Help us fight HB 698! Tell Ohio’s legislators to stop attacking higher education! If you believe Ohio’s future depends on strong, independent public universities—free from political interference—we urge you to add your name to this petition rejecting HB 698. actionnetwork.org/petitions/re...

Union membership is on the rise — and our ranks in AAUP are growing as part of this trend. Organizers across sectors and in higher ed are building the infrastructure to accomplish major wins in the future. See below for more on 2025 as a banner year for membership growth in the AAUP:

AAUP-OSU is in solidarity with the Ohio Nurses Association, who is standing with survivors & calling for the removal of Wexner’s name from the medical center & all campus facilities. Did you get a Med Center umbrella in the mail? Bring it to the picket! And some red tape to cross off the “W.”

OHIO SHOULD NEVER LOSE TO THAT STATE UP NORTH!! But, we are😬 The numbers are in—more and more students are choosing to go to U of ❌ instead of The Ohio State University thanks to laws like SB 1 that amount to state-sponsored censorship in Ohio’s colleges & universities😫#RepealSB1

📝 Sign below to support Professor Tom Alter of Texas State who was fired for speech he made in his capacity as a private citizen! ⬇️

Last call to register for the annual meeting! ocaaup.org/annual-meeti...

Please sign and share petition by faculty associated with Center for Ethnic Studies, which includes American Indian Studies. forms.gle/BLCoX18sNvXw...

#3. Enjoy the comic, then scroll for action items.

Once again, we ask: Where is the map?? https://www.wosu.org/2025-10-21/ohio-redistricting-commission-ends-first-meeting-with-no-congressional-map?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=threads

We are pleased to announce that the 2025 and first-ever recipients of the John T. McNay Memorial Award for Outstanding Service are Stephen Mockabee (University of Cincinnati), Pranav Jani (Ohio State University), Cathy Wagner (Miami University), and David Jackson (Bowling Green State University).

At least Ohio State continues to revise what was once an all-out ban on land acknowledgments, but it is far from enough. Most such statements are historical facts, NOT advocacy, AND they fall under the auspices of academic freedom. No other OH school banned them.🗃️ www.dispatch.com/story/news/e...

More ridiculousness and caving to political pressure by THE Over-Compliant University. @osuaaup.bsky.social is pushing back.

The Dept of Education’s $3m grant to the Chase Center (link attached) makes it plain. Don’t buy the rhetoric about the Center's political neutrality.

You'll be shocked to learn New College of Florida is on the brink of implosion just a couple of years after DeSantis engineered an extreme right-wing takeover Fun fact: NCF's new overlords spend $134K per student (!!...the average at other FL publics is $10K) www.insidehighered.com/news/governa...

🗣️UT Austin AAUP Chapter Pres. Pauline Strong: “We oppose state censorship of college courses + support the right of gender studies faculty to teach in their areas of expertise. There is no law that says teaching about gender in a university classroom is illegal.“ www.statesman.com/news/educati...

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 🔥

BREAKING NEWS ON STRS LAWSUIT: The 10th District Court of Appeals held oral argument this afternoon on the State’s appeal of the Trial Court’s temporary restraining order (TRO).

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:

"I applaud the Ohio Education Association, the Ohio Federation of Teachers, and the Ohio Conference of the American Association of University Professors for standing up for educators’ rights and for the integrity of the retirement system."

It's sad that this is where we are (and have been), but thanks to our friends at @penamerica.bsky.social for this resource.

Teaching LGBTQ Studies in Ohio under this bill is a completely miserable experience. This is, of course, what they wanted. Ohio's Governor is now lecturing universities about making our campus tours more "pleasant" to boost flagging enrollment. Uh, guy, the tours aren't the fucking problem.

"Look, we are a labor union. We’re going to fight & respond to this moment...We're standing for what we always stood for...a powerful higher-education sector that leads to innovation & social mobility & is a bedrock of our democracy." —Todd Wolfson, AAUP President #DefendHigherEd #AcademicSky

Nailed it. Politicians out of touch with their actions and reality.

Education is more than job training.

“We will not allow authoritarians to dismantle higher education. We will not allow billionaires to profit while communities suffer. And we will not allow fear to silence students and workers who speak out.” — Todd Wolfson, AAUP President #DefendHigherEd #HigherEdBenefitsEveryone @aft.org

Who's going to tell him?

The First Amendment is clear: Government officials cannot use their power to censor free speech.

Is Ohio State taking a position on a controversial topic?

BREAKING: Judge Temporarily Blocks Law Removing Educators’ Voice on the STRS Board

Ohio State University must permit students to think critically, speak boldly, and dissent without fear of expulsion, even if the viewpoints expressed are offensive to the Trump administration, or to the sensibilities of the majority. See you in court. abc6onyourside.com/news/local/a...

ACLU-Ohio challenges OSU’s expulsion of student as a violation of free speech www.acluohio.org/press-releas...

One of my favorite #Ohio advocacy organizations is looking for a new executive director 💗 Let's find them someone amazing! ocaaup.org/news/were-hi... @ohaaup.bsky.social #Education #HigherEd #college #universities #students #advocacy

hey, anyone want to be the new executive director of @ohaaup.bsky.social? There's lots of exciting work to do here and many interesting people to work with!

BREAKING NEWS: OFT, @ohioea.bsky.social & @ohaaup.bsky.social are taking STRS to court, to challenge the legislature's takeover of the STRS Board!

Our colleague and AAUP-OSU member Elissa Washuta, director of American Indian Studies, spoke to WOSU about OSU’s ban on land acknowledgements and why it has a “chilling” effect on our teaching. Link to article follows.

Respondents to a recent survey by AAUP Southern State Conferences indicate about 55.4% of respondents would not recommend their state as a desirable place to work for colleagues, while 25% are planning to apply in another state in the coming year. 1/2

“Land acknowledgments are not statements on behalf of an issue or cause. Acknowledging the historical and contemporary realities of the university on Indigenous land is not an activist act. It’s a factual statement.”

The Resistance Is Inevitable. We’re sick & tired of ICE & FBI agents profiling, harassing, & violently arresting our neighbors. #wearealldc Incredible turnout in DC yesterday, including a strong AAUP contingent. @aaupmason.bsky.social @gwaaup.bsky.social @afthighered.bsky.social

AAUP-OSU was quoted again in 10TV coverage on SB1: buff.ly/ZcCxfp3

In April, the AAUP & our Harvard chapter sued the Trump admin for demanding that Harvard censor speech & restructure core operations or else face $8.7 billion in funding cuts. We hope this decision clarifies to Harvard’s administration that bargaining w/ tyrannical authoritarians is unacceptable.