv-10685) – CourtListener.com

Judge William G. Young: ORDER entered. FINDINGS OF FACT AND RULINGS OF LAW, PURSUANT TO FED. R. CIV. P. 52(A)(Sonnenberg, Elizabeth) (Additional attachment(s) added on 9/30/2025: # 1 Main Document) (J...

www.courtlistener.com

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Tita Chico @titachico.bsky.social · 15d

@uam-umd.bsky.social with @senbillferg.bsky.social

we need him to lead on passing our bill for collective bargaining rights for ALL faculty across Maryland.

#highereducation
#laborrights

UAM-UMD @uam-umd.bsky.social · 15d

United Academics of Maryland (UAM) was in the house at the campaign launch of @senbillferg.bsky.social last week.

We were there to tell him we need him to lead on passing our bill for collective bargaining rights for ALL faculty across Maryland.

We hope you will make that commitment, Senator.
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