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AAUP President Todd Wolfson issued the following statement in response to Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt's Executive Order issued today immediately eliminating academic tenure at the state’s public regional universities and community colleges.

wtf are you doing @durbin.senate.gov 🤬

The problem is that blue states are fully committed to “return on investment” analysis and are fully committed to undergrad business degrees and whatever the latest tech trend is. There is no theory of holistic education supported by democratic leadership.

Three logicians walk into a bar. The bartender asks “The three of you want a drink?” The first one says “I don’t know” The second one says “I don’t know” The third one says “yes”

AAUP President Todd Wolfson on the killing of Alex Pretti: "This moment demands a unified, bold, and powerful response from the labor movement. We are uniting across sectors to organize, mobilize, and wield our full collective power to confront ICE." Full statement:

The AAUP continues to fight to protect noncitizen speech on campuses nationwide. “Our chapter sued to protect the rights of everyone on our campus to speak their mind, even when their speech is unpopular. We will never stop standing up for our community.” — Kirsten Weld, AAUP Harvard President

Y’all might consider boycotting the Maga Bob Loquercio Auto Group in Chicagoland.

Hey, #Toyota, #Ford, #GM, et al, Tony Loquercio of Bob Loquercio Auto Group has some odious views. People are good at voting with their wallets these days. He endorses the murder of citizens in their streets by the Gestapo. #peoria #il #chicago #boycott #fuckICE www.reddit.com/r/PeoriaIL/s...

This just pissed me off even more than the re-handcuffing The notion that these motherfuckers were the ones showing grace, that the women should be appreciative and speak well of the agents, that substandard treatment is conditioned on the women's portraying then as benevolent Fuckin disgusting

What we are watching is a paramilitary force learning that they can kill with impunity, that the regime will smear the victim and defend them. Unless politicians and the legal system exerts accountability, it will not stop. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/past-the-b...

At the end of the day, the Black Lives Matter era was about whether people should be killed in the street, and lots of people decided yeah and put those little blue flags on their cars. It spread to everyone because it stopped for no one.

It’s not enough to say Abolish ICE. It’s not enough to vote no on ICE funding. It’s not enough to confront Kristi Noem or Greg Bovino with Stern Words. If you are a leader, what are you doing to protect your community? How are you using your power, privilege, and position to confront this threat?

if democratic officials don't start responding, it's a matter of time before the individual murders start turning into massacres.

Our community deserves someone willing to stand up and deliver impactful leadership. And yet Rep. Gluesenkamp Perez, along with 6 other Democrats in the House, just voted through a funding bill that will give ICE billions of dollars with minimal guardrails. 1/6

There is *no* functioning Dem leadership at this point. Jeffries and Schumer need to go NOW if our nation is to have any chance.

Plato is one of the most famous ancient philosophers of all time. He also thought there were more than 2 genders & homosexuality was normal — that's why Texas A&M wants to censor him. "How can a serious research university, an R1 university, censor Plato in a philosophy class?" — Martin Peterson

Most people I knew at Laurentian University were casualties of the 2021 insolvency process (itself a product of chronic underfunding and management incompetence) or left at other points, but I still know some who are on strike now. Here are their reasons: www.sudbury.com/columns/gues... #onpoli

If you can’t run against the fucking Gestapo, then get out of the way for those who can.

If ya don't want political reactions in your factory Don't bring politicians into your factory Seems really simple

Quit talking about Trump. Address everything, every issue to Miller and Vought. Make Trump irrelevant, his ego will not let him be out of the spotlight and you’ll see Miller and Vought removed and the rest of the administration collapse.

A more forceful response was indeed warranted, as I said at the time. www.crisesnotes.com/powell-will-...

Can you accept - even w/o agreeing with all our positions - that Black people know profound truths about this country that are not on Schoolhouse Rock? Now that the tactics they’ve used in our communities are becoming national policy, are you ready to concede that you need our “expertise” as well?

Same energy #KavanaughStop

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.

Massive turnout of organized higher ed workers to protest the brutal austerity measures proposed by The New School management ✊ @newschoolaaup.bsky.social

Sign the petition linked below to support higher ed workers at the UNC System in their fight against the requirement to create a searchable repository of all university syllabi, which will endanger students and instructors by inviting political actors to attack free inquiry across UNC campuses.

The University of North Carolina System may require all instructors to publish syllabi starting next year. “Calling instructors 'work for hire' & stripping them of copyright is a surefire way to turn creative thinkers into widgets." - Abigail Hatcher, AAUP UNC-Chapel Hill

#academicsky @emoryaaup.bsky.social

The American Association of University Professors said 40% of full-time faculty members — or 169 academics — have received voluntary separation or early retirement offers, making it the “largest attempted firing of faculty currently taking place in the nation.” #AcademicSky

Please sign & spread the word. @unc-ch-aaup.bsky.social @uncgaaup.bsky.social @ncaaup.bsky.social Passing along to some other chapters w accounts here: @emoryaaup.bsky.social @utaustinaaup.bsky.social @aaup-penn.bsky.social @wesleyanaaup.bsky.social #AAUP

Remember: NO STARBUCKS at ANY location while we’re on ULP strike! nocontractnocoffee.org

The fact that a second strike like that in an armed conflict is definitely a war crime should not completely negate the fact that *there is no war* and ALL the strikes are cold-blooded murder. The whole chain of command are murderers.

“An instructor's freedom to teach includes the right to assess student academic performance. We are gravely concerned that a climate of escalating authoritarian assaults on academic freedom is normalizing politicized interference in classroom teaching & learning.” — Todd Wolfson, AAUP President

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!

I wish I had written this essay. I think it's perfect. www.chronicle.com/article/the-...

Attacks on academic freedom refer to threats to freedom of faculty to conduct research, publish, speak, and teach, based on disciplinary expertise without outside political interference. More importantly, this also includes students’ right to learn. 🧪 www.commondreams.org/opinion/acad...

“It didn’t have to unfold this way.” Northwestern could have resisted these illegal & unconstitutional demands and sued the Trump administration, as Harvard did. Instead, they capitulated, & turned over Northwestern’s policies to federal law enforcement. Why? 🧐 @nu-aaup.bsky.social #defendhighered

Andrew Martin, president of the Texas Tech chapter of the AAUP, called the memo a “profound disappointment” and said it swaps out faculty judgment for political judgment. “I’m not going to deny part of the identity of some of my students when they walk into the classroom.” @texasaaup.bsky.social

“Northwestern has abdicated its duty to uphold principles crucial for higher education.” — Jacqueline Stevens, Northwestern AAUP President @nu-aaup.bsky.social

“Disciplining union members for protected, concerted activity reveals just how far Columbia University leadership has fallen, prioritizing political submission to the Trump agenda over fair treatment & rights of their own employees.” — Todd Wolfson, AAUP President

Higher ed folks! Hopkins Press is having a 40% off holiday sale, so it's a great time to get copies of "the best book there is on the topic" of academic freedom. Use code HHOL25. www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/... #Academia #academicsky #highered

"The Stanford Daily et al. suit comes on the heels of a major First Amendment victory; The American Association of University Professors sued Rubio, and the court held that the Trump administration unconstitutionally targeted noncitizens for deportation based on pro-Palestinian speech."

Really pleased to learn that one of our students, Kristen Waddell, has won a national award for her NSF-funded research on local water quality. Congratulations to Kristen and to my teaching colleague, Dr. Daisy Zhang. Folks, we're a community college. www.kiiitv.com/article/news...

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I love caramel brûlée lattes during the fall / winter, alas no can do. Respect the strike!

“If there is a message to be heeded in the legislative assault on governance bodies, it is that the enemies of higher education, nonetheless, still fear faculty authority. Why else would they be so insistent on silencing faculty members?” #DefendHigherEd

We appreciate University Baptist Church!