Happy University Press Week! Have you told your university press how much you love them lately?? 🥰

TOMORROW: Join AFT & @aaup.org for a higher ed day of action to push back against Trump’s attacks. Students, faculty & staff are rallying on campuses across the country to stand up for higher ed as a democratic, accessible & transformative public good. Find an event ⬇️ www.studentsriseup.org/map

Urgent solidarity request! Calling on everyone to support UUP member detained by ICE!

New Union Talk pod! 🎙️ @rweingarten.bsky.social talks AFT's big win on student debt relief with @borrowerjustice.bsky.social and two members impacted by Trump's web of chaos and confusion around student loan forgiveness. Check it out here ⬇️ www.aft.org/uniontalk

"When we sound the alarm, we call others to take action alongside us. The time for urgent response is here. Together, higher education can take coordinated steps to defend our institutions & community members." Now is the time to speak out and build coalitions on our campuses! #defendhighered

University of Virginia AAUP calls to immediately rescind the standstill agreement with Trump admin! It poses these threats to academic freedom: ❌Divergence from Existing Civil Rights Law ❌Unconstitutional Coercion ❌Conflict with Virginia Law ❌Lack of Due Process ❌Preventing Legal Challenges

🎓 Michigan’s higher ed community is organizing! Hear U.S. Senate candidates discuss their plans for campuses, workers & students. 🗓️ Nov 5 – Mallory McMorrow 🗓️ Nov 10 – Abdul El-Sayed & Rachel Howard 🔗 Register: tinyurl.com/MISenateTown... #HigherEdLabor #MISenate #LaborUnited

www.statesman.com/news/educati... Gift article. Contact COLA and the Ptovost to oppose this backward move!

“Not 1 week after publicly committing to the ideals of higher education by rejecting the Compact, UVA’s Mahoney reversed course & signed an agreement betraying those same values. Indeed, he has set a precedent for future coercive deals between the federal government & state higher ed institutions.”

Join @rweingarten.bsky.social, @borrowerjustice.bsky.social, members and allies for an update on the AFT’s HUGE win holding the Department of Education and student loan servicers accountable and protecting access to income-driven repayment and Public Service Loan Forgiveness. Register here⬇️

“Trump’s compact is the greatest single incursion into the freedom & autonomy of higher education to ever happen in this country.” — Todd Wolfson, AAUP President #DefendHigherEd

TOMORROW! Tuesday, 10/28 @ 10:30 AM ET ⬇️⬇️⬇️

Have questions about your student debt? AFT is hosting a virtual student debt clinic tomorrow, Oct. 29, at 7 p.m. EDT to help members navigate their debt. Learn more about PSLF, income-driven repayment plans, how the latest news affects these programs and ways to save. web.cvent.com/event/44eafa...

Note to our followers!

Nearly 7 million people across the country stood up to say: No Thrones. No Crowns. No Kings. We marched for dignity, democracy and the promise of America. This is what democracy looks like. Thank you, AFT members. Check us out! #NoKings flic.kr/s/aHBqjCxQBL

There is nothing more American than protest! -AFT executive vice president Evelyn DeJesus 🇺🇸 #NoKings

UPDATE: 4 Down 5 to Go Who’s Next? When students, faculty, & our communities are united, nothing can stop us. Join us for our national teach in on the growing resistance movement to Trump’s ‘Loyalty Oath’ Compact today at 2PM ET: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi... #DefendHigherEd

“The messages behind the No Kings protests are simple: Trump is acting like a king, and the US rejects kings. The No Kings coalition has cited Trump’s ‘increasing authoritarian excesses and corruption’ as motivation for the protests.” #NoKings www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Reject the ongoing censorship of student media on our campuses! “Administrative efforts to subordinate campus journalism to public relations are inconsistent with the mission of higher education to provide a space of intellectual exploration and debate” —Hank Reichman, in a new Academe Blog post

Tomorrow, October 17 at 2 p.m. ET on Zoom. Register here for our Teach-In on Trump’s “Loyalty Oath” Compacts here👉 us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi... @aft.org

🚨🚨🚨 And THREE stood up! Penn has joined MIT & Brown in rejecting Trump’s loyalty oath compact. When we join together and fight back, WE WIN! No amount of federal bribery is worth surrendering the freedom to question, explore, and dissent. LET’S GO! #DefendHigherEd @aaup-penn.bsky.social

Join the AAUP and other allied organizations across the nation on October 18 for a day of peaceful and impactful protest as we come together to make clear: America has no kings, and the power belongs to the people! #NoKings #AAUP #AcademicFreedom #HigherEducation #DefendHigherEd #Education

This video is part of the Center for the Defense of Academic Freedom's series, "Faculty on the Front Lines," which spotlights ten AAUP members who share their stories of repression and resistance in the face of partisan interference and violations of academic freedom. Learn more at the link below👇

In today's "fighting antisemitism" news, Cornell has suspended a Jewish professor and cancelled his classes because they disagreed with his political views

“The Founders understood that without education, the ability to repeat tyranny was too great. They pushed—whether it was Franklin, Washington, Madison, or Jefferson—in their writings for education, for critical thinking, & for an understanding of its role.” — @rweingarten.bsky.social

Big news coming out today on a decision in AAUP v Rubio, our lawsuit challenging the Trump admin’s policy of arresting, detaining, & deporting non-citizens, students & faculty who engage in pro-Palestinian activism! Check out our recent podcast on the case w/ attorney Ramya Krishnan & Todd Wolfson.

www.chronicle.com/article/part... The moral of the story, as Dr. Bright of TAMU AAUP points out: Stick to your principles!

Education is more than job training.

🚨🚨🚨 NEW AAUP Report Analyzes Trump Admin Weaponization of Title VI to Undermine Civil Rights Protections. #Academicfreedom #AcademicSky #DefendHigherEd

Opinion | Attacking Constitutional Rights to Academic Freedom on This Constitution Day Nothing like the current wave of state and federal action targeting academic freedom has ever been witnessed in America before. https://bit.ly/4nVEYkH

Judith Butler on being denied due process by the U of California, Berkeley, once a bastion of free speech.

The @aaup.org just shared guidance for academic workers on how to protect themselves online www.aaup.org/news/advisor...

“The AAUP is explicitly pushing for wall-to-wall unionization, or union efforts to organize all workers on campus without distinction between tenured faculty, adjunct faculty, staff, & hourly workers.”

This is what democracy looks like! A people united will never be defeated. We want federal forces out of DC NOW! #WeAreAllDC #FreeDC

As we observe Labor Day, it’s not just about picnics and parades. It’s about standing up for what all working people deserve. #WorkersDeserve aftvoices.org/its-not-just...

From easing the burden of student debt, to defending immigrant students and families, to training members with lifesaving skills, to setting commonsense guardrails on new technology like AI, unions fight for opportunity, justice, and protection on and off the job. #WorkersDeserve #LaborDay

As we head back to school and into Labor Day, we’re united as educators and unionists to meet this moment—fighting for strong public schools and the promise of America for every child. #ProtectOurKids #BackToSchool #LaborDay #UnionStrong

“Historically the best & brightest in the world came to the US to study. Now under Trump’s destructive policies, the best & brightest are fleeing the country. We need to reverse course & reclaim the values that made this country a beacon of research & free inquiry.” — Todd Wolfson, AAUP President

Instead of giving in to terror through anticipatory compliance & removing programs designed to remedy social inequalities, institutions should fight back to ensure access to higher education for all & protect our vibrant campuses & the freedom to learn, teach, and conduct research. This is the way.

We are delighted to connect with WMU’s new president, Russ Kavalhuna, at today’s employee picnic. Here’s to a fresh start for our campus as we all work together to prepare for a new academic year. #GoBroncos!

#WorkersDeserve: ✊Fair pay ✊Safe working conditions ✊Affordable healthcare ✊A dignified & secure retirement ✊Fully funded public schools ✊The right to join strong unions ✊A democracy where every voice is heard & every vote counts! Join us: go.aft.org/labordayaction

“Trump’s team has declared war on free minds and free education in order to erase more than a half-century of scholarship and replace it with...triumphal narratives rooted in a brand of pickled patriotism designed to force the past to serve the present."--David Blight newrepublic.com/article/1983...

Cowardice U. www.inquirer.com/education/pe...

“This is a labor issue. These are our workers. Our neighbors. Our students. The movement to protect immigrant students is not just legal or political—it’s moral.” #TEACH25

According to POLITICO reporter @kyledcheney.bsky.social, a federal judge has blocked the cancellation of NEH awards by DOGE.

"Celebrate today, but keep organizing and keep advocating and using your voice so we can make sure that our students get the services that they need." — @montserratgaribay.bsky.social

We join with our VA AAUP Conference & UVa Faculty Senate in condemning the DOJ threats to withhold federal research funding in order to oust UVa President Jim Ryan for not bowing to political interference. We join with them in demanding an independent & public investigation into Ryan's forced exit.

New on Academe Blog: academeblog.org/2025/07/04/o...

This is a big, ugly, obscene betrayal of American working families that was rammed through the Senate in the dead of night to satisfy a president determined to hand tax cuts to his billionaire friends. www.aft.org/press-releas...