Judge Young has a hearing today on remedies in AAUP v. Rubio. It can't fully address Khalil's situation due to BS fraud charge but every bit of friction helps.
The import of this ruling: Foreign citizens in the United States—including green card holders—can be arrested for political speech and imprisoned for months or even years before being given a meaningful opportunity to challenge the constitutionality of their arrest and imprisonment.
Appeals Court Opens the Door to Mahmoud Khalil’s Rearrest
www.nytimes.com
January 15, 2026 at 4:08 PM
Judge Young has a hearing today on remedies in AAUP v. Rubio. It can't fully address Khalil's situation due to BS fraud charge but every bit of friction helps.
AAUP Portland State University secured a crucial win:
Admin will reinstate laid-off faculty & comply with an arbitration decision after violating @psuaaup.bsky.social's contract.
This win proves that higher ed unions are key to protecting faculty livelihood at our universities.
Read more here👇
Admin will reinstate laid-off faculty & comply with an arbitration decision after violating @psuaaup.bsky.social's contract.
This win proves that higher ed unions are key to protecting faculty livelihood at our universities.
Read more here👇
Portland State agrees to reinstate laid off faculty
Portland State University is reversing course and fully complying with an arbitration decision ordering the university to reinstate some faculty laid off in last year’s budget cuts.
www.opb.org
January 15, 2026 at 3:47 PM
AAUP Portland State University secured a crucial win:
Admin will reinstate laid-off faculty & comply with an arbitration decision after violating @psuaaup.bsky.social's contract.
This win proves that higher ed unions are key to protecting faculty livelihood at our universities.
Read more here👇
Admin will reinstate laid-off faculty & comply with an arbitration decision after violating @psuaaup.bsky.social's contract.
This win proves that higher ed unions are key to protecting faculty livelihood at our universities.
Read more here👇
"In his ruling, Judge Young, who is 85 and has served as a federal judge for over 40 years, described the case as “perhaps the most important” of his career." Read @zjmontague.bsky.social's curtain raiser in @nytimes.com ahead of today's AAUP v. Rubio remedy hearing: www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/u...
Judge to Weigh Next Steps in Student Activist Deportations Case
www.nytimes.com
January 15, 2026 at 12:07 PM
"In his ruling, Judge Young, who is 85 and has served as a federal judge for over 40 years, described the case as “perhaps the most important” of his career." Read @zjmontague.bsky.social's curtain raiser in @nytimes.com ahead of today's AAUP v. Rubio remedy hearing: www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/u...
Tempted to reply to this gormless doofus on LinkedIn, somebody talk me down
January 15, 2026 at 12:02 AM
Tempted to reply to this gormless doofus on LinkedIn, somebody talk me down
I've been interviewed about our #unionization efforts at #ohiouniversity -- there's been LOTS of unionizing lately in Ohio! #OU discussion starts at 32:54 www.wosu.org/show/all-sid... #uaou #aaup #aft
Examining the rise in unionization among local organizations
The Columbus Dispatch is one of several local organizations whose employees are making an effort to unionize. We're talking about the factors pushing Columbus employees toward unionizing on this hour ...
www.wosu.org
January 14, 2026 at 9:43 PM
I've been interviewed about our #unionization efforts at #ohiouniversity -- there's been LOTS of unionizing lately in Ohio! #OU discussion starts at 32:54 www.wosu.org/show/all-sid... #uaou #aaup #aft
Our statement on TAMU's policy applies to Dr. Bright's case.
"The AAUP says this censorship goes far beyond what's required by Senate Bill 37 & Texas A&M system policies. AAUP shared that faculty are trained to facilitate critical analysis, not to manufacture consensus or dictate personal belief."
"The AAUP says this censorship goes far beyond what's required by Senate Bill 37 & Texas A&M system policies. AAUP shared that faculty are trained to facilitate critical analysis, not to manufacture consensus or dictate personal belief."
January 14, 2026 at 9:16 PM
Our statement on TAMU's policy applies to Dr. Bright's case.
"The AAUP says this censorship goes far beyond what's required by Senate Bill 37 & Texas A&M system policies. AAUP shared that faculty are trained to facilitate critical analysis, not to manufacture consensus or dictate personal belief."
"The AAUP says this censorship goes far beyond what's required by Senate Bill 37 & Texas A&M system policies. AAUP shared that faculty are trained to facilitate critical analysis, not to manufacture consensus or dictate personal belief."
There's a motion to intervene by AAUP, ACLU, and various campus Jewish groups.
January 14, 2026 at 8:55 PM
There's a motion to intervene by AAUP, ACLU, and various campus Jewish groups.
Former Emporia State president Ken Hush, who fired 30 tenure & tenure track faculty, is now being paid as a consultant to lead a DOGE-like effort to slash Kansas higher ed budgets.
Scholars take note: in a scathing 2023 report, the AAUP found conditions for academic governance at ES to be dismal.
Scholars take note: in a scathing 2023 report, the AAUP found conditions for academic governance at ES to be dismal.
Academic Freedom and Tenure: Emporia State University (Kansas)
This 2023 report concerns the action taken by the administration of Emporia State University to terminate the appointments of thirty tenured and tenure-track faculty members under a temporary "COVID-r...
www.aaup.org
January 14, 2026 at 8:26 PM
Former Emporia State president Ken Hush, who fired 30 tenure & tenure track faculty, is now being paid as a consultant to lead a DOGE-like effort to slash Kansas higher ed budgets.
Scholars take note: in a scathing 2023 report, the AAUP found conditions for academic governance at ES to be dismal.
Scholars take note: in a scathing 2023 report, the AAUP found conditions for academic governance at ES to be dismal.
"The national AAUP, alongside AAUP–Penn, joined a coalition of Jewish students and scholars to intervene in a Trump administration lawsuit seeking the University of Pennsylvania to disclose the private information of its Jewish faculty and students."
www.aaup.org/news/aaup-jo...
www.aaup.org/news/aaup-jo...
AAUP Joins Suit Opposing EEOC Subpoena of Jewish Faculty and Students
The national AAUP, alongside AAUP–Penn, joined a coalition of Jewish students and scholars to intervene in a Trump administration lawsuit seeking the University of Pennsylvania to disclose the private...
www.aaup.org
January 14, 2026 at 8:14 PM
"The national AAUP, alongside AAUP–Penn, joined a coalition of Jewish students and scholars to intervene in a Trump administration lawsuit seeking the University of Pennsylvania to disclose the private information of its Jewish faculty and students."
www.aaup.org/news/aaup-jo...
www.aaup.org/news/aaup-jo...
AAUP National Responds to ODU President
"The particular authority and primary responsibility of the faculty in the decision-making processes of the academic institution in these areas derive from its special competence in the educational sphere. It follows from this proposition that the faculty…
"The particular authority and primary responsibility of the faculty in the decision-making processes of the academic institution in these areas derive from its special competence in the educational sphere. It follows from this proposition that the faculty…
AAUP National Responds to ODU President
"The particular authority and primary responsibility of the faculty in the decision-making processes of the academic institution in these areas derive from its special competence in the educational sphere. It follows from this proposition that the faculty should play an active and meaningful role in the development as well as in the revision of institutionalpolicy in those areas in which the faculty has primary responsibility."
oduaaup.org
January 14, 2026 at 6:09 PM
AAUP National Responds to ODU President
"The particular authority and primary responsibility of the faculty in the decision-making processes of the academic institution in these areas derive from its special competence in the educational sphere. It follows from this proposition that the faculty…
"The particular authority and primary responsibility of the faculty in the decision-making processes of the academic institution in these areas derive from its special competence in the educational sphere. It follows from this proposition that the faculty…
The national AAUP, alongside AAUP–Penn, joined a coalition of Jewish students and scholars to intervene in a Trump administration lawsuit seeking the University of Pennsylvania to disclose the private information of its Jewish faculty and students.
Read our statement below.
Read our statement below.
AAUP Joins Suit Opposing EEOC Subpoena of Jewish Faculty and Students
The national AAUP, alongside AAUP–Penn, joined a coalition of Jewish students and scholars to intervene in a Trump administration lawsuit seeking the University of Pennsylvania to disclose the private...
www.aaup.org
January 14, 2026 at 5:12 PM
The national AAUP, alongside AAUP–Penn, joined a coalition of Jewish students and scholars to intervene in a Trump administration lawsuit seeking the University of Pennsylvania to disclose the private information of its Jewish faculty and students.
Read our statement below.
Read our statement below.
“To be blunt, I don’t want my employer handing over information about my religious identity without my consent & I think it is a violation of the First Amendment for the government to be forcing a university to do so."
@dailypenn.bsky.social
@aaup-penn.bsky.social
@democracydefendersaction.org
@dailypenn.bsky.social
@aaup-penn.bsky.social
@democracydefendersaction.org
Penn-affiliated groups motion to intervene as defendants in federal antisemitism lawsuit
If the motion is accepted, the groups would become defendants in the lawsuit alongside Penn.
www.thedp.com
January 14, 2026 at 4:32 PM
“To be blunt, I don’t want my employer handing over information about my religious identity without my consent & I think it is a violation of the First Amendment for the government to be forcing a university to do so."
@dailypenn.bsky.social
@aaup-penn.bsky.social
@democracydefendersaction.org
@dailypenn.bsky.social
@aaup-penn.bsky.social
@democracydefendersaction.org
The Trump administration is demanding "lists of Jews" from the University of Pennsylvania.
The AAUP condemns this as “a profoundly invasive & dangerous demand that intrudes deeply into the freedoms of association, religion, speech and privacy enshrined in the First Amendment.”
Read more below 👇
The AAUP condemns this as “a profoundly invasive & dangerous demand that intrudes deeply into the freedoms of association, religion, speech and privacy enshrined in the First Amendment.”
Read more below 👇
UPenn faculty condemn Trump administration’s demand for ‘lists of Jews’
Groups say EEOC demand for names and personal details echoes dark history and threatens safety and civil rights
www.theguardian.com
January 14, 2026 at 3:54 PM
The Trump administration is demanding "lists of Jews" from the University of Pennsylvania.
The AAUP condemns this as “a profoundly invasive & dangerous demand that intrudes deeply into the freedoms of association, religion, speech and privacy enshrined in the First Amendment.”
Read more below 👇
The AAUP condemns this as “a profoundly invasive & dangerous demand that intrudes deeply into the freedoms of association, religion, speech and privacy enshrined in the First Amendment.”
Read more below 👇
faculty again having to clean up the mess their universities helped to create. that mess = fueling the ever present authoritarian assault on us all.
bravo to @aaup.org @aaup-penn.bsky.social. reporting from @alicesperi.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
bravo to @aaup.org @aaup-penn.bsky.social. reporting from @alicesperi.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
January 14, 2026 at 2:55 PM
faculty again having to clean up the mess their universities helped to create. that mess = fueling the ever present authoritarian assault on us all.
bravo to @aaup.org @aaup-penn.bsky.social. reporting from @alicesperi.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
bravo to @aaup.org @aaup-penn.bsky.social. reporting from @alicesperi.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
AAUP President Todd Wolfson: An Institution That Censors Plato is Not a Serious Institution of Higher Learning www.aaup.org/news/aaup-pr...
AAUP President Todd Wolfson: An Institution That Censors Plato is Not a Serious Institution of Higher Learning
Censoring Plato is an academic absurdity and a textbook violation of academic freedom. Barring a foundational philosopher who is a cornerstone of Western thought because his work touches on race or ge...
www.aaup.org
January 14, 2026 at 9:57 AM
AAUP President Todd Wolfson: An Institution That Censors Plato is Not a Serious Institution of Higher Learning www.aaup.org/news/aaup-pr...
Well this is quite the escalation from what we were worrying about at our local AAUP meeting today
Penn AAUP sent this to all members back on Nov 19:
The list of data the federal government requested — lists of + contact info for all Jewish faculty, staff, students; lists of ppl who attended listening sessions; lists of ppl who received a task force survey — is absurd
The list of data the federal government requested — lists of + contact info for all Jewish faculty, staff, students; lists of ppl who attended listening sessions; lists of ppl who received a task force survey — is absurd
January 14, 2026 at 3:10 AM
Well this is quite the escalation from what we were worrying about at our local AAUP meeting today
Penn AAUP sent this to all members back on Nov 19:
The list of data the federal government requested — lists of + contact info for all Jewish faculty, staff, students; lists of ppl who attended listening sessions; lists of ppl who received a task force survey — is absurd
The list of data the federal government requested — lists of + contact info for all Jewish faculty, staff, students; lists of ppl who attended listening sessions; lists of ppl who received a task force survey — is absurd
January 14, 2026 at 3:00 AM
Penn AAUP sent this to all members back on Nov 19:
The list of data the federal government requested — lists of + contact info for all Jewish faculty, staff, students; lists of ppl who attended listening sessions; lists of ppl who received a task force survey — is absurd
The list of data the federal government requested — lists of + contact info for all Jewish faculty, staff, students; lists of ppl who attended listening sessions; lists of ppl who received a task force survey — is absurd
When we are deprived of challenge in thought, we lose the ability to challenge thought. . . . At what point is a course no longer a course, but a state-sanctioned review of material?"
Read the whole thing -- and join AAUP NC in fighting this syllabus policy.
dailytarheel.com/article/opin...
Read the whole thing -- and join AAUP NC in fighting this syllabus policy.
dailytarheel.com/article/opin...
Column: A conservative UNC System wants to deprive us of our right to learn
"At what point is a course no longer a course, but a state-sanctioned review of material?"
dailytarheel.com
January 13, 2026 at 11:28 PM
When we are deprived of challenge in thought, we lose the ability to challenge thought. . . . At what point is a course no longer a course, but a state-sanctioned review of material?"
Read the whole thing -- and join AAUP NC in fighting this syllabus policy.
dailytarheel.com/article/opin...
Read the whole thing -- and join AAUP NC in fighting this syllabus policy.
dailytarheel.com/article/opin...
The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board office of the Ombudsman has opened a new website where people can report alleged violations of state law in colleges and universities.
The AAUP opposes this form of administrative oversight that curtails academic freedom & shared governance on campus.
The AAUP opposes this form of administrative oversight that curtails academic freedom & shared governance on campus.
Texas launches website for complaints against state colleges, universities
The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board office of the Ombudsman has opened a new website where people can report alleged violations of state law in colleges and universities.
www.hppr.org
January 13, 2026 at 7:15 PM
The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board office of the Ombudsman has opened a new website where people can report alleged violations of state law in colleges and universities.
The AAUP opposes this form of administrative oversight that curtails academic freedom & shared governance on campus.
The AAUP opposes this form of administrative oversight that curtails academic freedom & shared governance on campus.
Syllabi review policies at Texas A&M invite censorship & harm student's education.
“Texas A&M is going to serve as an example of what happens when a university turns back on its commitment to higher ed, to providing a broad deep knowledge to our students.”
— Leonard Bright, AAUP TAMU President
“Texas A&M is going to serve as an example of what happens when a university turns back on its commitment to higher ed, to providing a broad deep knowledge to our students.”
— Leonard Bright, AAUP TAMU President
January 13, 2026 at 4:00 PM
Syllabi review policies at Texas A&M invite censorship & harm student's education.
“Texas A&M is going to serve as an example of what happens when a university turns back on its commitment to higher ed, to providing a broad deep knowledge to our students.”
— Leonard Bright, AAUP TAMU President
“Texas A&M is going to serve as an example of what happens when a university turns back on its commitment to higher ed, to providing a broad deep knowledge to our students.”
— Leonard Bright, AAUP TAMU President
Don't miss out: join your fellow AAUP members to learn essential organizing skills that will strengthen your chapter in our Core Skills Training for the spring, a program part of our Organize Every Campus initiative.
Details for registering at link below 👇
Details for registering at link below 👇
Spring Core Skills Training — Organize Every Campus
AAUP will host Core Skills organizing training on Zoom in February. Register by January 20 .
www.organizeeverycampus.org
January 12, 2026 at 7:10 PM
Don't miss out: join your fellow AAUP members to learn essential organizing skills that will strengthen your chapter in our Core Skills Training for the spring, a program part of our Organize Every Campus initiative.
Details for registering at link below 👇
Details for registering at link below 👇
"A university that censors Plato - as well as other significant texts - abandons its obligation to truth, free inquiry, and the public trust. [...] A college or university of this sort .. can no longer be regarded as a serious institution of higher learning."
#HigherEd
www.aaup.org/news/aaup-pr...
#HigherEd
www.aaup.org/news/aaup-pr...
AAUP President Todd Wolfson: An Institution That Censors Plato is Not a Serious Institution of Higher Learning
Censoring Plato is an academic absurdity and a textbook violation of academic freedom. Barring a foundational philosopher who is a cornerstone of Western thought because his work touches on race or ge...
www.aaup.org
January 12, 2026 at 6:15 PM
"A university that censors Plato - as well as other significant texts - abandons its obligation to truth, free inquiry, and the public trust. [...] A college or university of this sort .. can no longer be regarded as a serious institution of higher learning."
#HigherEd
www.aaup.org/news/aaup-pr...
#HigherEd
www.aaup.org/news/aaup-pr...
What a complete embarrassment.
www.aaup.org/news/aaup-pr...
www.aaup.org/news/aaup-pr...
AAUP President Todd Wolfson: An Institution That Censors Plato is Not a Serious Institution of Higher Learning
Censoring Plato is an academic absurdity and a textbook violation of academic freedom. Barring a foundational philosopher who is a cornerstone of Western thought because his work touches on race or ge...
www.aaup.org
January 12, 2026 at 6:09 PM
What a complete embarrassment.
www.aaup.org/news/aaup-pr...
www.aaup.org/news/aaup-pr...