Faculty panel determined Dr. Melissa MCoul’s firing was based on the content of her course and a violation of her academic freedom. Administration ignored the finding. Another violation of due process in this egregious case.

Interested in academic freedom? Check out my interview with UT law professor and former AAUP general counsel, David Rabban. circumscription.fireside.fm/10

⏰⏰⏰ Fifteen minutes remain to write the TAMU Regents!

The AAUP condemns proposals before the Texas A&M Board of Regents that require the college president to approve “course content & materials” for courses that cover topics on “race, gender ideology, or gender identity.” Full statement: aaup-texas.org/blog/f/natio... @texasaaup.bsky.social

reactionary politics makes people poorer (emotionally, spiritually, and materially!)

Things are going great in Texas! www.texastribune.org/2025/11/11/t...

The Trump regime is ruining America’s most valuable alliances and international partnerships. The level of trust needed to do high level intelligence sharing is rare, and Five Eyes cooperation has been a major asset. The US chose to throw it away, harming its own power and security. And for what?

"what's the point of standards" is the tagline for all right wing media

11-11-1887 USA: Execution of the Haymarket Martyrs for their alleged role in the bombing at a labour rally at Haymarket Square in Chicago a year earlier. laborhistoryin2.podbean.com/e/november-1...

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sadly, yes. if this enrages you contact the A&M Board of regents and tell them at [email protected] (put the agenda item in the subject line which is 4.2)

Please read the proposed changes and recognize the danger. Texas A&M will require approval of any course teaching race and gender by the President or other designated person. The section on prohibited discrimination has changed to add prohibited instruction as well. 1/3

⭐️Action needed: please read this thread &write to the TAMU Regents to oppose censorship of courses that teach about race or gender or depart from the course description.This would put curricular decisions in the hands of admins, not faculty. It would drastically affect teaching & learning conditions

🗣️Our statement on changes to Texas A&M policies which the BOR will vote on this week: these changes “will cause irreparable harm to the reputation of the university + impede faculty + students from their main mission on campus: to teach, learn, think critically + create + share new knowledge.”

📢📢 We are proud to stand in solidarity today at this Texas State Employees Union rally for Dr. Tom Alter who was unjustly fired from Texas State University for exercising his right to free speech. The Texas State Board of Regents must reinstate Dr. Alter immediately! ✊

🔔 NEW: “The Texas State University chapter of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP-TXST) has issued a formal appeal urging the Texas State University System Board Regents to abide by its own rules and reverse the summary dismissal of tenured history professor Dr. Thomas Alter.”

Minnesota will soon host one of the country’s biggest solar farms — and soon after, a huge battery storage cluster too.

As COP30 opens, it is unclear what exactly the nations would discuss during the two-week UN summit. Also unclear is how they’ll handle issues such as a 2023 pledge to wean off polluting energy sources and demand for financing to make that happen reut.rs/4oVgMPE

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this is the cousin of the reverse affirmative action bake sales college republicans used to do and just as stupid

Caleb Williams is not without his flaws at a Quarterback but he is a gamer in the 4th quarter! #BearDown

The Trump admin yesterday began the final push to have Kilmar Abrego Garcia deported to Liberia, in yet another effort to punish him for making them look bad after they illegally and mistakenly deported him to El Salvador. abcnews.go.com/US/trump-adm...

In January, union delegates from across Texas will decide who to endorse for the 2026 elections! Get your tickets NOW to make sure you’re there and help us build Texas union power 💪 texasaflcioconvention.org

BREAKING: Mark Wolf, appointed to the federal bench by Ronald Reagan, writes that he is resigning as a judge to have the freedom to speak out against the president's assault on the rule of law. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...

If you care about academic freedom please contact the A&M Board of Regents to tell them to not pass this illegal policy!

Texas families are missing paychecks & SNAP benefits due to the Trump shutdown. That’s why we volunteered at the Central Texas Food Bank. We processed over 5,800 pounds of food for Texas families! We’re also working with Feeding Texas so families get the support they need. Donate at bit.ly/txfam

Trump and Marc Rowan’s loyalty oath compact is 🗑️!! Out with billionaires & authoritarians in higher ed! Our universities belong to the students & higher ed workers! @aft.org @higheredlabor.bsky.social @aaupcu.bsky.social @debtcollective.bsky.social @psc-cuny.org @sunrisemvmt.bsky.social

also I'm sure the Trump admin will welcome refugees fleeing Venezuela with open arms

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People who say "we need to have a conversation " just mean "shut up and listen to me" every fucking time

"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

interesting but also disturbing

cool!

this is the way

“I feel very strongly that we need to do all we can to stand against the notion that there is anything good about making compromises of the sort the Trump administration is asking universities to do." — Maria Bucur, AAUP Indiana University Bloomington

it would be nice if Texas had a functioning Democratic Party to take advantage of this state GOP implosion

Today is the opening day for AAUP v. Trump, in which a historic coalition of unions is suing the Trump administration for using funding threats to suppress free speech. I just listened to the judge's opening remarks and they were SCATHING to the defendants. www.courtlistener.com/docket/71360...

all great ideas

“When universities abandon faculty under attack, when they violate their own governance procedures, when they tell contradictory stories about their motivations, when they refuse basic transparency about their decision-making—they’re not protecting their institutions. They’re hollowing them out.”

“There’s a particular kind of despair that comes from watching an institution abandon its principles in real time…What’s the political cost of supporting our own people versus the cost of quietly surrendering?” Powerful words from a TCU colleague. www.texasobserver.org/tcu-eliminat...

Karma R. Chávez, the president of UT-Austin’s AAUP chapter, fears the term “academic integrity,” will be “leveraged in some way to suggest that certain teaching that doesn’t conform to whatever the standard of balance is” will be scrutinized. ⬇️ www.chronicle.com/article/as-t...

“From attacks on academic freedom to the defunding of life-saving scientific research to arresting peaceful student protesters, Trump’s higher ed policies have been catastrophic for our democracy. We’re excited to build a coalition of workers & students fighting back." – AAUP president Todd Wolfson

Immigration judges with prior immigrant defense work make up the largest share of those fired by the Trump admin. NPR identified 70 fired immigration judges. The changes have at least shifted perception of fairness in these courts My latest investigation: www.npr.org/2025/11/06/g...

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Yesterday: Alexandra Edwards lays out the simple, four-step plan extremists can follow to dismantle vital University programs like the one she used to work for.

but centrist pundits keep saying we need an all of the above energy policy

I gave an interview to the @texasstandard.bsky.social about Trump reducing the refugee cap to 7,500. The lowest in U.S. history www.texasstandard.org/stories/trum...

I don’t know how many times I’ve watched this video. I don’t know how we’ve gotten to the point where men in full balaclavas can abduct daycare teachers while they’re watching children. But I do know that this isn’t sustainable. Abolish ICE. There is no way to reform this.