Join AFT and the Albert Shanker Institute tomorrow to hear from student activists who are mobilizing youth movements today while recalling the legacy of those who stood up against South Africa's restrictive education policies throughout the apartheid regime. www.shankerinstitute.org/event/defend...

“We have shown that when the government tries to turn fear into policy, the AAUP will answer with law, with organizing, with solidarity, & with the oldest commitment we have: the defense of academic freedom for the common good.” 💥💥💥

Reinstate Laid-Off Faculty at The New School. Sign our petition here 👉 forms.gle/NB9DCgVoonAg... @aaup.org

“If this kind of austerity can happen at The News School, it can happen everywhere. Faculty all over the country need to be on guard. We need strong labor unions.” — Jeremy Varon, New School AAUP President on @democracynow.org today. 👊🏾👊🏿👊🏼 @newschoolaaup.bsky.social @higheredlabor.bsky.social

The AAUP chapter called for laid-off faculty to be reinstated or offered a phased retirement. Rather than saving money, the layoffs “will instead destroy lives and fundamental structures of the academic institution that have been built over years.“ www.highereddive.com/news/the-new...

The 19 laid-off faculty all teach at Eugene Lang College of Liberal Arts and the New School for Social Research. The AAUP TNS condemned “in the strongest possible terms” the layoffs, many of which appear politically motivated and retaliatory.” www.newschoolfreepress.com/2026/06/03/t...

Last week, one of New York's most iconic universities, The New School, laid off 19 full-time faculty and 68 staff members. Along with coerced "voluntary" separations and early retirements since December 2025, these mass firings constitute a major gutting of The New School's full-time faculty.

Reinstate Laid-Off Faculty at The New School. Sign our petition here 👉 forms.gle/NB9DCgVoonAg... @aaup.org

Powerful plenary to start day 2 of the #AAUP2026 Higher Ed Summit on who controls the future: democratic institutions & workers or authoritarians & corporate power? 💥💥💥 w/ @democracynow.org’s Juan Gonzalez, Mohsen Mahdawi, @hellobrittparis.bsky.social, & @ncaaup.bsky.social’s @belleboggs.bsky.social

The 19 laid-off faculty all teach at Eugene Lang College of Liberal Arts and the New School for Social Research. The AAUP TNS condemned “in the strongest possible terms” the layoffs, many of which appear politically motivated and retaliatory.” www.newschoolfreepress.com/2026/06/03/t...

The AAUP chapter called for laid-off faculty to be reinstated or offered a phased retirement. Rather than saving money, the layoffs “will instead destroy lives and fundamental structures of the academic institution that have been built over years.“ www.highereddive.com/news/the-new...

This letter to the New School details the crisis for full-time faculty and our demands, which include reinstatement or “step-down” (a phased retirement process); and that the criteria for termination, institutional need, & financial impact be made publicly available docs.google.com/document/d/1...

“These forced separations are a profound betrayal of the institution’s founding legacy as a sanctuary for critical social thought for scholars fleeing fascism,” Todd Wolfson said. @aaup.org @hyperallergic.com hyperallergic.com/new-school-l...

AAUP President Todd Wolfson: “We stand in solidarity with New School workers amid corporate takeover of the University.“

AAUP-TNS condemns in the strongest possible terms the recent firings of full-time faculty and staff across the university. To be clear, they were not let go on the basis of job performance. Read our full statement here 👇 docs.google.com/document/u/1... @aaup.org

Especially sad given the founding of this school as a refuge for persecuted academics in the rise of fascism in Europe. 😔

The AAUP unequivocally condemns the catastrophic faculty & staff layoffs at The New School. The $48 million deficit is the direct result of years of corporate overreach & administrative mismanagement. It should not be weaponized to impose brutal austerity on the backs of dedicated workers.

many of the faculty that have been fired were critics of the administration - a chilling and shameful episode we should be following, especially those of us in higher ed

“TNS, a private institution known for its progressive history, is also consolidating its 4 colleges to 2 [+] discontinuing > a dozen academic programs; it paused most PhD admissions last fall… The undergrad pgm in history… is being ‘indefinitely discontinued’; of its 7 FT faculty,“ only 2 remain.

“19 full-time faculty members, 10 of them tenured, were told… that they’d been laid off… Dozens more have taken early-retirement or buyout offers… Among those laid off Monday was Sanjay G. Reddy, a professor of economics + prominent critic of the university’s financial management.”

The New School chapter of the American Association of University Professors condemned what it described as “a major gutting of our full-time faculty body”… saying that no explanation had been provided for why certain jobs were cut. www.chronicle.com/article/its-...

This is heartbreaking. I stand with faculty, students and staff at The New School and @newschoolaaup.bsky.social

In the last 48 hours, The New School has fired almost two dozen colleagues in humanities and social sciences, many of them tenured faculty of color, and multiple staff members, including in social justice.

TNS Releases Terms of Involuntary Buy-Out for Fired Faculty. The renewed Buy-Out is a recognition of the effectiveness of our collective fight & an affirmation that we are stronger together. We can & should demand more & better terms. Read our full statement. docs.google.com/document/u/1...

The New School's buyout offer is “yet another attempt to intimidate faculty into resigning, to save the university further scrutiny regarding the elimination of programs & firings & to force some full-time faculty to give up rights afforded them by the Faculty Handbook.” @newschoolaaup.bsky.social

"War, imperialism and militarism impose a serious opportunity cost on American students and educators. Money spent on wars could instead be spent to support our students." —Eastern Michigan University AAUP Solidarity, Labor, Equity, and Justice Committee Fund Education, Not War and Deportation!

TNS Releases Terms of Involuntary Buy-Out for Fired Faculty. The renewed Buy-Out is a recognition of the effectiveness of our collective fight & an affirmation that we are stronger together. We can & should demand more & better terms. Read our full statement. docs.google.com/document/u/1...

Faculty at Pennsylvania State University voted to unionize by a 75% margin. The unit has both tenure and non-tenure system faculty. Campaign is affiliated with SEIU radio.wpsu.org/2026-05-14/p...

“The faculty organizing effort has been years in the making, but seemed to catch critical momentum over the past several years as Penn State has moved to close whole campuses and trim degree programs.” www.pennlive.com/news/2026/05...

The AAUP & @aft.org stand in solidarity with UM Faculty Senate Chair Derek Peterson. Right-wing attacks on his commencement speech are a direct threat to academic freedom. University leaders must stop apologizing to political agitators & start defending their faculty & protected speech. 👇

Union busting is Unholy! St. John University must adhere to Catholic social teaching by honoring workers’ rights & returning to the bargaining table. “The needs of labor ought to take precedence over the needs of capital.” Sign the petition here: 👇 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Brad Lander joined higher ed workers at The New School this May Day to stand up against ongoing admin attempts to dismantle shared governance & eliminate over 20 academic programs. Stand Up! Fight Back! @bradlander.bsky.social @newschoolaaup.bsky.social #DefendHigherEd #MayDay2026

From coast to coast, AAUP members showed up for May Day actions yesterday demanding a higher ed system that serves the public good: one that is affordable, protects scientific research, free speech, & academic freedom from political assault, & stands up for students' right to learn. #MayDay2026

RIGHT NOW! NYC HIGHER ED WORKERS ARE IN THE STREETS! @newschoolaaup.bsky.social @psc-cuny.org #MayDay2026

RIGHT NOW: St. John’s University AAUP are out this beautiful May Day demanding that President Shanley adhere to Catholic social teaching & honor workers’ rights by returning to the bargaining table & resuming negotiations immediately! #MayDay2026

HAPPY MAY DAY! A little inspiration for today’s actions: Check out this episode of Unruly Subjects with AAUP Council member & NYU professor Chenjerai Kumanyika: “Getting Unruly on May Day: Education Workers, Labor Power, & the Fight Ahead." @chenjerai.bsky.social @higheredlabor.bsky.social

Tomorrow!

“Art schools matter because they provide the space in which artistic & political imagination can take collective form allowing people to test other ways of seeing, making, & living. Financialization attacks those conditions...This isn’t incidental to the crisis of the university. It is the crisis.”

We are building a movement to #defendhighered & save our democracy. Join Us: Check the AAUP Starter Pack: 👇👇👇 go.bsky.app/3YidJ7k #academicsky

May Day Friday May 1. 3pm at the New School. 4pm march to WSqP. 5pm at Foley. We demand a stop to the lay offs and cuts! @aaup.org

NEW today in the New York Times: In the face of unprecedented authoritarian attacks, the AAUP is building a powerful and militant resistance movement in defense of American higher education, the freedom to learn, and our democracy. Join Us!

May Day Friday May 1. 3pm at the New School. 4pm march to WSqP. 5pm at Foley. We demand a stop to the lay offs and cuts! @aaup.org

"what could explain the University’s eagerness to embrace one, and only one, special form of diversity? Fundamentally, this hiring push is part of a broader effort to diminish the authority and autonomy of the faculty."

Why full-time faculty need to unionize now! www.newschoolfreepress.com/2026/04/17/w...

Read about the Amherst Compact – "the first of its kind in higher education" – a pledge from labor unions representing faculty and staff members at 125 campuses across the Northeast to work together toward shared bargaining goals. Learn more @chronicle.com: www.chronicle.com/article/dive...

Today, the AAUP & @aft.org launched our national policy platform to win back an American higher education system that protects the freedom to teach & learn & strengthens our democracy. Read it in full here: www.aaup.org/blueprint-st... 🧵

This is what we're fighting against. Join us. www.chronicle.com/article/proj...

Full-time salaries for most categories of faculty have remained about the same since 2002, adjusting for inflation, while admin pay soars. Faculty have had enough. We’re fighting back nationwide. ✊🏽✊🏻✊🏿 www.chronicle.com/article/amid...

Higher Ed workers in NYC showed up in FORCE this weekend at #NoKings. @psc-cuny.org @aaupcu.bsky.social @afthighered.bsky.social @newschoolaaup.bsky.social

This song is a thing of beauty, but what is happening at TNS is a fucking tragedy. The little indignities of faux austerity pile up year after year until suddenly the whole school is underwater. Solidarity forever w TNS students faculty and staff and @newschoolaaup.bsky.social